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 |
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1941 |
| From | Tokyo, Japan |