Directing
Edson Oda
Born
1971-06-04 (55)
Place of birth
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Known for
Directing
Credits
15 titles
Edson Oda is a Japanese Brazilian writer-director based in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of São Paulo with a bachelor's degree in advertising and completed his Master of Fine Arts in film and production at the University of Southern California. Before making his feature debut, Nine Days, Oda wrote, directed, and supervised projects for Philips, Telefonica, Movistar, InBev, Whirlpool, Johnson & Johnson, Honda, and Nokia. He is a Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab alumnus and was nominated for a Latin GRAMMY Award for best music video in 2012.
Known for
6.8A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
Nine Days
2021
7.5A young mercenary is hired to kill Death.
Malaria
2013
4.0A former hitman encounters with Death in an ultimate attempt to save his daughter's life.
The Man of Death
2015
6.3Short stop motion animation with finger nails.
The Birth
2009
Through the use of real projections - no compositing - this experimental film shows a bicycle ride from the perspective of someone who will never ride a bicycle.
A Sensorial Ride
2017
6.5"The Writer” tells the story of Pedro, a young cowboy who defies the writer of the short film (me). I used the footage of the film “Day of Anger” and changed the dialogues in order to create this comic book world ruled by the sacred script.
The Writer
2012
Behind the camera
6.8A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
Nine Days
2021
6.8A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
Nine Days
2021
7.5A young mercenary is hired to kill Death.
Malaria
2013
7.5A young mercenary is hired to kill Death.
Malaria
2013
4.0A former hitman encounters with Death in an ultimate attempt to save his daughter's life.
The Man of Death
2015
4.0A former hitman encounters with Death in an ultimate attempt to save his daughter's life.
The Man of Death
2015
4.0A former hitman encounters with Death in an ultimate attempt to save his daughter's life.
The Man of Death
2015
6.3Short stop motion animation with finger nails.
The Birth
2009
6.3Short stop motion animation with finger nails.
The Birth
2009
Through the use of real projections - no compositing - this experimental film shows a bicycle ride from the perspective of someone who will never ride a bicycle.
A Sensorial Ride
2017
Through the use of real projections - no compositing - this experimental film shows a bicycle ride from the perspective of someone who will never ride a bicycle.
A Sensorial Ride
2017
Through the use of real projections - no compositing - this experimental film shows a bicycle ride from the perspective of someone who will never ride a bicycle.
A Sensorial Ride
2017
6.5"The Writer” tells the story of Pedro, a young cowboy who defies the writer of the short film (me). I used the footage of the film “Day of Anger” and changed the dialogues in order to create this comic book world ruled by the sacred script.
The Writer
2012
6.5"The Writer” tells the story of Pedro, a young cowboy who defies the writer of the short film (me). I used the footage of the film “Day of Anger” and changed the dialogues in order to create this comic book world ruled by the sacred script.
The Writer
2012
A stop motion film for an Art History course at Masp.
Statue
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