Directing
Hayao Miyazaki
JA, FR, ES, EN cinema · 122 credits
Born
5 January 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Сабуро Акицу · Akitsu Saburo · Hayao Miýazaki
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
宮崎駿監督の未発表映画
Hayao Miyazaki's Unreleased Film
Director, Screenplay
The Story of Yanagawa Waterways
Executive Producer
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
as Self (archive footage)
Miyazaki
as Self
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Director, Storyboard
Stage 『Spirited Away』
Original Story
The Boy and the Heron
Storyboard Artist, Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
Original Story
Boro the Caterpillar
Storyboard Artist, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Original Story
The Wind Rises
Screenplay, Director, Comic Book, Original Story
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
as Giant Robot (voice), Character Designer, Characters
La luna
Thanks
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
From Up on Poppy Hill
Screenplay
Treasure Hunting
Director, Screenplay
Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
as Self
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
Director, Writer
A Sumo Wrestler's Tail
Screenplay
Toy Story 3
Thanks
Arrietty
Screenplay, Other
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
as Self - Filmmaker
Ponyo
Director, Writer
The Theory of Evolution
Director of Operations
Madaran's World
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
House Hunting
Producer, Director, Writer
Mon Mon the Water Spider
Producer, Director, Writer
The Day I Bought a Star
Director, Screenplay
Tales from Earthsea
Original Story
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
as Self - Interviewee
Howl's Moving Castle
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Mei and the Kittenbus
as Totoro (voice), Director, Writer, Original Story
Imaginary Flying Machines
as Le cochon, Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Koro's Big Day Out
Writer, Director
Tacolator
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
ぼうぼう君
2002
Bobo-kun
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
ぴよぴよバーバ
2002
Piyopiyo Baba
Storyboard Artist, Director, Director of Operations, Screenplay, Characters
The Cat Returns
Production Coordinator, Original Concept
Spirited Away
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
The Whale Hunt
Director, Writer
A Splendid Dance
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
Rambutan Adventures
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
The Fish of the Fish
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Hayao Miyazaki
as Self
Princess Mononoke
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Whisper of the Heart
Screenplay, Storyboard Artist
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist
オン・ユア・マーク
Director, Writer
Manga!
as Self
Pom Poko
Executive Producer
Porco Rosso
Director, Screenplay, Original Story
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I
Story, Screenplay
Kiki's Delivery Service
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Mechanical Designer, Conceptual Design
My Neighbor Totoro
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Castle in the Sky
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Warriors of the Wind
Director, Screenplay, Character Designer, Original Story
Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection
Character Designer, Director
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
Layout Supervisor, Continuity
The Castle of Cagliostro
Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist
Future Boy Conan
Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Mechanical Designer
Tenguri, Boy of the Plains
Key Animation, Layout
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Screenplay, Original Story, Writer, Key Animation
Yuki's Sun
Director, Animation, Storyboard Artist
Panda! Go Panda!
Key Animation, Original Story, Screenplay
Panda! Go Panda!
Concept Artist, Screenplay
Animal Treasure Island
Key Animation, Additional Writing
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Key Animation, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay
Flying Phantom Ship
Character Designer, Animation
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots
Key Animation
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Animation
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Additional Writing, Animation
Doggie March
Animation