KON Satoshi

Born in 1963 in Hokkaido, Japan. Film director, writer, animator, and manga artist. Directed the critically acclaimed Perfect Blue (1998), Millennium Actress (2002), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), and Paprika (2006). Died at age 46 in 2010 for pancreatic cancer while in production for the next film Dreaming Machine.
( 2003 )