Takahiko Iimura (Japanese: 飯村隆彦, Hepburn: Iimura Takahiko, 20 February 1937 – 31 July 2022)[1] was a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and fine artist.
He is considered one of the pioneers of experimental and independent filmmaking in Japan.
[2] Iimura was born in Tokyo and was a graduate of Keio University.
He published a seminal work on experimental filmmaking in 1970, Geijutsu to higeijutsu no aida, and a biography of Yoko Ono, Ono Yōko hito to sakuhin, in 1985.
Iimura made much of his film in New York City, but became a professor at the Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in 1992.