Haruki Murakami. Japanese writer Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹, Murakami Haruki, born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer.
His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages[1] and selling millions of copies outside his native country.[2][3] His work has received numerous awards, including the World Fantasy Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize.[4][5][6] Biography[edit] Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan, during the post-World War II baby boom and raised in Shukugawa (Nishinomiya), Ashiya and Kobe.[11][12] He is an only child. His father was the son of a Buddhist priest,[13] and his mother is the daughter of an Osaka merchant.[14] Both taught Japanese literature.[15] Kenji Kamiyama. Kenji Kamiyama (神山健治, Kamiyama Kenji?)
, born on March 20, 1966 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese anime director. He has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise, Production I.G, such as his work on Jin-Roh, Patlabor, Blood: The Last Vampire, and for whom he has directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime television series, which was followed on into a second season, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG and a TV movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society. Filmography[edit] Burn Up! External links[edit] Vince Gilligan.
Early life[edit] Gilligan was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Gail, a grade school teacher, and George Vincent Gilligan, Sr., an insurance claims adjuster.[6] His parents divorced in 1974 and he and his younger brother, Patrick, were raised in Farmville and Chesterfield County.[1][7] Growing up, Gilligan became best friends with future film editor and film title designer Angus Wall.
His interest in film began when Wall's mother, Jackie, who also taught alongside Gilligan's mother, would lend her Super 8 film cameras to him.