Producer

ATSUSHI SHIROTANI

Born in Nagasaki in 1964.
He graduated from Waseda University. In 1989 he joined the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) as a director and was assigned to the NHK Kagoshima station. Since 1994, he has been in charge of directing and producing dramas in the drama program department of the production department. He retired from NHK in 2022.
During his time at NHK, he directed the Friday period drama "新・腕におぼえあり" and the 2001 Taiga drama "北条時宗" After that, he became a producer, and worked on the Saturday drama "新マチベン～オトナの出番", "ロング・グッドバイ", "不惑のスクラム", "心の傷を癒すということ (Broadcast Culture Fund Awards Best TV Drama Program Award)", "ひきこもり先生 (ATP Encouragement Award), NHK Special "感染爆発～パンデミック・フルー (Broadcast Culture Fund Award TV Drama Program Award)" "戦艦武蔵", Ancient History Drama Special "大仏開眼", NHK 80th Anniversary Drama "帽子" (Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival TV Drama Category Excellence Award)”, serial TV novel “カーネーション (Galaxy Award TV Category Grand Prize), Saturday era drama “みをつくし料理帖”, remote drama “ホーム・ノット・アローン”, etc. .