Go Shibata

{{Short description|Japanese film director (born 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Nihongo|'''Go Shibata'''|柴田剛|Shibata Gō|extra=born 8 May 1975}} is an independent Japanese film director.

==Career== Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, he studied filmmaking at the Osaka University of Arts.<ref name=HMV>{{cite web|title=Horikawa naka tachiuri: Shibata Gō kantoku x Ishii Motako taidan!|url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/1011040003/|publisher=HMV|accessdate=24 June 2011}}</ref> His graduation film, ''NN-891102'' (1999) screened at foreign film festivals and was released in theaters in Japan.<ref name=HMV /> His ''Late Bloomer'' won the Cause and F(X) Dream Digital Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=HIFF 2005: Celebrating 25 Years |url=http://www.hiff.org/2005-HIFF-Overview |publisher=Hawaii International Film Festival |accessdate=24 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927164902/http://www.hiff.org/2005-HIFF-Overview |archivedate=27 September 2011 }}</ref>

==Filmography==

* ''All You Can Eat'' * ''NN-891102'' (1999) * ''Late Bloomer'' aka ''Osoi Hito'' (2004) * ''Doman Seman '' (2009)

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==External links== *{{IMDB name|1902283|Gō Shibata}} * [http://www.osoihito.jp/ Official Late Bloomer Web site]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shibata, Go}} Category:Living people Category:1975 births Category:People from Kanagawa Prefecture Category:Japanese film directors Category:Osaka University of Arts alumni