Tetsuya Nakashima (中島哲也) (born 1959) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino.
Confessions was also selected as the Japanese entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards[2] and made the final shortlist in January 2011.
His 2006 film Memories of Matsuko received 14 nominations at the 30th Japanese Academy Awards, including Picture of the Year and Director of the Year.
[5] He was originally slated to direct an adaptation of the hit manga Attack on Titan, but in December 2012 he left the project due to differences with the rest of the production team.