Tetsuo Nagata

{{short description|Japanese cinematographer based in France (born 1952)}}

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| birth_place = Nakano, Nagano, Japan

| nationality = Japanese

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{{nihongo|Tetsuo Nagata|永田 鉄男|Nagata Tetsuo|born 1952 in Nakano, Nagano, Japan}} is a Japanese cinematographer based in France.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619216/bio|title= BIography for Tetsuo Nagata | access-date=2009-07-01}} He was the Director of Photography for numerous films, including Narco, Paris, je t'aime and La Vie En Rose {{cite web|url=http://www.nagata-tetsuo.com/nagata_frame_system.html|title= Filmography | access-date=2009-07-01}}

. He won the César Award for Best Cinematography twice, in 2001 for The Officers' Ward and in 2007 for La Vie en rose. Nagata was also Director of Photography for commercials such companies as Rolex, Clinique and Honda.{{cite web|url=http://www.nagata-tetsuo.com/nagata_frame_system.html|title= Commercials | access-date=2009-07-01}} He received the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Cinematography for 125 Years Memory (2015).{{cite web |url= http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/39.html|title= 第39回日本アカデミー賞優秀賞決定!|access-date= March 8, 2016|work= japan-academy-prize.jp|language= Japanese}}