Musician and film director

Osao Chosei Funahara (born December 10, 1953) is a musician and film director and producer. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture of *an, Chosei Funahara was educated in both United States and *an. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nihon University College of Art's Cinema Department in Tokyo. While pursuing New York University's NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (Cinema Studies), he performed as b*ist and founding member of the cult punk rock group the Plasmatics.

Contents

• 1 Filmography
  • 1.1 Producer
  • 1.2 Other film credits
  • 1.3 Selected short films
  • 1.4 Music video
• 2 Discography
  • 2.1 Extended play (EPs)
  • 2.2 Singles
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Filmography

Producer

• Cagney Lies (2008)
• Still Normal (2007)
• Masabumi Kikuchi (post-production)
• Dark Voices (2001) (co-producer)
• Tokyo Decadence (1992) (producer) ... a.k.a. Sex Dreams of Topaz (Hong Kong) ... a.k.a. Topâzu ( *anese )
• In the Soup (1992) (co-executive producer)
• Fatal Mission (1990) (producer) ... a.k.a. DeadLock (*anese) ... a.k.a. Enemy (Germany)
• Raffles Hotel (1989) (*ociate producer)
• Sons (1989) (executive producer)

Other film credits

• Dark Voices (2001) (Director)
• Kyoko (2000) (production consultant)
• Amerikanskaya doch (1995) (production consultant) ... a.k.a. Американская дочь (Russia) ... a.k.a. American Daughter
• Somebody to Love (1994) (special thanks)
• Hsi yen (1993) (soundtrack supervisor) ... a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet (USA)

In addition to these feature film credits, Chosei Funahara has produced or directed a total of more than sixty short films, do*entaries and numerous TV commercials in *an, the United States and Europe.

Selected short films

• War (1999)
• Widget (1999), directed by Funahara and produced by Hal Hartley
• Trouble (1994), directed by Richard Edson
• DEADEND (1994), directed by Miron Zownir
• Cacophony, Lonesome Hitmen from Montana, for German TV ZDF (1988)
• *roach Alarm in Spanish Harlem (1987)
• New York City Marathon (1986), written by Ryu Murakami
• The Houseguest (1986), featuring John Cale and Zoe Lund

Music video

• I am Siam (1984) directed by Funahara, winner of the American Video Award.

Discography

Extended play (EPs)

Singles

References

External links

• http://www.funahara.com
• Chosei Funahara at IMDb