Dec 18, 1961 - Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Sion Sono (園 子温 Sono Shion, born December 18, 1961) is a Japanese filmmaker, author and poet. Best known on the festival circuit for the film Love Exposure (2008), he has been called "the most subversive filmmaker working in Japanese cinema today".
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| Movie | 2005 | Strange Circus | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Strange Circus | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2005 | Strange Circus | Author | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | ENDLESS LOVE | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 2007 | Exte: Hair Extensions | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Suicide Club | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | Suicide Club | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Love Exposure | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Love Exposure | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Noriko's Dinner Table | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Noriko's Dinner Table | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Into a Dream | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Into a Dream | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Exte: Hair Extensions | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | Cold Fish | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | Cold Fish | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Guilty of Romance | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | Guilty of Romance | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Hazard | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Be Sure to Share | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Be Sure to Share | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2017 | Antiporno | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2004 | Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1990 | Bicycle Sighs | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Bicycle Sighs | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | Himizu | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Himizu | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1992 | The Room | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1992 | The Room | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Utsushimi | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Utsushimi | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | I Am Sono Sion! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | The Land of Hope | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | The Land of Hope | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | No Memory Woman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Love Doctor | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Virtual Love | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | The Lonely 19:00 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Woman in the Viewfinder | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1997 | I Am Keiko | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | I Am Keiko | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2011 | YOU+ME=LOVE | Casting | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | Karma | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2010 | Karma | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | Karma | Script Supervisor | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | BAD FILM | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Reflect On That Boys | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | Dream Breaker | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2021 | AMI.exe | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1992 | The Room | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2014 | Tokyo Tribe | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | When I Grow Up | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2000 | Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1984 | Love Song | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | Shinjuku Swan | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | The Lonely 19:00 | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | The Lonely 19:00 | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Balloon Club Revisited | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Balloon Club Revisited | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1984 | Love Song | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | 0cm⁴ | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Love & Peace | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | Love & Peace | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Tag | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Tag | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1998 | Phallus: The Man | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Phallus: The Man | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | A Man's Flower Road | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2003 | Father's Day | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | The Virgin Psychics | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | The Virgin Psychics | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | N/A | 東京ガガガ | Director of Operations | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | The Whispering Star | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | The Whispering Star | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | BAD FILM | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2016 | Madly | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Love | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | Tokyo Tribe | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1998 | Wind | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2017 | Antiporno | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Vagina & Virgin | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | Exte: Hair Extensions | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2015 | All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City | Teleplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2017 | Antiporno | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2017 | Shinjuku Swan II | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | A Man's Flower Road | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1987 | A Man's Flower Road | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2018 | The Bastard and the Beautiful World | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | Prisoners of the Ghostland | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | Madly | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2016 | Madly | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Strange Circus | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | Crazy Samurai Musashi | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Hazard | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2017 | Tokyo Vampire Hotel | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2017 | Tokyo Vampire Hotel | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | 0cm⁴ | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | 0cm⁴ | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1997 | I Am Keiko | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1997 | I Am Keiko | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1997 | I Am Keiko | Art Direction | Art |
| Movie | 2018 | Red Blade | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2019 | The Forest of Love | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2019 | The Forest of Love | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Make the Last Wish | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Make the Last Wish | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | I Am Sono Sion! | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1985 | I Am Sono Sion! | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1985 | I Am Sono Sion! | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2019 | The Forest of Love | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2020 | Red Post on Escher Street | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | Red Post on Escher Street | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | Red Post on Escher Street | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2000 | Utsushimi | Camera Operator | Camera |
| Movie | 2000 | Utsushimi | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2020 | State of Emergency | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Wind | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2022 | Possibly, Huh Huh | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Tokyo Gagaga | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2013 | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Original Music Composer | Sound |
| Movie | 2016 | RE:BORN | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Tokyo Vampire Hotel | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Tokyo Vampire Hotel | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Forest of Love: Deep Cut | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Forest of Love: Deep Cut | Editor | Editing |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Forest of Love: Deep Cut | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Love Exposure: The TV-Show | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Love Exposure: The TV-Show | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2013 | Minna! ESPer Dayo! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2013 | Minna! ESPer Dayo! | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2006 | Time Limit Investigator | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2006 | Time Limit Investigator | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Tokyo Vampire Hotel | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Forest of Love: Deep Cut | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2017 | Love Exposure: The TV-Show | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2013 | Minna! ESPer Dayo! | Creator | Creator |
