Hayao Miyazaki
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-01-05 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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 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
Acting
(2025)
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
as Self (stock footage)
(2025)
Miyazaki
as Self
(2024)
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
as Self
(2023)
(2021)
(2017)
(2014)
(2014)
(2013)
(2013)
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
as Himself
(2012)
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
as Giant Robot (voice)
(2011)
(2011)
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
(2011)
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
(2010)
Ghibli's Bookshelf
as self
(2009)
(2009)
(2008)
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
as Self - Filmmaker
(2008)
Making of Ponyo
as Self
(2008)
(2007)
(2006)
(2005)
(2005)
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
as Self - Interviewee
(2004)
Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD
as Self
(2003)
The Art of 'Spirited Away'
as Himself
(2003)
Lasseter-san, Thank You
as Himself
(2003)
(2002)
Mei and the Kittenbus
as Neko Bâchan (Voice)
(2002)
(2002)
Imaginary Flying Machines
as Le cochon
(2002)
The Cat Returns - Making of
as Self
(2001)
The Nippon Television Special
as Himself
(2001)
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
as Himself
(1998)
(1998)
How Ghibli Was Born
as Himself
(1997)
(1997)
(1997)
(1994)
Manga!
as Self
(1993)
(1991)
The Making of Only Yesterday
as Self
Crew
(2024)
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Director, Storyboard
(2023)
The Boy and the Heron
Storyboard Artist, Writer, Director
(2023)
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
Original Story
(2018)
Boro the Caterpillar
Storyboard Artist, Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Original Story
(2017)
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thanks
(2013)
The Wind Rises
Director, Screenplay, Comic Book
(2012)
La luna
Thanks
(2012)
Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
Characters, Character Designer
(2011)
From Up on Poppy Hill
Screenplay
(2011)
Treasure Hunting
Director, Screenplay
(2010)
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
Director, Writer
(2010)
A Sumo Wrestler's Tail
Screenplay
(2010)
Toy Story 3
Thanks
(2010)
The Secret World of Arrietty
Screenplay, Executive Producer
(2008)
Ponyo
Director, Writer
(2008)
The Theory of Evolution
Director of Operations
(2007)
The Pixar Story
Thanks
(2007)
Madaran's World
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director of Operations, Director
(2006)
Mon Mon the Water Spider
Producer, Director, Writer
(2006)
House Hunting
Producer, Writer, Director
(2006)
The Day I Bought a Star
Director, Screenplay
(2006)
Tales from Earthsea
Original Story
(2004)
Howl's Moving Castle
Executive Producer, Screenplay, Director
(2002)
Mei and the Kittenbus
Director, Writer
(2002)
Koro's Big Day Out
Writer, Director
(2002)
Imaginary Flying Machines
Director, Screenplay, Original Story
(2002)
Bobo-kun
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
(2002)
Tacolator
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
(2002)
Piyopiyo Baba
Storyboard Artist, Director of Operations, Screenplay, Director
(2002)
The Cat Returns
Original Story, Production Coordinator
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
Spirited Away
Director, Writer
(2001)
The Whale Hunt
Writer, Director
(2001)
The Fish of the Fish
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
(2001)
Rambutan Adventures
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
(2001)
A Splendid Dance
Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
(1997)
Princess Mononoke
Director, Writer
(1995)
Whisper of the Heart
Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Author
(1995)
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist
(1994)
Pom Poko
Executive Producer
(1992)
Porco Rosso
Director, Screenplay, Comic Book
(1992)
The Sky-Colored Seed
Director
(1992)
Nandarou
Director
(1991)
Only Yesterday
Executive Producer
(1991)
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III
Story, Screenplay
(1991)
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II
Story, Screenplay
(1991)
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I
Story, Screenplay
(1989)
Kiki's Delivery Service
Producer, Screenplay, Director
(1989)
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Mechanical Designer, Conceptual Design
(1988)
My Neighbor Totoro
Writer, Director
(1987)
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
Executive Producer
(1986)
Castle in the Sky
Director, Writer
(1986)
(1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Screenplay, Director, Character Designer, Comic Book
(1984)
(1984)
Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection
Director, Character Designer
(1980)
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
Layout Supervisor
(1979)
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist
(1979)
Future Boy Conan
Storyboard Artist, Director
(1977)
Tenguri, Boy of the Plains
Key Animation, Layout
(1973)
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Screenplay, Key Animation, Original Story, Writer
(1972)
Yuki's Sun
Director, Animation, Storyboard Artist
(1972)
Panda! Go Panda!
Key Animation, Original Story, Screenplay
(1972)
Panda! Go Panda!
Concept Artist, Screenplay
(1971)
Animal Treasure Island
Key Animation, Additional Writing
(1971)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Key Animation, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay
(1969)
Flying Phantom Ship
Character Designer, Animation
(1969)
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots
Animation
(1968)
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Animation
(1965)
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Animation, Additional Writing
(1963)
Doggie March
Animation