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
Fumiro served as the colorist for the documentary Black Box Diaries, directed by Shiori Ito. The film has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Feature Documentary and has won a Peabody Award.
Fumiro also color graded the documentary Instruments of a Beating Heart, directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki. This film has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Documentary.
Fumiro and his collaborator, Houdini FX artist Kobari Yasuhiro, received a nomination for the Best Visual Effects for the Asian Film Award for the fiction feature film Black Ox.
