---
name: "John Aoshima"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-aoshima"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "1 September 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:02:45.371799+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Aoshima

Writer and director. Born 1 September 1975 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 1 September 1975, United States
- **Active:** 2012–2016
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 writing
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130681358, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1434374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1656571

## Coming up

- *Hello Kitty* (2028-07-20), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Gravity Falls*](https://film.one/tv/gravity-falls.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Aoshima is an American animation director. He earned a BFA in Character Animation from CalArts and began his career in roles including character layout on series such as *Futurama*, *The Simpsons* and *Avatar: The Last Airbender*.

He has directed episodes of *American Dad!* (2005–2012), *Gravity Falls* (2012) and *DuckTales* (2017–2018). He served as head of story on the feature *Kubo and the Two Strings* (2016) and was sequence director on the limited series *Maya and the Three* (2021).

Aoshima co-directed the feature *Ultraman: Rising* (2024). He has signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and is attached to direct a *Hello Kitty* feature scheduled for 2028. He has received Emmy and Annie Award nominations.

*Sources: johnaoshima.com, imdb.com, deadline.com, gravityfalls.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Gravity Falls* (2012), Fi1m 84, Director, Storyboard — [page](https://film.one/tv/gravity-falls.md)

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

- *Kubo and the Two Strings* (2016), Fi1m 83, Head of Story — [page](https://film.one/film/kubo-and-the-two-strings.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Hello Kitty* (2028), Director
- *The Vale - Origins* (2026), Animation Director
- *Ultraman: Rising* (2024), Co-Director, Story Artist
- *DuckTales* (2017), series, Director
- *Kubo and the Two Strings* (2016), Head of Story — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/kubo-and-the-two-strings.md)
- *Wander Over Yonder* (2013), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Gravity Falls* (2012), series, Director, Storyboard — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/gravity-falls.md)
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, Director

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