Hayao Miyazaki
Miyazaki Hayao (宮崎 駿) January 5, 1941 - present
Born in Tokyo. Japanese film maker and artist. Creator of many anime (Japanese animated) films and some manga. Although largely unknown in the west outside of animation circles, his films are almost without exception huge box-office and critical sucesses in Japan.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was one of his first films as both script writer and director. He adapted it from his manga of the same name, which he had created two years previously.
In 1997 Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) became the highest grossing film of all time in Japan, until the later success of Titanic. His latest film Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) was released in July 2001 and on September 26th broke Titanic's attendance record of 16.83 million people with its 16.88 million attendees. Toho projects it will beat the Japanese Titanic box office gross earnings record of ¥26 billion by early November.
Filmography (as director)
- The Castle of Cagliostro - (ルパン三世カリオストロの城 Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro), 1979
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - (風の谷のナウシカ Kaze no tani no Naushika), 1984
- Laputa: The Castle in the Sky - (天空の城ラピュタ Tenku no shiro Rapyuta), 1986
- My Neighbor Totoro - (となりのトトロ Tonari no Totoro), 1988
- Kiki's Delivery Service - (魔女の宅急便 Majo no takkyubin), 1989
- Porco Rosso - (紅の豚 Kurenai no buta), 1992
- Princess Mononoke - (もののけ姫 Mononoke Hime), 1997
- Spirited Away - (千と千尋の神隠し Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), 2001
(as producer)
- Grave of the Fireflies - (火垂の墓 Hotaru no Haka), 1988
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