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name: "Hayao Miyazaki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki"
fi1m_id: "hayao-miyazaki"
imdb_id: "nm0594503"
tmdb_id: 608
wikidata_id: "Q55400"
roles: ["Writer","Director","Producer"]
born: "5 January 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-14T04:03:28.751427+00:00"
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# Hayao Miyazaki

## Identity

Hayao Miyazaki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hayao-miyazaki
- **IMDb ID:** nm0594503
- **TMDB ID:** 608
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55400
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55400, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594503/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/608

Writer and director. Born 5 January 1941 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director, Producer
- **Born:** 5 January 1941, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 1979–present
- **Also known as:** Сабуро Акицу, 宮崎 駿, 秋津 三朗, Akitsu Saburo, हयाओ मियाज़ाकी, 宮﨑駿, Hayao Miýazaki, ಹಯಾವೊ ಮಿಯಾಜಾಕಿ, ሃያኦ ሚያዛኪ, ฮายาโอะ มิยาซากิ, 照樹務
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 12: 11 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Toshio Suzuki](https://film.one/person/toshio-suzuki.md), [Gorō Naya](https://film.one/person/goro-naya.md), [Isao Takahata](https://film.one/person/isao-takahata.md), [Masahiko Nishimura](https://film.one/person/masahiko-nishimura.md), [Minami Takayama](https://film.one/person/minami-takayama.md), [Ryunosuke Kamiki](https://film.one/person/ryunosuke-kamiki.md), [Sumi Shimamoto](https://film.one/person/sumi-shimamoto.md), [Yōji Matsuda](https://film.one/person/yoji-matsuda.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 86 (4), 1990s 84 (3), 2000s 86 (2), 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55400, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594503/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/608

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Spirited Away*](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md) (92), [*My Neighbor Totoro*](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md) (89), [*Princess Mononoke*](https://film.one/film/princess-mononoke.md) (88), [*Kiki's Delivery Service*](https://film.one/film/kikis-delivery-service.md) (86), [*Warriors of the Wind*](https://film.one/film/warriors-of-the-wind.md) (85), [*Whisper of the Heart*](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md) (82), [*Castle in the Sky*](https://film.one/film/castle-in-the-sky.md) (82), [*The Boy and the Heron*](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md) (81), [*Howl's Moving Castle*](https://film.one/film/howls-moving-castle.md) (81), [*Porco Rosso*](https://film.one/film/porco-rosso.md) (81), [*The Wind Rises*](https://film.one/film/the-wind-rises.md) (77)
- **Tubi:** [*The Castle of Cagliostro*](https://film.one/film/the-castle-of-cagliostro.md) (80)

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## Fi1m on Hayao Miyazaki

> Miyazaki writes children who are useful before they are charming, and plots that get away from him in the last hour. The first habit is why we recommend nearly all his films; the second is why nearly every recommendation carries a caveat.

Somewhere in a Miyazaki film a girl is doing a job. Kiki delivers parcels. Fio redesigns a seaplane because the men of the family have gone away to find work. Chihiro scrubs floors in a bathhouse. Nausicaä chips the lens out of a dead insect's eye. Miyazaki has a writing credit on every feature he has directed, and this is the plainest thing about his scripts: growing up means becoming useful.

He started on a character he did not own. *The Castle of Cagliostro* (1979) gives Monkey Punch's Lupin III a body that can hurt and a script with almost nothing on its mind. *Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind* (1984), shortened for English-language cinemas as *Warriors of the Wind*, is where he found his subject: a poisoned world and a girl who would rather look at a monster than kill it. Studio Ghibli followed in 1985, founded with Isao Takahata and the producer Toshio Suzuki, and then the run: *Castle in the Sky* (1986), *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989), *Porco Rosso* (1992), *Princess Mononoke* (1997), *Spirited Away* (2001), *Howl's Moving Castle* (2004). He announced his retirement after *The Wind Rises* (2013) and came back with *The Boy and the Heron* (2023).

