HAYAO MIYAZAKI. TOKYO, b. 1941. STUDIO GHIBLI, est. 1985.
Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, manga artist, and co-founder of Studio Ghibli. Born in Tokyo in 1941, he began his animation career at Toei Animation in 1963 before becoming one of the most important figures in animation and cinema.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
A post-apocalyptic story about war, nature, pollution, and survival. The film helped shape the environmental and emotional language that would later define Studio Ghibli
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO · 1988
A post-apocalyptic story about war, nature, pollution, and survival. The film helped shape the environmental and emotional language that would later define Studio Ghibli
A post-apocalyptic story about war, nature, pollution, and survival. The film helped shape the environmental and emotional language that would later define Studio Ghibli
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE · 1989
His films are known for their emotional worlds, quiet details, strong young characters, flying machines, spirits, war, nature, food, grief, and childhood wonder. Miyazaki does not treat fantasy as escape. He uses it to explain the real world.
SPIRITED AWAY · 2001
A surreal story about greed, labor, identity, courage, and growing up. It became one of the most celebrated animated films in cinema history.
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