Artist Profile

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 Cagl...

Born
1941-01-05
From
Tokyo, Japan

Known For

Top 40 Movies
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25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

2008

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Mei and the Kittenbus

2002

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A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog

2011

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Imaginary Flying Machines

2002

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Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

2012

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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

2013

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The Art of 'Spirited Away'

2003

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Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

2025

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Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

2024

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A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

2007

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"The Ornithopter Story: Fly, Hiyodori Tengu!"

2002

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Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya

2014

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Ghibli Scenery: A Journey to Japan Painted in Miyazaki’s Works

2008

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Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion

2021

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Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

2005

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Princess Mononoke: Making of a Masterpiece

2004

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Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director

2010

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Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

2017

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Kurosawa's Way

2011

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Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

2005

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The Making of Only Yesterday

1991

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Miwa: A Japanese Icon

2013

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Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son

2011

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Lasseter-san, Thank You

2003

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The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Hayao Miyazaki

1998

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2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli

2023

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The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown Story

2014

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Ghibli's Bookshelf

2010

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The Cat Returns - Making of

2002

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How Ghibli Was Born

1998

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Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD

2004

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Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion

2004

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Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

2001

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The Birth of Studio Ghibli

2003

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The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away

2001

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How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought Process

2009

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In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki

1993

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Professional Special: Director Miyazaki Hayao

2009