Hideo Nakata (a-c ca Nakata Hideo, born July 19, 1961, in Okayama, Japan) is a Japanese film director. Nakata is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on J-Horror films such as Ringu (1998), Ringu 2 (1999) and Dark Water (2002). Ringu was... Cherd Songsri (Thai: aaaa aa$aaa$a, September 20, 1931 - May 21, 2006) was a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer. freebase
According to his official website, his 1996 theatrical debut film was a documentary called "Man With 4 Names," on Joseph Losey, Wisconsin-bred-British-based filmmaker who was a Communist Party member. Has a brother. Studied journalism at the University of www.imdb.com/name/nm0620378/
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