Hayao Miyazaki

Cast

Hayao Miyazaki

Directing

Known for

Directing

Born

1941-01-05

From

Tokyo, Japan

Also known as Сабуро Акицу, 宮崎 駿, 秋津 三朗

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.

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
7.5
MOVIE2013

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

as Self

Mei and the Kittenbus
7.2
MOVIE2002

Mei and the Kittenbus

as Totoro (voice)

The Work of Toshio Suzuki Don't Believe in Myself, I Believe in People
MOVIE2006

The Work of Toshio Suzuki Don't Believe in Myself, I Believe in People

as Self

Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
8.6
MOVIE2021

Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion

as Self

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
7.8
MOVIE2024

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

as Self

Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
8.0
MOVIE2025

Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

as Self (archive footage)

Miwa: A Japanese Icon
6.3
MOVIE2013

Miwa: A Japanese Icon

as Himself

The Art of 'Spirited Away'
8.2
MOVIE2003

The Art of 'Spirited Away'

as Himself

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
6.6
MOVIE2012

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

as Giant Robot (voice)

Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD
10.0
MOVIE2004

Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD

as Self

Japanese Cinema: New Territories
MOVIE2011

Japanese Cinema: New Territories

as Self

Kurosawa's Way
5.8
MOVIE2011

Kurosawa's Way

as Self

Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
8.0
MOVIE2005

Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

as Self

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
6.7
MOVIE2014

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya

as Self

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
7.4
MOVIE2017

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

as Self

Manga!
7.0
MOVIE1994

Manga!

as Self

25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
9.3
MOVIE2008

25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

as Self - Filmmaker

2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli
MOVIE2023

2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli

as Self

Ghibli Scenery: A Journey to Japan Painted in Miyazaki’s Works
MOVIE2008

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

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
7.2
MOVIE2005

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

as Self - Interviewee

Princess Mononoke: Making of a Masterpiece
7.0
MOVIE2004

Princess Mononoke: Making of a Masterpiece

as Self

The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 3: The Day The Record Was Broken
10.0
MOVIE2001

The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 3: The Day The Record Was Broken

as Self

Imaginary Flying Machines
6.2
MOVIE2002

Imaginary Flying Machines

as Le cochon

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
9.7
MOVIE2001

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

as Himself

The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Hayao Miyazaki
9.0
MOVIE1998

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

as Himself

How Ghibli Was Born
6.0
MOVIE1998

How Ghibli Was Born

as Himself

Miyazaki
6.0
MOVIE2025

Miyazaki

as Self

The Birth of Studio Ghibli
MOVIE2003

The Birth of Studio Ghibli

Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point
MOVIE2011

Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point

as Self

"The Ornithopter Story: Fly, Hiyodori Tengu!"
6.5
MOVIE2002

"The Ornithopter Story: Fly, Hiyodori Tengu!"

as Himself

In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
10.0
MOVIE1993

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

as Self

Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
9.0
MOVIE2010

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

as Himself

The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 1: A Drama on Paper
9.0
MOVIE2001

The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 1: A Drama on Paper

as Self

Super TV: Frontline Information 15 Months of Exclusive Coverage! The Secret Behind "My Neighbors the Yamadas"
MOVIE2000

Super TV: Frontline Information 15 Months of Exclusive Coverage! The Secret Behind "My Neighbors the Yamadas"

Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion
MOVIE2004

Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion

as Self

The Cat Returns - Making of
7.8
MOVIE2002

The Cat Returns - Making of

as Self

The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown Story
8.7
MOVIE2014

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

as himself

NEWS ZERO Spinoff: "Ponyo on the Cliff" Close-Up! Five Genius Craftmen
MOVIE2008

NEWS ZERO Spinoff: "Ponyo on the Cliff" Close-Up! Five Genius Craftmen

as Self

Lasseter-san, Thank You
MOVIE2003

Lasseter-san, Thank You

as Himself

A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog
MOVIE2011

A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog

The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 2: Life Has Been Breathed Into It!
10.0
MOVIE2001

The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 2: Life Has Been Breathed Into It!

as Self

A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest
6.0
MOVIE2007

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

as Self

Ghibli's Bookshelf
MOVIE2010

Ghibli's Bookshelf

as self

Professional Special: Director Miyazaki Hayao
MOVIE2009

Professional Special: Director Miyazaki Hayao

as Self

The Making of Only Yesterday
10.0
MOVIE1991

The Making of Only Yesterday

as Self

Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son
7.5
MOVIE2011

Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son

as Himself

How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought Process
8.0
MOVIE2009

How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought Process

as Self

The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away
10.0
MOVIE2001

The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away

as Himself

吉卜力工作室完整特别短片合辑1992-2016
MOVIETBA

吉卜力工作室完整特别短片合辑1992-2016

as 导演

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