Fumiro Sato

Fumiro Sato is a director, VFX artist, and colorist.

In recent years, two films he colored were nominated for an Oscar: the Best Documentary "Black Box Diaries" and "Instruments of a beating heart." His work has been recognized at major film festivals, including "Lost Land" (Venice Film Festival), "Very Gentle Work," (Cannes Film Festival), and "Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory" (Berlin Film Festival).

He has also been nominated for the Best VFX for an Asian Film Award, often referred to as the Asian version of the Oscar.

Fumiro began his career as a 3D modeler for a Japanese animated television series. He subsequently worked in the Autodesk Inferno department at the post-production house McRay/Tokyo. Later, at the Tokyo-based creative agency UltraSuperNew, he planned and directed TV commercials. Fumiro is currently based in New York City.

He spends his weekends experimenting with 3D sculpting and web development projects.

Recent works

I worked as finishing editor for the film "Nude at Heart." It won the Grand Jury Prize in the Kaleidoscope at the largest documentary film festival in North America.

“I was a Simple Man,” directed by Christopher Yogi, screened at Sundance Film Festival 2021. Fumiro did all the Visual Effects treatment of the film in Nuke and Flame. Christopher mentioned Fumiro’s name at the director’s interview.

Fumiro VFX supervised Tribeca Film Festival 2020 International Narrative Competition Special Jury Mention winning movie “Ainu Mosir” is now playing on Netflix.