Takahiko Iimura(飯村隆彦,Iimura Takahiko, born February 20, 1937) is a Japaneseavant-garde filmmaker and fine artist. He is considered one of the pioneers of experimental and independent filmmaking in Japan. Iimura was born in Tokyo and is a graduate of Keio University. His film Onan (1963) won the Special Prize at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival in 1964. He published a seminal work on experimental filmmaking in 1970, Geijutsu to higeijutsu no aida, and a biography of Yoko Ono, Ono Yōko hito to sakuhin, in 1985. Iimura made much of his film in New York City, but became a professor at the Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in 1992.
Onan (1963, 16mm, B/W, 7min., Music: Yasunao Tone; Winner, Special Prize, Brussels International Film Festival)
"Taka and Ako," (1966, 16mm (from 8mm), black and white, silent, 16fps, 15 min.)
"White Calligraphy," (1967, 16mm, black and white, silent, 11 min.)
"Filmmakers," (1968, 28 min.)
1970s
"Kiri" (Fog), (1970, 16mm (from 8mm), black and white, silent, 16fps, 7 min.)
"Film Strips I," (1970, 16mm, black and white, silent, 11.5 min.)
"The Pacific Ocean" (1971, 16mm, colour, silent, 11 min.)
"Self Identity" (1972, 1 min.)
"Double Portrait" ( 1973–1987, 5 min.)
"I Love You" (1973–1987, 4.5 min.)
"Double Identity" (1979, 1.5 min.)
1980s
"I Am A Viewer, You Are A Viewer" (1981, 4 min.)
"This Is A Camera Which Shoots This" (1982–1995, 5 min.)
"Air’s Rock" (portmanteau, DVD, including Moments at the Rock, (1984, color, sound, 12 min.) and A Rock in the Light (1985/2008, 18 min. Music: Haruyuki Suzuki, 2008))
New York Hotsprings (1984, DVD, b/w, 10 min. Part of Experiments in New York)
"TV Confrontation" (1986, DVD, color, stereo, 5 min. with Tetsuya fukui, "Video=Aleph")
New York Day and Night (1989, DVD, color, Music: Takehisa Kosugi, 58 min.)
1990s
"As I See You You See Me" (1990–1995, 7 min.)
PERFORMANCE/MYSELF (Or Video Identity) (portmanteau, 1972–1995, DVD, 7 pieces, total 29 min.)
