Tadanari Okamoto
Tadanari Okamoto | |
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| Born | January 11, 1932 Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan |
| Died | February 16, 1990 (aged 58) |
| Occupation | Director of animated films |
| Years active | 1965–1990 |
Tadanari Okamoto (岡本 忠成, Okamoto Tadanari, January 11, 1932 – February 16, 1990) was a Japanese independent animator. From 1965 until his death he completed at least 37 short subject films in a wide variety of mediums, many of them winning award-winning, his honorific nicknamed "Sheldon Cohen and Hans Fischerkoesen of Japan".