FilmmakerTokyo, Japan

Kenji Tanaka

Director & Editor

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Statement

Filmmaker and editor cutting stories with rhythm. Commercials, docs, and music videos — I shape footage until it breathes. Director's eye, editor's patience.

60+

Projects

3

Staff Picks

11

Years

About

I started editing skate videos in high school and learned everything that matters about filmmaking in those cuts: timing, momentum, when to hold and when to let go. I shoot and edit, which means I'm thinking about the cut while the camera's rolling. My work spans brand films, documentary shorts, and music videos — but it's all the same craft underneath: find the pulse of the footage and build everything around it.

Works

Gallery

On set — Uniqlo
On set — Uniqlo
Grade — 'Tide'
Grade — 'Tide'
The Last Sento
The Last Sento

Practice

11 years directing and editing across brand, music, and documentary

2018 – Present

Director / Editor

Freelance

Brand films and music videos for Uniqlo, Honda, and independent artists. 40+ delivered projects.

2014 – 2018

Senior Editor

Tokyo Film Collective

Lead editor on two festival documentary shorts and a national ad campaign.

Education

BFA, Film Production — Nihon University College of Art 2013

Expertise

Directing · Editing (Premiere, DaVinci) · Color grading · Sound design · Cinematography · Motion (After Effects)

Certifications

DaVinci Resolve Certified Colorist — Blackmagic Design 2021

Film

Showreel 2024 (2:10) Uniqlo — 'Everyday' (full) Shima — 'Tide' (music video) The Last Sento — trailer

Services

Brand films & commercials

Music videos

Documentary

Editing & post

Color grading

Booking brand and music projects for next quarter.

Day rate from ¥180,000 · Post from ¥90,000

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Words

“Kenji finds the cut nobody else sees. He delivered a brand film that felt like a short story.”
Aya Mori, Creative Director

Recognition

  • Official selection — Yamagata Doc 2023
  • 1.4M views on 'Tide'
  • Vimeo Staff Pick ×3
Shots — The editor cutting Tokyo's quiet to a rhythm

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