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Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki

Directing
Born: Jan 05, 1941
From: Tokyo, Japan
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Hayao Miyazaki (Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly five decades, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company. The success of Miyazaki's films has invited comparisons with American animator Walt Disney, British animator Nick Park as well as Robert Zemeckis, who pioneered Motion Capture animation, and he has been named one of the most influential people by Time Magazine. Miyazaki began his career at Toei Animation as an in-between artist for Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon where he pitched his own ideas that eventually became the movie's ending. He continued to work in various roles in the animation industry over the decade until he was able to direct his first feature film Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro which was published in 1979. After the success of his next film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, he co-founded Studio Ghibli where he continued to produce many feature films until Princess Mononoke whereafter he temporarily retired. While Miyazaki's …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature Self (archive footage) 2025 8.0
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron Self 2024 7.797
2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli Self 2023
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion Self 2021 8.6
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki Self 2017 7.4
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya Self 2014 6.7
The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown Story himself 2014 8.7
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness Self 2013 7.527
Miwa: A Japanese Icon Himself 2013 6.3
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo Giant Robot (voice) 2012 6.643
Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point Self 2011
Kurosawa's Way Self 2011 5.769
A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog 2011
Japanese Cinema: New Territories Self 2011
Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son Himself 2011 7.5
Professional Special: Director Miyazaki Hayao Self 2009
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert Self - Filmmaker 2008 9.3
NEWS ZERO Spinoff: "Ponyo on the Cliff" Close-Up! Five Genius Craftmen Self 2008
The Work of Toshio Suzuki Don't Believe in Myself, I Believe in People Self 2006
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum Self 2005 8.0
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery Self - Interviewee 2005 7.167
Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion Self 2004
Princess Mononoke: Making of a Masterpiece Self 2004 7.0
Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD Self 2004 10.0
Mei and the Kittenbus Totoro (voice) 2002 7.2
The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 1: A Drama on Paper Self 2001 9.0
The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away Himself 2001 10.0
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A. Himself 2001 9.7
Super TV: Frontline Information 15 Months of Exclusive Coverage! The Secret Behind "My Neighbors the Yamadas" 2000
The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Hayao Miyazaki Himself 1998 9.0
Quick Facts
Known forDirecting
Credits30
Born1941
FromTokyo, Japan