今村研一 IMAMURA Ken-ichi
Japan
Senior producer, International Acquisition and co-production, NHK Enterprises
Imamura entered NHK in 1983 as a TV director. His main focus of
interest has been in international affairs and has directed and produced
programs. His program “The Crisis in the South China Sea” was awarded
the prestigious “Galaxy Award” in Tokyo. He has long been producing news
programs, but apart from this he was also involved in NHK’s “Digital Stadium”,
which introduced innovative and up-and-coming artists throughout Japan.
Between 2005-2009, he worked for MICO (Media International Corporation),
the business arm of NHK which distributes NHK programs abroad. He oversaw
developing the NHK programs to make them available for the international
market. He was a speaker for the BCWW in Korea and the Seminar on Overseas
Content Promotion in Hangzhou held by the State Administration of Radio, Film
and TV of China.
Since 2009, he has been transferred to NHK headquarters and is the producer
and the commissioning editor of the slot “World Documentary”. For this daily
program, NHK acquires 90 documentaries from abroad and co-produces 20
programs a year. He has been attending IDFA, Hotdocs, Sheffield Film Festival,
Asian Side of the Doc etc.
He is also the executive producer of the Asian Pitch or TAP. TAP is the co-
producition project for Asian filmmakers organized by Media Corp, KBS and
NHK.
Imamura graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, in 1983. He is
a big fan of football.
NHK Enterprises
NHK Enterprises is the business arm of NHK. With backgrounds ranging from
TV production and distribution, international film festivals to event planning,
our activities include international co-productions with major broadcasters,
programming for the Asian Film Festival, and producing world-class events
like the Tokyo Jazz Festival. We are constantly taking from its genre-crossing
network to link, combine, and forge new markets for innovative projects.
Recent Co-production
Yemen’s Reluctant Revolutionary NHK/Ten Foot Films
The Hunt for Bin Laden NHK/Brook Lapping
China Heavyweight NHK/Eyesteel Film/Yuangfang Media
Decoding the World’s First Computer NHK/Images First/ARTE/ERT
Women at 40; A Silent Revolution NHK/Point du Jour/NFB
Why Poverty NHK/STEPS/BBC/ARTE/DR
Democrats NHK/DR
Fruit Hunter NHK/NFB
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS
PLANET OF SNAIL
LIFE FORCE
I WAS WORTH 50 SHEEP
Recent Acquisition
Debtocracy [BitsnBytes (2011)]
Qaddafi-Our Best Enemy [Illegitime Defense/Les Films du Cabestan (2011)]
Armadillo [Fridthjof Film (2011)]
Into Eternity [Magic Hour Films (2010)]
U-864 Hitler’s Last Deadly Secret [Spiegel TV/ Cream Productions (2007)]
The Real King’s Speech [1212 Productions (2010)]
My Trip to Al Qaeda [Jigsaw Productions (2010)]
The Confession [WGBH (2010)]
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