Hayao Miyazaki

Where to watch Hayao Miyazaki

• Howl's Moving CastleMovie · 2004
• Spirited AwayMovie · 2001
• Princess MononokeMovie · 1997

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.

Filmography

1. 2025Miyazaki, Spirit of Natureas Self (archive footage)
2. 2024Hayao Miyazaki and the Heronas Self
3. 2023The Boy and the HeronDirector · Screenplay
4. 2021Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelionas Self
5. 201910 Years with Hayao Miyazakias Self · 4 episodes
6. 2018Boro the CaterpillarDirector · Executive producer · Writer
7. 2017Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazakias Self
8. 2014Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguyaas Self
9. 2014The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown Storyas Self
10. 2013The Kingdom of Dreams and Madnessas Self
11. 2013Miwa: A Japanese Iconas Self
12. 2013The Wind RisesDirector · Screenplay
13. 2012Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyoas Giant Robot (voice)
14. 2011From Up on Poppy HillScreenplay
15. 2011Kurosawa's Wayas Self
16. 2010Mr. Dough and the Egg PrincessWriter · Director
17. 2010ArriettyScreenplay
18. 2010A Sumo Wrestler's TailScreenplay
19. 2009How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought Processas Self
20. 200825th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concertas Self - Filmmaker
21. 2008PonyoDirector · Writer
22. 2007A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forestas Self
23. 2006The Day I Bought a StarDirector · Screenplay
24. 2006Mon Mon the Water SpiderProducer · Director · Writer
25. 2006House HuntingProducer · Director · Writer
26. 2005Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museumas Self
27. 2005Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mysteryas Self - Interviewee
28. 2004Howl's Moving CastleExecutive producer · Director · Screenplay
29. 2003The Art of 'Spirited Away'as Self
30. 2002Bobo-kunScreenplay · Director
31. 2002Imaginary Flying Machinesas Le cochon · Director · Screenplay
32. 2002Mei and the Kittenbusas Totoro (voice) · Director · Writer
33. 2002Koro's Big Day OutWriter · Director
34. 2001The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 1: A Drama on Paperas Self
35. 2001Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.as Self
36. 2001The Whale HuntWriter · Director
37. 2001Spirited AwayDirector · Screenplay
38. 1998The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Hayao Miyazakias Self
39. 1997Princess MononokeDirector · Screenplay
40. 1995Whisper of the HeartScreenplay
41. 1995Chage & Aska: On Your MarkDirector · Writer
42. 1995Lupin the Third: Greatest CapersDirector · Writer
43. 1994Pom PokoExecutive producer
44. 1992Porco RossoDirector · Screenplay
45. 1990Nadia: The Secret of Blue WaterScreenplay · Story
46. 1989Kiki's Delivery ServiceProducer · Director · Screenplay
47. 1988My Neighbor TotoroDirector · Screenplay
48. 1986Castle in the SkyDirector · Screenplay
49. 1984Sherlock HoundDirector · Writer
50. 1984Sherlock Hound: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Treasure Under the SeaDirector
51. 1984Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's ResurrectionDirector
52. 1984Warriors of the WindDirector · Screenplay
53. 1979The Castle of CagliostroDirector · Screenplay
54. 1978Future Boy ConanDirector
55. 1973Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day CircusScreenplay · Writer
56. 1972Yuki's SunDirector
57. 1972Panda! Go Panda!Screenplay
58. 1972Panda! Go Panda!Screenplay
59. 1971Lupin the 3rdDirector · Writer
60. 1971Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesScreenplay