Hayao Miyazaki
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Miyazaki Hayao (born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan) is the prominent director of many popular animated feature films. He is also the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company.
He remained largely unknown to the West, outside of animation communities, until Miramax released his 1999 Princess Mononoke. By that time, his films had already enjoyed both commercial and critical success in Japan and East Asia. Miyazaki's 2001 Spirited Away is the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan; Princess Mononoke had also briefly retained that distinction.
Miyazaki's films often incorporate common themes, such as humanity's relationship to nature and technology, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic. The protagonists of his films are often strong, independent girls or young women; the villains, when present, are often morally ambiguous characters with redeeming qualities.
Miyazaki's films have generally been financially successful, and this success has invited comparisons with American animator Walt Disney. However, Miyazaki does not see himself as a person building an animation empire, but as an animator fortunate enough to have been able to make films with complete creative control. In 2006, Time Magazine voted Miyazaki one of the most influential Asians of the past 60 years.
Anime directed by Miyazaki that have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award have been Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 1984, Castle in the Sky in 1986, My Neighbor Totoro in 1988, and Kiki's Delivery Service in 1989.
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Filmography
Director filmography
Year | Film | Notes |
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1979 | The Castle of Cagliostro | Also co-writer |
1984 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Also writer |
1986 | Castle in the Sky | Also writer |
1988 | My Neighbor Totoro | Also writer |
1989 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Also writer and producer |
1992 | Porco Rosso | Also writer |
1995 | On Your Mark | Music video |
1997 | Princess Mononoke | Also writer |
2001 | Spirited Away | Also writer |
Kujiratori | Short film for Ghibli Museum, also writer | |
2002 | Koro's Big Day Out | Short film for Ghibli Museum, also writer |
Mei and the Kittenbus | Also writer | |
Imaginary Flying Machines | Short film for Ghibli Museum, also writer | |
2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Also writer |
2008 | Ponyo | Also writer |
2013 | Kaze Tachinu(In Production) | Also writer |
Early works
- Hols: Prince of the Sun (1968) (Key animation, storyboards, scene design)
- Puss 'n Boots (1969) (Key animation, storyboards, design)
- Flying Phantom Ship (1969) (Key animation, storyboards, design)
- Moomin (1970) (Key animation on the Mushi Production version)
- Animal Treasure Island (1971) (Story consultant, key animation, storyboards, scene design)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971) (Organizer, key animation, storyboards)
- Lupin III Part I (1971) Anime series (with Isao Takahata)
- Yuki's Sun (1972) (Pilot film for a never-realized anime series)
- Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) (Concept, screenplay, storyboards, scene design, key animation)
- Panda! Go, Panda!: The Rainy-Day Circus (1973) (Screenplay, storyboards, scene design, art design, key animation)
- Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) Anime series (Scene design, layout)
- 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976) Anime series (Scene design, layout)
- Future Boy Conan (1978) Anime series
- Anne of Green Gables (1979) Anime series, Episodes 1-15 (Scene design, layout)
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
- Lupin III Part II (1980) Anime series (2 episodes in season 4 under the pseudonym Tsutomu Teruki)
- Sherlock Hound (1984) Anime series
Non-Directorial works
- Only Yesterday (1991) (Executive Producer)
- Pom Poko (1994) (Story, Executive Producer)
- Whisper Of The Heart (1995) (Screenwriter, Supervising Producer)
- The Cat Returns (2002) (Executive Producer)
- Tales From Earthsea (2006) (Story Concept)
- The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) (Screenwriter, Executive Producer)
- From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) (Screenwriter)
Short films
- On Your Mark (1995) (Music Video for Chage and Aska)
- The Whale Hunt (2001) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
- Koro's Big Day Out (2001) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
- Mei and the Kittenbus (2002) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
- Imaginary Flying Machines (2002) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum as a part of the exhibited material)
- Ornithopter Story: Fly! Hiyodori Tengu Go! (2002) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum as a part of the exhibited material)
- Monmon the Water Spider (2006) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
- House-hunting (2006) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
- The Day I Harvested A Planet (2006) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)
- Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010) (Exclusive to the Ghibli Museum)