The villains improved as he went. The Count in *Cagliostro* has a moustache and a printing press; Muska in *Castle in the Sky* has a suit and a plan. By *Princess Mononoke* there is no villain. The gods, the humans and the samurai each want something understandable, and the script asks us to hold all of it without handing us one convenient person to hate. *Howl's Moving Castle* makes a case for kindness that persuaded us even when we could not follow the spells. The scene in *Porco Rosso* where Porco tells Fio about the war, and the fallen aircraft rise past him in a white river across the sky, moved us more than we expected, because the script gives him nothing to say about it. Joe Hisaishi has scored ten of these films and Takeshi Seyama has cut several, and the quiet passages are where the three trust each other most.

The weakness is structure. *Castle in the Sky* sags for an hour aboard a pirate airship. *The Boy and the Heron* keeps stopping so that a character can stand still and tell Mahito the rules of the world. And *The Wind Rises* asks, through three people, what its hero's planes are for, and lets him change the subject. We think Miyazaki meant the sadness and not the evasion, but he owed us an answer to that one.

He said after *The Wind Rises* that he was finished. He was not; the Japanese title of the film he came back with is a question: *How Do You Live?* We would take another, speeches and all.

## Biography

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, film director and screenwriter. Born on 5 January 1941 in Tokyo, he began his career at Toei Animation and directed his first feature film, *Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro*, in 1979. With Isao Takahata he co-founded Studio Ghibli, where he has directed and written numerous animated features.

Miyazaki is known for films including *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), *Princess Mononoke* (1997), *Spirited Away* (2001), *Howl's Moving Castle* (2004), *Ponyo* (2008), *The Wind Rises* (2013) and *The Boy and the Heron* (2023). *Spirited Away* won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; *The Boy and the Heron* received the same award in 2024.

*Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (12)

