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Hiroshi Teshigahara
Although primarily noted in the West as a filmmaker, Hiroshi Teshigahara was also a celebrated ceramist, artist and self-described "bamboo instalationist" in his native Japan. His father, Sofu Teshigahara, was the founder of the noted Sogetsu School of Ikebana (flower arranging), a man who passed along his artistic sensibilities to his two children. While his daughter was the first to succeed him as the head of the Sogetsu School, his son eventually would hold the position as well, but not before making his own mark on world cinema.