Biography
Takashi Yamazaki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and visual effects supervisor. Born on 12 June 1964 in Matsumoto, Nagano, he graduated from Asagaya College of Art and Design and joined the visual effects studio Shirogumi in 1986, where he has remained throughout his career.
His early directorial features include the science fiction films Juvenile (2000) and Returner (2002). He later directed adaptations such as Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), The Eternal Zero (2013), Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) and Lupin III: The First (2019). Yamazaki wrote and directed Godzilla Minus One (2023), for which he also supervised the visual effects; the film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He has received multiple Japan Academy Awards and other honours. He has been married to screenwriter and director Shimako Sato since 2012.
