Hideo Nakata

Biography

Hideo Nakata (中田 秀夫 Nakata Hideo, born July 19, 1961) is a Japanese filmmaker.

Directed

1. The Ring Two (2005) — Director
2. Ring (1998) — Director
3. Dark Water (2002) — Director
4. Ring 2 (1999) — Director
5. Chatroom (2010) — Director
6. Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008) — Director
7. THE DAYS (2023) — Director
8. Sadako (2019) — Director
9. The Incite Mill (2010) — Director
10. The Complex (2013) — Director
11. White Lily (2016) — Director
12. The Forbidden Play (2023) — Director
13. Kaidan (2007) — Director
14. Chaos (2000) — Director
15. Stolen Identity (2018) — Director
16. Monsterz (2014) — Director
17. Ghost Theater (2015) — Director
18. Stigmatized Properties (2020) — Director
19. The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer (2019) — Director
20. Don't Look Up (1996) — Director
21. Usogui (2022) — Director
22. Stigmatized Properties: Possession (2025) — Director
23. The Supernatural Sweet Shop: The Movie (2024) — Director
24. Remotely Killed (2020) — Director
25. It's in the Woods (2022) — Director
26. Words with Gods (2014) — Director
27. The Complex: Prologue (2013) — Director
28. Shōtai (2022) — Director
29. Sleeping Bride (2000) — Director
30. Stolen Identity 2 (2020) — Director
31. Female Teacher Diary: Forbidden Sex (1995) — Director
32. Curse, Death & Spirit (1992) — Director
33. Shinigami-kun (2014) — Director
34. Ghost Theater (2015) — Director
35. Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker (2024) — Director
36. Life in Overtime (2018) — Director
37. Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection (2015) — Director
38. Fear Newspaper (2020) — Director
39. Last Scene (2002) — Director
40. Sadistic and Masochistic (2001) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Tokyo Fair Weather (1997)
2. Gore from Outer Space (2001)
3. Sadistic and Masochistic (2001)
4. Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts (2023) — Himself
5. True Asian Horror (2007) — Self
6. Hideo Nakata: Ghosts, Rings and Water (2016)
7. Foreign Filmmakers' Guide to Hollywood (2009)