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 …
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Spirited Away (2001) — Director
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Howl's Moving Castle (2004) — Director
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Princess Mononoke (1997) — Director
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988) — Director
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Ponyo (2008) — Director
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Castle in the Sky (1986) — Director
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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) — Director
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Warriors of the Wind (1984) — Director
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Porco Rosso (1992) — Director
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The Wind Rises (2013) — Director
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The Boy and the Heron (2023) — Director
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The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) — Director
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Future Boy Conan (1978) — Director
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Lupin the 3rd (1971) — Director
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Yuki's Sun (1972) — Director
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Mei and the Kittenbus (2002) — Director
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Sherlock Hound (1984) — Director
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Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (1995) — Director
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Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010) — Director
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Mon Mon the Water Spider (2006) — Director
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The Day I Bought a Star (2006) — Director
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Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection (1984) — Director
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Chage & Aska: On Your Mark (1995) — Director
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The Whale Hunt (2001) — Director
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Imaginary Flying Machines (2002) — Director
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Boro the Caterpillar (2018) — Director
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House Hunting (2006) — Director
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Koro's Big Day Out (2002) — Director
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Sherlock Hound: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Treasure Under the Sea (1984) — Director
- Bobo-kun (2002) — Director
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Treasure Hunting (2011) — Director
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Sherlock Hound: The Movie (2024) — Director
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Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson Is Taken Hostage / The White Cliffs of Dover (1986) — Director
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A Splendid Dance (2001) — Director
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Rambutan Adventures (2001) — Director
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The Fish of the Fish (2001) — Director
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Tacolator (2002) — Director
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Madaran's World (2007) — Director
- Piyopiyo Baba (2002) — Director
- Hayao Miyazaki's Unreleased Film — Director
Also appeared in
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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013) — Self
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Mei and the Kittenbus (2002) — Totoro (voice)
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Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2017) — Self
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Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (2012) — Giant Robot (voice)
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Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024) — Self
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25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert (2008) — Self - Filmmaker
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10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki (2019) — Self
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Kurosawa's Way (2011) — Self
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Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion (2021) — Self
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Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2014) — Self
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Miwa: A Japanese Icon (2013) — Himself
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Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery (2005) — Self - Interviewee
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The Art of 'Spirited Away' (2003) — Himself
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Imaginary Flying Machines (2002) — Le cochon
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Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum (2005) — Self
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A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest (2007) — Self
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The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Hayao Miyazaki (1998) — Himself
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The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown Story (2014) — himself
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Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A. (2001) — Himself
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How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought Process (2009) — Self
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The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 1: A Drama on Paper (2001) — Self
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Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son (2011) — Himself
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"The Ornithopter Story: Fly, Hiyodori Tengu!" (2002) — Himself
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The Making of Only Yesterday (1991) — Self
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Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director (2010) — Himself
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The Cat Returns - Making of (2002) — Self
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Manga! (1994) — Self
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Miyazaki (2025) — Self
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Princess Mononoke: Making of a Masterpiece (2004) — Self
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Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature (2025) — Self (archive footage)
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Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD (2004) — Self
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The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away (2001) — Himself
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How Ghibli Was Born (1998) — Himself
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The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 2: Life Has Been Breathed Into It! (2001) — Self
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The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 3: The Day The Record Was Broken (2001) — Self
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In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki (1993) — Self
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Professional: Shigoto no ryûgi (2006) — Self
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Professional Special: Director Miyazaki Hayao (2009) — Self
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Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion (2004) — Self
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Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point (2011) — Self