第60届奥斯卡金像奖 获得最佳纪录长片(提名)。获奖影视: 《地狱焰火:广岛之旅》
■ Personal Info. 1952 Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 1969 Exchange student, Keio Shiki High School 1974 Graduated from Stanford University (Asian Languages and Literature) 1980 MS (Industrial Relations), University of Wisconsin 2000~ Directors Guild of Japan, International Committee Vice-Chair ■ Films Directed Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima (1986) Uminchu: The Old Man and the East China Sea (1990) Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden (1992) Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (2002) Japan's Peace Constitution (2005) ■ Television/Video Productions "We Are Driven," Frontline report on Nissan Motor Company, PBS 1983 "The Traditional Crafts of Japan," 8-part video series for Diamond-sha 1991 "I'll Be Coming Around," Music video for The Bottle Rockets, MTV 1996 "The Mississippi: River of Song," 4-hour series on American music, PBS 1999 "Michael Kenna's Hokkaido," Portrait of a photographer, JGS Foundation 2007 ■ Publications The Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki (editor, Kodansha International 1986) River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi (with Elijah Wald, St Martin's Press 1999) The History of Japanese Photography (editor/translator, Yale University Press 2003) Noam Chomsky, Power and Terror: Post 9/11 Talks and Interviews (editor, Seven Stories Press 2003) Moriyama Daido, Memories of a Dog (translator, Nazraeli Press 2004) Shomei Tomatsu: The Skin of a Nation (translator, Yale University Press 2004)