Hayao Miyazaki

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1941-01-05 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As Сабуро Акицу, 宮崎 駿, 秋津 三朗, Akitsu Saburo, हयाओ मियाज़ाकी, 宮﨑駿

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

Director

2023
2018
2013
The Wind Rises

as Director

2011
Treasure Hunting

as Director

2008
Ponyo

as Director

2007
Madaran's World

as Director

2006
House Hunting

as Director

2006
2006
2004
2002
2002
Koro's Big Day Out

as Director

2002
Tacolator

as Director

2002
Bobo-kun

as Director

2002
Piyopiyo Baba

as Director

2001
Spirited Away

as Director

2001
The Whale Hunt

as Director

2001
A Splendid Dance

as Director

2001
2001
1997
Princess Mononoke

as Director

1995
On Your Mark

as Director

1992
Porco Rosso

as Director

1992
1992
Nandarou

as Director

1989
1988
My Neighbor Totoro

as Director

1986
Castle in the Sky

as Director

1984
Sherlock Hound

as Director

1979
Future Boy Conan

as Director

1979
1978
Future Boy Conan

as Director

1978
Future Boy Conan

as Series Director

1972
Yuki's Sun

as Director

1971
Lupin the Third

as Director

1971
Lupin the Third

as Series Director

Writer

2024
2023
2023
The Boy and the Heron

as Original Story

2023
2018
2018
Boro the Caterpillar

as Original Story

2013
The Wind Rises

as Screenplay

2013
The Wind Rises

as Comic Book

2011
From Up on Poppy Hill

as Screenplay

2011
Treasure Hunting

as Screenplay

2010
2008
Ponyo

as Original Story

2008
Ponyo

as Writer

2007
Madaran's World

as Screenplay

2006
House Hunting

as Writer

2006
2006
Tales from Earthsea

as Original Story

2004
Howl's Moving Castle

as Screenplay

2002
2002
2002
The Cat Returns

as Original Story

2002
2002
Tacolator

as Screenplay

2002
Bobo-kun

as Screenplay

2002
Piyopiyo Baba

as Screenplay

2002
Imaginary Flying Machines

as Original Story

2001
The Whale Hunt

as Writer

2001
Spirited Away

as Original Story

2001
Spirited Away

as Writer

2001
A Splendid Dance

as Screenplay

2001
Rambutan Adventures

as Screenplay

2001
The Fish of the Fish

as Screenplay

1997
1997
Princess Mononoke

as Original Story

1995
Whisper of the Heart

as Screenplay

1995
On Your Mark

as Original Story

1995
On Your Mark

as Screenplay

1995
1992
Porco Rosso

as Screenplay

1992
Porco Rosso

as Comic Book

1989
1988
1988
My Neighbor Totoro

as Original Story

1986
1986
Castle in the Sky

as Original Story

1984
Sherlock Hound

as Writer

1972
Panda! Go Panda!

as Screenplay

1972
Panda! Go Panda!

as Original Story

1972
Panda! Go Panda!

as Screenplay

1971
Lupin the Third

as Writer

Actor

2024
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

as Self (stock footage)

2013
2012
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

as Giant Robot (voice)

2011
2010
2008
2005
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

as Self - Interviewee

2002
2002
Mei and the Kittenbus

as Neko Bâchan (Voice)

1998
1994
Manga!

as Self

Art

2023
The Boy and the Heron

as Storyboard Artist

2018
Boro the Caterpillar

as Storyboard Artist

2014
Japan Animator Expo

as Title Designer

2007
Madaran's World

as Storyboard Artist

2002
Bobo-kun

as Storyboard Artist

2002
Tacolator

as Storyboard Artist

2002
Piyopiyo Baba

as Storyboard Artist

2001
The Fish of the Fish

as Storyboard Artist

2001
Rambutan Adventures

as Storyboard Artist

2001
A Splendid Dance

as Storyboard Artist

1995
On Your Mark

as Storyboard Artist

1995
1995
Whisper of the Heart

as Storyboard Artist

1989
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship

as Conceptual Design

1984
Sherlock Hound

as Storyboard Artist

1979
Future Boy Conan

as Storyboard Artist

1979
1978
Future Boy Conan

as Storyboard Artist

1972
Panda! Go Panda!

as Concept Artist

1972
Yuki's Sun

as Storyboard Artist

1971
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Storyboard Artist

Visual Effects

2012
1989
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship

as Mechanical Designer

1984
1980
New Tetsujin-28

as Key Animation

1978
Future Boy Conan

as Character Designer

1977
1973
Jungle Kurobee

as Character Designer

1972
Panda! Go Panda!

as Key Animation

1972
Yuki's Sun

as Animation

1971
Animal Treasure Island

as Key Animation

1971
1969
Flying Phantom Ship

as Character Designer

1969
Flying Phantom Ship

as Animation

1968
1966
1963
Doggie March

as Animation

Producer

2018
Boro the Caterpillar

as Executive Producer

2010
The Secret World of Arrietty

as Executive Producer

2008
The Theory of Evolution

as Director of Operations

2007
Madaran's World

as Director of Operations

2006
2006
House Hunting

as Producer

2004
Howl's Moving Castle

as Executive Producer

2002
Tacolator

as Director of Operations

2002
Bobo-kun

as Director of Operations

2002
The Cat Returns

as Production Coordinator

2002
Piyopiyo Baba

as Director of Operations

2001
Rambutan Adventures

as Director of Operations

2001
A Splendid Dance

as Director of Operations

2001
The Fish of the Fish

as Director of Operations

1994
Pom Poko

as Executive Producer

1991
Only Yesterday

as Executive Producer

1989
1987
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals

as Executive Producer

Crew

2012
La luna

as Thanks

2010
Toy Story 3

as Thanks

2007
The Pixar Story

as Thanks

1971
Animal Treasure Island

as Additional Writing

1965

Creator

1984
Sherlock Hound

as Creator

1978
Future Boy Conan

as Creator