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John Convertino

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A rich and evocative tableau of life in the Japanese capital, set to a beguiling score by Calexico’s John Convertino. Taiwanese-born filmmaker Peter I. Chang’s portrait of the bustling metropolis offers a modern-day take on the City Symphonies that flourished in early 20th Century cinema with films such as Man with a Movie Camera. Like those earlier opuses, Tokyo is Dreaming uses the camera to observe the beating heart(s) of urban life—work, travel, leisure but also alienation and homelessness—subtly drawing a map of the city in which quiet contemplation and frenetic activity overlap. The absence of dialogue, subtitles or voice-over narration encourages a total submersion in this life of the city—a bewildering and fascinating journey.
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Tokyo Is Dreaming (2008)
John Convertino is known for Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), Collateral (2004) and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
    Joker: Folie à Deux
    5.2
    • Music Department
    • 2024
    Tom Cruise in Collateral (2004)
    Collateral
    7.5
    • El Rodeo Band Member
    • 2004
    Keanu Reeves, William Sadler, and Alex Winter in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
    Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
    6.3
    • Music Department
    • 1991
    I'm Not There (2007)
    I'm Not There
    6.8
    • Brass Band Player #2
    • 2007

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
      Joker: Folie à Deux
      5.2
      • musician
      • 2024
    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
      The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
      7.0
      TV Series
      • music mixer
      • 2015
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • musician: drums
      • composer: theme music
      • 2007–2012
    • Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, and Michael Strahan in Good Morning America (1975)
      Good Morning America
      4.4
      TV Series
      • music mixer
      • 2000–2004
    • Keanu Reeves, William Sadler, and Alex Winter in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
      Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
      6.3
      • drum coach
      • 1991
    • Ellen Barkin in Siesta (1987)
      Siesta
      5.5
      • music recording engineer
      • 1987

    Sound Department

    • Penny Jewkes, Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery, Nick Balaban, Steve Burns, Jenna Marie Castle, Traci Paige Johnson, Spencer Kayden, Kelly Nigh, Michael Rubin, Donovan Patton, Cody Ross Pitts, Jonathan Press, Marshall Claffy, Stephen Schmidt, Julia Wetherell, and Corrine Hoffman in Blue's Clues (1996)
      Blue's Clues
      7.0
      TV Series
      • utility
      • 2004
    • ABC 2002
      TV Movie
      • sound
      • 2001
    • Frank Oz in Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (1999)
      Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
      8.1
      Video
      • utilities
      • 1999
    • Frances McDormand, Caroll Spinney, and Big Bird in Big Bird Gets Lost (1998)
      Big Bird Gets Lost
      6.9
      Video
      • utility
      • 1998
    • Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me (1997)
      Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me
      7.9
      Video
      • audio
      • 1997
    • Family Double Dare (1990)
      Family Double Dare
      7.8
      TV Series
      • utility
      • 1997
    • Greg Lee and Lynne Thigpen in Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991)
      Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
      7.6
      TV Series
      • sound mixer
      • 1995
    • Clarissa Explains It All (1991)
      Clarissa Explains It All
      7.1
      TV Series
      • utility
      • 1991–1994
    • Mike O'Malley, Nicholle Tom, Dee Bradley Baker, Christopher Castile, Michael Fishman, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Albie Hecht, Jeremy Jackson, Robin Marrella, Phil Moore, Byron Taylor, Adam Wylie, Scott Fishman, and Mike Schmidt in Nickelodeon All-Star Challenge (1994)
      Nickelodeon All-Star Challenge
      TV Series
      • utility
      • 1994
    • Roundhouse (1992)
      Roundhouse
      7.6
      TV Series
      • utility
      • 1992
    • What Would You Do? (1991)
      What Would You Do?
      7.3
      TV Series
      • utility
      • 1991
    • Real Mature (1991)
      Real Mature
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • utility
      • 1991
    • Marc Summers in Family Double Dare (1988)
      Family Double Dare
      7.3
      TV Series
      • utility
      • 1990

    Actor

    • I'm Not There (2007)
      I'm Not There
      6.8
      • Brass Band Player #2
      • 2007
    • Tom Cruise in Collateral (2004)
      Collateral
      7.5
      • El Rodeo Band Member
      • 2004

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      • Calexico
    • Alternative name
      • Calexico

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