### Directed (11)

- *The Boy and the Heron* (2023), Fi1m 81, Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Original Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md)
- *The Wind Rises* (2013), Fi1m 77, Original Story, Director, Screenplay, Comic Book — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wind-rises.md)
- *Howl's Moving Castle* (2004), Fi1m 81, Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/howls-moving-castle.md)
- *Spirited Away* (2001), Fi1m 92, Screenplay, Original Story, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md)
- *Princess Mononoke* (1997), Fi1m 88, Director, Screenplay, Original Story — [page](https://film.one/film/princess-mononoke.md)
- *Porco Rosso* (1992), Fi1m 81, Director, Screenplay, Comic Book, Original Story — [page](https://film.one/film/porco-rosso.md)
- *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989), Fi1m 86, Screenplay, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kikis-delivery-service.md)
- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), Fi1m 89, Director, Screenplay, Original Story — [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)
- *Castle in the Sky* (1986), Fi1m 82, Original Story, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/castle-in-the-sky.md)
- *Warriors of the Wind* (1984), Fi1m 85, Director, Original Story, Character Designer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/warriors-of-the-wind.md)
- *The Castle of Cagliostro* (1979), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Director, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-castle-of-cagliostro.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), Fi1m 82, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (94)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Story of Yanagawa Waterways* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Sherlock Hound: The Movie* (2024), Director, Storyboard
- *Stage 『Spirited Away』* (2024), Original Story
- *The Boy and the Heron* (2023), Storyboard Artist, Director, Original Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md)
- *Spirited Away: Live on Stage* (2023), Original Story
- *Boro the Caterpillar* (2018), Storyboard Artist, Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Original Story
- *Mary and The Witch's Flower* (2017), Thanks
- *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), Thanks — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-age-of-ultron.md)
- *Japan Animator Expo* (2014), series, Title Designer
- *The Wind Rises* (2013), Director, Screenplay, Comic Book, Original Story — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wind-rises.md)
- *Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo* (2012), as Giant Robot (voice) · Characters, Character Designer
- *La luna* (2012), Thanks
- *A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog* (2011), Actor
- *From Up on Poppy Hill* (2011), Screenplay
- *Treasure Hunting* (2011), Director, Screenplay
- *Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Arrietty* (2010), Screenplay, Other
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Thanks — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *A Sumo Wrestler's Tail* (2010), Screenplay
- *The Theory of Evolution* (2008), Director of Operations
- *Ponyo* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Ghibli Scenery: A Journey to Japan Painted in Miyazaki’s Works* (2008), Actor
- *The Pixar Story* (2007), Thanks
- *Madaran's World* (2007), Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director of Operations, Director
- *Tales from Earthsea* (2006), Original Story
- *Mon Mon the Water Spider* (2006), Producer, Director, Writer
- *The Day I Bought a Star* (2006), Director, Screenplay
- *House Hunting* (2006), Producer, Writer, Director
- *Howl's Moving Castle* (2004), Executive Producer, Screenplay, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/howls-moving-castle.md)
- *The Birth of Studio Ghibli* (2003), Actor
- *Bobo-kun* (2002), Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
- *Tacolator* (2002), Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
- *Piyopiyo Baba* (2002), Storyboard Artist, Director of Operations, Screenplay, Director, Characters
- *Imaginary Flying Machines* (2002), as Le cochon · Director, Screenplay, Original Story
- *The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction* (2002), Author
- *Mei and the Kittenbus* (2002), as Totoro (voice) · Director, Writer, Original Story
- *The Cat Returns* (2002), Production Coordinator, Original Concept
- *Koro's Big Day Out* (2002), Writer, Director
- *The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction - First Storyboards, in Motion Short Director* (2002), Original Story
- *The Whale Hunt* (2001), Writer, Director
- *A Splendid Dance* (2001), Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
- *The Fish of the Fish* (2001), Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
- *Rambutan Adventures* (2001), Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Director, Director of Operations
- *Spirited Away* (2001), Director, Original Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md)
- *Super TV: Frontline Information 15 Months of Exclusive Coverage! The Secret Behind "My Neighbors the Yamadas"* (2000), Actor
- *Future Boy Conan II: Taiga Adventure* (1999), series, Writer
- *Princess Mononoke* (1997), Director, Original Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/princess-mononoke.md)
- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), Screenplay, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md)
- *Chage & Aska: On Your Mark* (1995), Director, Writer
- *Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers* (1995), Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist
- *Pom Poko* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Everything Ghibli Special Short Shorts* (1992), series, Creator
- *Porco Rosso* (1992), Director, Screenplay, Original Story, Comic Book — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/porco-rosso.md)
- *Only Yesterday* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story I* (1991), Story, Screenplay
- *Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III* (1991), Story, Screenplay
- *Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story II* (1991), Story, Screenplay
- *Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water* (1990), series, Screenplay, Story
- *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989), Producer, Screenplay, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/kikis-delivery-service.md)
- *Red Crow and the Ghost Ship* (1989), Mechanical Designer, Conceptual Design
- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), Director, Original Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)
- *Castle in the Sky* (1986), Director, Original Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/castle-in-the-sky.md)
- *Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson Is Taken Hostage / The White Cliffs of Dover* (1986), Director
- *Sherlock Hound* (1984), series, Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist
- *Warriors of the Wind* (1984), Screenplay, Director, Character Designer, Original Story — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/warriors-of-the-wind.md)
- *Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection* (1984), Character Designer, Director
- *Sherlock Hound: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Treasure Under the Sea* (1984), Director
- *The New Adventures of Gigantor* (1980), series, Key Animation
- *3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie* (1980), Layout Supervisor, Continuity
- *Future Boy Conan* (1979), Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Mechanical Designer
- *The Castle of Cagliostro* (1979), Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-castle-of-cagliostro.md)
- *Anne of Green Gables* (1979), series, as Layout, Other
- *Future Boy Conan* (1978), series, Storyboard Artist, Series Director, Character Designer, Director, Mechanical Designer
- *Tenguri, Boy of the Plains* (1977), Key Animation, Layout
- *3000 Leagues in Search of Mother* (1976), series, Animation, Art Direction
- *Heidi: Girl of the Alps* (1974), series, as Layout
- *Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus* (1973), Screenplay, Original Story, Writer, Key Animation
- *Jungle Kurobee* (1973), series, Character Designer
- *Yuki's Sun* (1972), Director, Animation, Storyboard Artist
- *Panda! Go Panda!* (1972), Key Animation, Original Story, Screenplay
- *Panda! Go Panda!* (1972), Concept Artist, Screenplay
- *Lupin the 3rd* (1971), series, Director, Series Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
- *Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves* (1971), Key Animation, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay
- *Animal Treasure Island* (1971), Key Animation, Additional Writing
- *Flying Phantom Ship* (1969), Character Designer, Animation
- *The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots* (1969), Key Animation
- *Horus: Prince of the Sun* (1968), Animation
- *Rainbow Sentai Robin* (1966), series, Animation
- *Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon* (1965), Animation, Additional Writing
- *Doggie March* (1963), Animation
- *Hayao Miyazaki's Unreleased Film*, Director, Screenplay
- *宮崎駿 引退宣言 知られざる物語*, Actor
- *宮崎駿スペシャル 「風立ちぬ」1000日の記録*, Actor
- *吉卜力工作室完整特别短片合辑1992-2016*, as 导演

