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name: "Tetsuo Nagata"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tetsuo-nagata"
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imdb_id: "nm0619216"
tmdb_id: 16930
wikidata_id: "Q1340985"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:06:08.557780+00:00"
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# Tetsuo Nagata

## Identity

Tetsuo Nagata

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tetsuo-nagata
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tetsuo-nagata
- **IMDb ID:** nm0619216
- **TMDB ID:** 16930
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1340985
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuo_Nagata, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1340985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16930

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1952 in Nakano, Nagano, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, Nakano, Nagano, Japan
- **Also known as:** Tetuo Nagata
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuo_Nagata, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1340985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16930

## Biography

Tetsuo Nagata is a Japanese-born cinematographer based in France. Born in 1952 in Nakano, Nagano, he has worked on numerous feature films since the late 1990s.

His credits include *The Officers' Ward* (2001), *Steal* (2002), *Blueberry* (2004), *Paris, je t'aime* (2006), *La Vie en Rose* (2007), *Micmacs* (2009) and *Splice* (2010). He has also shot *125 Years Memory* (2015) and later international productions such as *Dhaakad* (2022).

Nagata won the César Award for Best Cinematography for *The Officers' Ward* in 2002 and for *La Vie en Rose* in 2008. He received a nomination for the Japan Academy Film Prize for *125 Years Memory*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nagata-tetsuo.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *La Vie en Rose* (2007), Fi1m 66, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/la-vie-en-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *120 Bahadur* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Emergency* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Dhaakad* (2022), Director of Photography
- *125 Years Memory* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Leonie* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Splice* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Micmacs* (2009), Director of Photography
- *La Vie en Rose* (2007), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/la-vie-en-rose.md)
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Until the Lights Come Back* (2005), Cinematography
- *Animal* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Blueberry* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Leave Your Hands on My Hips* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Steal* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Officers' Ward* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Stand-by* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Last Little Red Riding Hood* (1998), Director of Photography

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