Katsuya Imai
Production Designer / Art Director / Concept Artist
Art Director
Art Director
Set Designer
Art Director
WORKS
RESUME
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
“CANARY” (2023) — Short
“ASHLEY JONES IS PERFECTLY NORMAL” (2021) — Feature
“BEFORE THE SUN EXPLODES” (2015) — Feature
“NINPUU SENTAI HURRICANEGER: 10 YEARS AFTER” (2013) — Direct-to-Video
“HIKONIN SENTAI AKIBARENGER” (2013) — Series
ART DIRECTOR
“TULSA KING” (2023) — Paramount+ Series
“PACHINKO” (2022) — AppleTV+ Series
“KATE” (2021) — Netflix Feature
“EARTHQUAKE BIRD” (2019) — Netflix Feature
“OUT OF THE CRADLE” (2018) — NHK Documentary
“THE NEXT GENERATION - PATLABOR - THE MOVIE” (2014) — Feature
“PECOROSS’ MOTHER AND HER DAYS” (2013) — Feature
CONCEPT ARTIST
“The Sensitive Kind” (2024) — FX Series
“Deal or No Deal Island” (2024) — Reality
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
“ATLAS” (2024) — Netflix Feature
“THE THIRD MURDER” (2017) — Feature
“MANHUNT” (2016) — Feature
OTHER ROLES
“GRAN TURISMO” (2023) — Feature (Japan Unit Set Designer)
“THE EXORCIST BELIEVER” (2023) — Feature (Visual Consultant)
Katsuya Imai is a Japanese Art Director and Production Designer residing in Los Angeles, California. The child of a film buff, Katsuya grew up watching movies with his father. His parents knew from an early age that he had an eye for the dark, brooding aesthetic and a vivid, creative imagination.
Graduating with a BA in Cinema (Directing) from Nihon University in Tokyo, Katsuya cut his teeth working in production as Assistant Art Director on Japanese films before relocating to the United States in 2018.
Katsuya hit the ground running in Los Angeles, with an Art Director role on films like “Kate (2021),” star. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Woody Harrelson, and “Earthquake Bird (2019).”
An avid reader of fiction, Katsuya is inspired by the stories and characters; he loves to create their world in his mind, as well as drawing inspiration from his everyday life in the city. Katsuya is beloved for his artistic storytelling, as well as his sense of humor and easy-going attitude.
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