Hiromasa Yonebayashi (米林 宏昌, Yonebayashi Hiromasa?, born 1973 in Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan),[1] nicknamed Maro, is a Japanese animator and director for Studio Ghibli. Making his directing debut with them in the film The Secret World of Arrietty, he became the youngest director of a theatrical Studio Ghibli film, and the second youngest overall.[2]
He studied at the Kanazawa College of Art, where he majored in commercial design.[citation needed]
- Princess Mononoke (1997), In between animation, clean-up animation[3]
- Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998), In between animation[4]
- My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), In between animation[5]
- Spirited Away (2001), Key animation[2]
- Mei and the Kittenbus (2003), Animation Director[2]
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Key animation[2]
- Tales from Earthsea (2006), Assistant Animation Director[2]
- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008), Key animation[2]
- The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), Director, Storyboards, Unit Director[2]
- From up on Poppy Hill (2011), Key animation
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Yonebayashi, Hiromasa |
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Japanese film director |
| Date of birth |
1973 |
| Place of birth |
Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan |
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