Hayao Miyazaki Highlights

  • 2005: Helmed the animated adventure "Howl's Moving Castle"; received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature
  • 2001: Enjoyed a box-office hit in Japan with the anime feature "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi/Spirited Away"; reportedly his last feature film
  • 1997: Wrote and directed the anime "Mononoke Hime/Princess Mononoke"; Disney and Miramax purchased US distribution rights and spent two-years preparing English dubbed version featuring an all-star cast led by Billy Crudup, Claire Danes and Minnie Driver and released in 1999
  • 1995: Produced and scripted "Mimi wo sumaseba/Whisper of the Heart", directed by Yohifumi Kondo
  • 1995: Directed and provided story for the rock duo Chage & Ake's music video "On Your Mark"
  • 1992: Crafted the WWII-era romance "Porco Rosso/The Crimson Pig", about a fighter pilot who is turned into a pig
  • 1991: Served as producer on Takahata's "Omohide poro poro/Only Yesterday"
  • 1989: Produced, wrote and directed the anime "Majo no takkyubin/Kiki's Delivery Service"; dubbed English version released direct-to-video in the USA in 1998
  • 1988: Designed, wrote and directed "Tonari no Totoro/My Neighbor Totoro"; an English-language dubbed version was released in the USA in 1993
  • 1986: Wrote, designed and directed "Tenku no shiro Laputa/Laputa: Castle in the Sky"
  • 1985: Founded Studio GHIBLI
  • 1984: Wrote, directed and storyboarded the anime feature version of "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind"; after being edited, released in USA as "Warriors of the Wind" in 1986
  • 1982: Launched the manga serial "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" in the magazine "Animage"; completed in 1984
  • 1980: Became chief instructor for animators at Telecom; used company name as pseudonym on some TV directing assignments
  • 1975: Traveled to Italy and Argentina for inspiration for "Three Thousand Miles in Search of Mother"
  • 1973: Visited Switzerland as research for "Heidi: Girl of the Alps"
  • 1973: Left A-Pro and joined Zuiyo Productions
  • 1971: Left Toei Douga to join Takahata at A-Pro
  • 1965: Spent three years working on the animated feature "Prince of the Son", directed by Isao Takahata
  • 1963: Hired to work as an in-betweener at Toei Douga; worked on the TV series "Okami Shonen Ken/Wolf Boy Ken" and the feature "Wan Wan Chushingura/Watchdog Bow Wow"
  • Raised in Tokyo, Japan
  • Directed or co-directed episodes of the animated TV series "Lupin III"
  • Accompanied Yukata Fujioka to Sweden in vain attempt to secure rights to "Pippi Longstocking"

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