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Having impressed gamers for many years with his Metal Gear franchise, Hideo Kojima isn’t short of accolades. He can now add one more to his list of achievements with The Bradford Animation Festival announcing that he was won the inaugural Bradford UNESCO City of Film Award for Cinematography in Videogames. Kojima’s acceptance speech can be watched in the video above.
This award was passed on for his directing, storytelling and cinematography in games such as the mecha-battling action game Zone of the Enders and of course, Metal Gear Solid.
Jamie Sefton | Programme Consultant at the Bradford Animation Festival
Hideo is a fitting and deserved winner of the inaugural award for Cinematography in Videogames. His pioneering work over the past 30 years has not so much shifted the boundaries of games design as obliterated them in his mission to bring gamers around the world more and more immersive experiences.
David Wilson | Director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film
With the ever-advancing technology there are clear synergies between film techniques and gaming, and Metal Gear Solid was one of the pioneers in this area in my view. Bradford has a long history in pioneering film technology dating back to the dawn of cinema and we are currently looking at emerging technologies within the sector which can enhance the art of storytelling through film, animation and gaming.