## Gallery

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- ![Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/media/person/210/gallery-1784eabe5a7d.jpg) Hayao Miyazaki — Image via TMDB
- ![Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/media/person/210/gallery-b5e140e0f9a2.jpg) Hayao Miyazaki — Image via TMDB
- ![Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/media/person/210/gallery-0db258372321.jpg) Hayao Miyazaki — Image via TMDB
- ![Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/media/person/210/gallery-abf792fc26db.jpg) Hayao Miyazaki — Image via TMDB
- ![Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/media/person/210/gallery-acc423dfccc9.jpg) Hayao Miyazaki — Image via TMDB
- ![Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/media/person/210/gallery-bf9a4f433799.jpg) Hayao Miyazaki — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- 2024: Best Animated Feature (won), for *The Boy and the Heron*
- 2014: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *The Wind Rises*
- 2006: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Howl's Moving Castle*
- 2003: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Spirited Away*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2024: Best Animated Feature Film (won), for *The Boy and the Heron*

### Venice Film Festival — 1 won

- 2005: Lifetime Achievement (won)

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2002: Golden Bear (won), for *Spirited Away*

### Other awards — 21 won, 1 nominated

- British Academy Film Awards 2024: British Academy Film Awards (won), for *The Boy and the Heron*
- Academy Honorary Award 2014: Academy Honorary Award (won)
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year 2014: Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year (won), for *The Wind Rises*
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame 2014: Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (won)
- Will Eisner Hall of Fame 2014: Will Eisner Hall of Fame (won)
- Person of Cultural Merit 2012: Person of Cultural Merit (won)
- Inkpot Award 2009: Inkpot Award (won)
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year 2009: Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year (won), for *Ponyo*
- Nebula Award for Best Script 2006: Nebula Award for Best Script (won), for *Howl's Moving Castle*
- The Jim Henson Creativity Honor 2006: The Jim Henson Creativity Honor (won)
- Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production 2002: Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production (won), for *Spirited Away*
- Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production 2002: Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production (won), for *Spirited Away*
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2002: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Spirited Away*
- Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year 2002: Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year (won), for *Spirited Away*
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film 2002: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film (won), for *Spirited Away*
- Asahi Prize 2001: Asahi Prize (won)
- Kikuchi Kan Prize 2001: Kikuchi Kan Prize (won)
- Shiba Ryotaro Prize 1999: Shiba Ryotaro Prize (won)
- Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year 1998: Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year (won), for *Princess Mononoke*
- Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director 1997: Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director (won)
- Winsor McCay Award 1996: Winsor McCay Award (won)
- Seiun Award for Best Comic 1995: Seiun Award for Best Comic (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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