From the acclaimed director of Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, 
Where’s My Roy Cohn? and Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, comes his latest 
illuminating portrait NOBU. Nobu examines the life of culinary legend Nobuyuki Matsuhisa and his thriving luxury brand empire, offering an intimate portrait of a man who has redefined global gastronomy. Like Tyrnauer’s breakthrough film Valentino: The Last Emperor, this cinema verité documentary captures a master at 
the apex of his influence, poised between reflection and innovation. We shadow the peripatetic Nobu as he navigates the expansion of his culinary kingdom, a delicate dance of creativity and commerce performed alongside his business partners Robert De Niro and Meir Teper. Nobu has achieved the seemingly 
impossible: scaling a bespoke dining experience to global proportions while maintaining an uncompromising standard of excellence. These culinary revelations are interwoven with Nobu’s tumultuous personal saga—a history of resilience in the face of staggering adversity. By age 30, Nobu’s life lay in ruins; yet 
from this nadir, he summoned the strength to rebuild, crafting a legacy that now spans over 50 restaurants and counting. Featuring intimate conversations with famed chef and restaurateur Nobu Matsuhisa and appearances by Wolfgang Puck, Robert De Niro, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Ruth Reichl, Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber, and more. Director Matt Tyrnauer joins us to talk about getting to know Nobuyuki Matsuhisa and the he has created.
NOBU will open exclusively in New York at the Angelika Film Center on June 27th followed by its national rollout beginning July 4th.
About the filmmaker – Matt Tyrnauer is an award-winning writer, journalist, and director whose films include Valentino: The Last Emperor, which was short-listed for an Academy Award for best documentary feature; the multi-part, Emmy-nominated seriesVictoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons, about the man behind the commercial empire; Where’s My Roy Cohn?, about the Svengali behind Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump; Studio 54, about the famed New York City nightclub that became a cultural phenomenon; Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, about the secret history of sex in Hollywood in the pre-Stonewall era; and Citizen Jane: Battle for the City. His latest projects include The Reagans a four-part documentary series for Showtime that re-examines Reagans’ America and the impact of their politics, policies and beliefs on our society today, and the documentary series Home, for Apple. Tyrnauer’s upcoming projects include feature documentaries on James Carville, a series on disgraced crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried, and the dramatic adaptation of Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood with Fox Searchlight, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. As a journalist, Tyrnauer has written for Vanity Fair, where he was editor-at-large and special correspondent. His work has also appeared in other publications including GQ, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, L’Uomo Vogue, and Numero.
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