Isao Takahata

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1935-10-29

Deathday 2018-04-05 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan

Also Known As Такахата Исао, たかはた いさお, Paku-san, 타카하타 이사오

Isao Takahata

Biography

Isao Takahata (October 29, 1935 - April 5, 2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli, was one of the most famous directors of Japanese animated films. Unlike most anime directors, he did not draw and never worked as an animator before becoming a director. For the first two decades of his career from the 1960s to the 1980s, Takahata worked primarily as director for anime television. In 1985 he and his long-time collaborative partner Hayao Miyazaki formed Studio Ghibli with Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. From that point, his career transitioned into producing, directing, and writing films for Studio Ghibli. He is known for his five feature length anime films released under Ghibli, Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Pom Poko (1994), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013).

Known For

Director

2003
Winter Days

as Director

1999
1994
Pom Poko

as Director

1993
The Mountain Alps

as Director

1991
Only Yesterday

as Director

1988
1982
Gauche the Cellist

as Director

1981
Chie the Brat

as Director

1981
Chie the Brat

as Series Director

1979
1979
1979
Anne of Green Gables

as Series Director

1978
Future Boy Conan

as Director

1977
Heidi in the City

as Director

1974
1974
1973
Fantasia

as Director

1972
Panda! Go Panda!

as Director

1972
Panda! Go Panda!

as Director

1971
Lupin the Third

as Director

1968
1968
Spooky Kitaro

as Co-Director

1962
Story of Iron

as Assistant Director

1961
The Orphan Brother

as Assistant Director

Writer

2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

as Original Film Writer

1999
1994
Pom Poko

as Writer

1994
Pom Poko

as Original Story

1991
Only Yesterday

as Screenplay

1988
1982
Gauche the Cellist

as Screenplay

1981
Chie the Brat

as Writer

1979
Taro the Dragon Boy

as Original Concept

1979
1979
Anne of Green Gables

as Series Composition

1972
Yuki's Sun

as Writer

Producer

2016
2016
The Red Turtle

as Producer

1988
Au

as Producer

1986
Castle in the Sky

as Producer

1980
1962
Story of Iron

as Production Assistant

Art

2014
1979
Taro the Dragon Boy

as Concept Artist

Creator

Crew

2010
Toy Story 3

as Thanks