Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 05, 1941
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
138 titles
Hayao Miyazaki
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 films have long enjoyed both commercial and critical success in Japan, he remained largely unknown to the West until Miramax released his 1997 film, Princess Mononoke. Princess Mononoke was the highest-grossing film in Japan—until it was eclipsed by another 1997 film, Titanic—and the first animated film to win Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards. Miyazaki returned to animation with Spirited Away. The film topped Titanic's sales at the Japanese box office, also won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards and was the first anime film to win an American Academy Award. Miyazaki's films often incorporate recurrent themes, such as humanity's relationship to nature and technology, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic. Reflecting Miyazaki's feminism, the protagonists of his films are often strong, independent girls or young women. Miyazaki is a vocal critic of capitalism and globalization. While two of his films, The Castle of Cagliostro and Castle in the Sky, involve traditional villains, his other films such as Nausicaa or Princess Mononoke present morally ambiguous antagonists with redeeming qualities.
Known For
Filmography
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
Self (archive footage)
Miyazaki
Self
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
Self
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Director
Stage 『Spirited Away』
Original Story
2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli
Self
The Boy and the Heron
Storyboard Artist
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
Original Story
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
Self
10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki
Self
Boro the Caterpillar
Storyboard Artist
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
Self
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Thanks
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thanks
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Self
Japan Animator Expo
Title Designer
The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown Story
himself
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Self
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Himself
The Wind Rises
Director
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
Giant Robot (voice)
La luna
Thanks
Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point
Self
A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog
Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son
Himself
From Up on Poppy Hill
Screenplay
Treasure Hunting
Director
Kurosawa's Way
Self
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Self
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
Writer
Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
Himself
Ghibli's Bookshelf
self
The Secret World of Arrietty
Screenplay
Toy Story 3
Thanks
A Sumo Wrestler's Tail
Screenplay
How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought Process
Self
Professional Special: Director Miyazaki Hayao
Self
The Theory of Evolution
Director of Operations
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
Self - Filmmaker
NEWS ZERO Spinoff: "Ponyo on the Cliff" Close-Up! Five Genius Craftmen
Self
Ponyo
Director
Ghibli Scenery: A Journey to Japan Painted in Miyazaki’s Works
A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest
Self
The Pixar Story
Thanks
Madaran's World
Storyboard Artist
Tales from Earthsea
Original Story
The Work of Toshio Suzuki Don't Believe in Myself, I Believe in People
Self
Professional: Shigoto no ryûgi
Self
The Day I Bought a Star
Director
Mon Mon the Water Spider
Producer