Hideo Nakata (中田秀夫, Nakata Hideo) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for directing J-horror classics Ring and Dark Water, both of which were adapted to Hollywood re-makes.

Profile Edit

• Name: Hideo Nakata (中田秀夫, Nakata Hideo)
• Birth date: July 19, 1961
• Birthplace: Okayama, Japan

FilmographyEdit

• [1992] Curse, Death & Spirit
• [1996] Ghost Actress
• [1997] Gakko no Kaidan F (story "Hoken-shitsu")
• [1998] Ring
• [1998] Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
• [1999] Chaos
• [1999] Ring 2
• [2000] Sadistic and Masochistic
• [2000] Sleeping Bride
• [2000] Sotohiro
• [2002] Dark Water
• [2002] Last Scene
• [2005] The Ring Two
• [2007] Kaidan
• [2008] L change the WorLd
• [2008] The Ring Three

External LinksEdit

• Hideo Nakata at the Internet Movie Database
• Hideo Nakata at the Japanese Movie Database
• Official Website
• Hideo Nakata at Wikipedia
• Japanese Wikipedia