With a firm belief that the art of cinematography can take the audience to new and unknown stages, Yoshihisa has shot a wide range of feature films, dramas, TV commercials, and music videos across the globe.
His passion for developing particular color palettes and lighting designs to highlight storytelling, stagings, and performances in each project has let him establish a unique visual language, leading to winning a number of international credits.
Yoshihisa is fluent in English and currently based in L.A
Awards:
Berlin International Film Festival [Silver Bear] [N.E.T.PACK Award] [C.I.C.A.E Award ]
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Japan Representation
Porto International Film Festival [Grand Prix]
Montreal International Film Festival [Grand Prix in documentary feature section]
Short Short Film Festival ASIA [Branded Movie Award]
MTV JAPAN [Best New Artist Video Award]
PIA Film Festival [Best Cinematography Award]
Amsterdam International Filmmaker Festival [Best Cinematography Nominee]
Festval of Cinema NYC[Best Cinematography Nominee]
Education:
American Film Institute
American Society of Cinematographers Master Class
The Film School in Tokyo/映画美学校
B.A in Film production, Tokyo Polytechnic University/東京工芸大学
Filmography
2023
Disney+ drama series / in Post Production
American Express Gold Card / Brand Movie
Sugisaki Hana no Satsukyu /TV Drama Series 杉咲花の撮休 Dir. Imaizumi Rikiya
2022
The 13 Lords of the Shogun/鎌倉殿の13人 -TV Drama series.
Dir: Teruyuki Yoshida, Sou Suenaga, Keita Hosaka
Hermès Brand Movie / Dir. Hiroshi okuyama
2021
Towako Omameda and Her Three Ex-husbands / TV drama series
大豆田とわ子と三人の元夫
Dir:Kazuhito Nakae, Yusuke Taki
Hermès Brand Movie / Dir. Hiroshi okuyama
2020
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
荒ぶる季節の乙女どもよ Dir:Maki Sakai, Yusuke Taki
The Nile perch no Josikai
ナイルパーチ の女子会 Dir: Yusuke Taki
Piple Dir:Maki Sakai, Yusuke Taki
2019
Ghost Master (Dir. Paul Young) ゴーストマスター -Feature Film
See You on the Other Side(Dir:Yoko Nakayama)
おやすみ、また向こう岸で
21st Century Girl - 21世紀の女の子ー離ればなれの花々へ
“For Lonesome Blossoms” (Dir. Yuki Yamato) -Feature Film
After the Sunset (Dir. Koshikawa Michio) -Feature Film
Jeux de plage (Dir. Aime Natsuto) -Feature Film
2018
Path of Dreams (Dir. Tamara Ruppart)) -Short
Tina Tamashiro Dreaming (Dir Yuki Yamato)- short 玉城ティナは夢想する
Brother’s Husband (Dir. Teruyuki Yoshida) 弟の夫
MARIO (Dir. Teruyuki Yoshida) マリオーAIのゆくえ
2017
Takayuki Yamada’s Cannes film festival 山田孝之のカンヌ映画祭
Yamada Takayuki 3D movie
Dir.Tetsuaki Matsue, Nobuhiro Yamashita
2016
Amazon Prime Tokyo Girl- 東京女子図鑑 Dir: Yuki Tanada
Ken-san (Dir. Yuichi Hibi) - Documentary Feature
Raise Your Arms and Twist! Documentary of NMB48
(Dir. Atsushi Funahashi) - Documentary Feature
2015
Areno - The Wildness (Dir. Koshikawa Michio) Feature Film
There is no Lid on the Sea (Dir. Keisuke Toyoshima) 海のふた Feature Film
2014
My Guide to HAWAII (Dir. Koji Maeda) わたしのハワイの歩きかた Feature Film
2013
A Band Rabbit (Dir. Takuji Suzuki) Feature Fialm
2012
Our Homeland (DIr. Yang Yonghi) Feature Film
かぞくのくに
2011
Caterpillar (Dir. Koji Wakamatsu)- Co-Cinematographer Feature Film
キャタピラー
2010
The Red Army (Dir. Koji Wakamatsu)- Co-Cinematographer Feature Film
実録 連合赤軍