Kenji Tanaka
Director & Editor
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.
Cut to the feeling, then protect it through every revision.
Track Record
11 years directing and editing across brand, music, and documentary
Director / Editor
Freelance
Brand films and music videos for Uniqlo, Honda, and independent artists. 40+ delivered projects.
2018 – Present
Senior Editor
Tokyo Film Collective
Lead editor on two festival documentary shorts and a national ad campaign.
2014 – 2018
Education
BFA, Film Production — Nihon University College of Art · 2013
Skills
Directing · Editing (Premiere, DaVinci) · Color grading · Sound design · Cinematography · Motion (After Effects)
Certifications
DaVinci Resolve Certified Colorist — Blackmagic Design (2021)
Works
Uniqlo — 'Everyday'
60s brand film. Directed and edited. Shot across four seasons in one Tokyo apartment.
Commercial · Director
Shima — 'Tide' (MV)
Music video for indie band Shima. One continuous take, reverse-edited. 1.4M views.
Music video · 1.4M views
The Last Sento
Documentary short on Tokyo's vanishing bathhouses. Official selection, Yamagata 2023.
Documentary · Festival
Gallery
On set — Uniqlo
Grade — 'Tide'
The Last Sento
Reel
Services
Booking brand and music projects for next quarter.
Day rate from ¥180,000 · Post from ¥90,000
Word on the Street
“Kenji finds the cut nobody else sees. He delivered a brand film that felt like a short story.”
Honors
- ★ Official selection — Yamagata Doc 2023
- ★ 1.4M views on 'Tide'
- ★ Vimeo Staff Pick ×3