Hayao Miyazaki

is a leader in the area of anime, or Japanese animation. His name is pronounced "Ha-ya-oh Me-ya-za-key". He worked with Isao Takahata.

His company made the animated movies Spirited Away (2001), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Porco Rosso (1992) and Princess Mononoke (1997).

His company is named Studio Ghibli. In 2001, he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Spirited Away. It was the first anime to win the award in that category.

During a press conference at Italy's Venice Film Festival, he announced that he was going to retire from the production of feature-length films.

Miyazaki announced his retirement on September 2, 2013.

Works directed by him
 The Castle of Cagliostro,  1979
 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984
 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
 Ponyo on the Cliff, 2008
 The Wind Rises, 2013
 The Boy and the Heron, 2023

References

 Other websites 

Nausicaa.net
Stubio Ghibli site (in Japanese)

Category:1941 births
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese animators
Category:Movie directors from Tokyo
Category:Japanese screenwriters
Category:Anime directors
Category:Studio Ghibli