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In MERIDIA, we have an Award-Winning Local 600 Cinematographer/Director of Photography who has professionally worked in Hollywood, Los Angeles for more than 12 years . Our professional works on Films, Commercials, TVs, and Music Videos have been broadcasted and theatrical released all over USA, Asia, and Europe. We have been working with world class top clients such as HBO, Lions Gate, Paramount, NBC Universal, 20th Century Fox, Google, SONY, Coca-Cola, Nissan, Panasonic, SHISEIDO and other world famous brands. We can communicate in both English and Japanese.

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MERIDIAには、ロサンゼルス・ハリウッドで12年間、IATSE Local 600（ユニオン）でプロの撮影監督（Cinematographer）として活躍したHIROYUI HAGAが在籍し、ジャンルは映画・コマーシャル・プロモーションビデオと多岐に渡ります。活動場所はアメリカのみならず、ヨーロッパ・アジアでも現地スタッフと多国籍の中の撮影も多数経験し、クライアントには、HBO・Lions Gate・Paramount ピクチャー・NBC Universal・20th Century Fox・Google・Sony・コカ コーラ・日産・パナソニック・資生堂 等、多くの企業との実績があります。英語、日本語と対応可能です。他言語のプロダクション経験もありますので、ご相談ください。

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Camera Operation: ARRI, RED, Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Blackmagic and most digital cameras on market. And 35mm/16mm/8mm film cameras.

Lighting Operation: HMI, Tungsten, LEDs (most on the market)

Tech Support: Windows 10, Mac OS, Davinci Resolve, Adobe Creative Suites, Microsoft

Language: Japanese and English, also quite experienced with multilingual crews

FILM/映画

  • "Redline (Japanese Cartoon Movie) (2010)" teaser - directed by Takeshi Koike 

  • "Super 8 (2011)" Promotion Video for Japanese Market - directed by JJ. Abrams / produced by Steven Spielberg 

  • "Battle for Skyark (2013)" - produced by Lions Gate - directed by Simon Hung

  • "Reaper (2014)" - directed by Philip Shih *** starred Danny Trejo, Vinnie Jones

  • "Medicine Men (2015)" - directed by Guy Malim

  • "10000 Miles (2015)" - produced by Jay Chou (lead actor in "The Green Hornet") - directed by Simon Hung ***Blockbuster movie in Taiwan/winner most popular movie in 2016 9th Fujian International Film Festival 

  • "Inside - Thriller (2016)" - directed by Lili Bai

  • "Blood 13 (2016)" - directed by Candy Li ***Official Selection 2018 Beijing Film Festival / nominated 2018 Shanghai Film Festival as the Best Cinematography

  • "Room 37: The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders (2018)" - directed by Vicente and Fernando Cordero Caballero

  • "Bloom (2020)" Short Film - directed by Tianyi Wang ***Official Selection 2021 VENICE Film Awards

  • "Kaguya-sama 2: Love is War (2021)" Los Angeles VFX filming part - directed by Hayato Kawai 

  • "Other Side of the Hole (2022)" directed by Eiko Nijo ***Winner of Best Short Film at 2022 Tokyo Film Awards, Nominated to 2022 European Cinematography Awards, Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards 2022 Winner as Best Short Film

TV/STREAMING ドラマ

  • "Sony VENICE - KANDO story (2018)" for "AVATAR 2" directed by James Cameron, officially shown on Cinegear 2019 

  • "72 ~ sports documentary (2018)" featuring Vasyl Lomachenko (WBA/WBO/Olympic champion boxer)

  • "Band Maid Tokyo - World Tour 2018"

  • "DREAM RAIDER (2019)" - directed by Simon Hung & Daniel Fu Dong ***HBO original series

  • "Why We Dance (2020)" - directed by Yun Xie and Yu Hou ***Discovery Channel official / official selection several Academy Award film festivals in 2021

  • "Shriving Together (2021)" directed by Shogo Sano ***for Consulate General of Japan in Tennessee / aired on FOX channels

COMMERCIAL コマーシャル

  • "Panasonic HX-A100D Wearable Cam (2013)"

  • "YAMAHA HPH-M82 Headphone & LSX-700 Speaker (2014)"

  • "ADENOGEN Shampoo (2015)" SHISEIDO - VFX/Green Screen

  • "Asahi Beer Dry Zero (2017)" - Camera Operator

  • "Minute Maid (2017)" Coca-Cola Japan

  • "Calico Critters (2018)" ***Walmart Official Commercial

  • "Google Pixel 3 Designers' Story (2018)"

  • "YouTube Music (2018)" Google ***starred "ONE OK ROCK"

  • "Nissan AR and Tokyo Motor Show 2019" ***starred Naomi Osaka (world no.1 woman tennis player in 2018 and won Grand Slam single)

  • "KAO Corporation (2019)" ***most profitable cosmetic company in Japan

  • "Coca-Cola (2020)" ***for Olympic Tokyo 2021 - Los Angeles part

  • "Nissan AR (2020)" ***for Olympic Tokyo 2021, starred Naomi Osaka

  • "NISSAN documentary commercial (2021)" directed by Shogo Sano

  • "New Life - Google App TV CM (2022)" directed by Yasuhito Tsuge

  • "Colorful - Coca-Cola (2022)" produced by Universal Music Japan (Los Angeles Part)

  • "STRAIGHT PATH - TORAY (2023)" directed by Yu Yamanaka

  • "Seven Bank (2023)" directed by Shogo Sano

MUSIC VIDEO / PROMOTION VIDEO ミュージックビデオ・プロモビデオ

  • "Undertow (2010)" by Mr. Big

  • "All the Way Up (2010)" by Mr. Big

  • "Boogie (2012)" by Mandy Rain ***Nickelodeon TV

  • "Mind Blown (2014)" by Noelia ***MTV official

  • "Hey Baby (2015)" by ROCKET ***Other Venice Festive 2015 Best Music Video

  • "Can't Lose You Now (2015)" by Patrick Brasca ***known by a song "Try" in "Kung Fu Panda 3" by DreamWorks Animation

  • "Atrophy (2016)" by 3Teeth ***featuring Rolling Stone magazine

  • "Special (2020)" by Gabbie Hanna - directed by HOK (EMMY AWARD choreograph, a member of QUEST)

  • "Call Me Crazy (2020)" by Gabbie Hanna - directed by HOK

  • "Shut Me Up (2021)" by Gabbie Hanna - directed by HOK

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