Hayao Miyazaki Filmography

Born:: January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:: Animator, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: Hayao Miyazaki is regarded as one of the greatest creators of animated films, and his work certainly stands as some of the best the genre has to offer. Miyazaki began as a low-level animator for children's cartoons such as Gulliver's Space Travels, eventually becoming director and key animator on...Read More

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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima, Yuki Amami, George Tokoro, Yuria Nara

Synopsis: Acclaimed anime master Hayao Miyazaki returns for his ninth animated feature with Ponyo on a Cliff, which deals with a friendship between a 5-year old boy and a goldfish princess that yearns to be human. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

7/19/08
Howl's Moving Castle

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Chieko Baisho, Emily Mortimer, Takuya Kimura, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gasyuin, Billy Crystal, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Josh Hutcherson, Jean Simmons

Synopsis: Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award-winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually spectacular tale of imagination to the screen. Sophie is an 18-year-old girl who toils in the hat shop opened years ago by her late father. Often Read More

11/20/04
The Cat Returns

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer

Actors: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Kumiko Okae, Tetsuro Tanba

Synopsis: Aoi Hiiragi's manga about a schoolgirl's adventures with a very unusual feline comes to the screen in this witty anime feature. Haru is a girl who one day saves the life of a cat while on her way to school. To her surprise, Haru learns she came to the rescue of no ordinary cat -- the kitty Read More

2002
Spirited Away

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Rumi Hiiragi, Daveigh Chase, Miyu Irino, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette, Mari Natsuki, Susan Egan, Yumi Tamai, Yasuka Sawaguchi, David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Master animation director Hayao Miyazaki follows up on his record-breaking 1997 opus Princess Mononoke with this surreal Alice in Wonderland-like tale about a lost little girl. The film opens with ten-year-old Chihiro riding along during a family outing as her father races through remote country Read More

7/20/01
Koro's Big Day Out

Crew: Director

2001
The Whale Hunt

Crew: Director

2001
Princess Mononoke

Crew: Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka, Kaori Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, Gillian Anderson

Synopsis: This $20 million animated adventure/fantasy quickly became the highest grossing Japanese film in Japanese film history (making $150 million in Japan during its first seven months). Set in the 14th century, the ecology-themed epic was directed by Hayao Miyazaki whose previous films were acquired by Read More

10/29/99
Kiki's Delivery Service

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Lawrence, Debbie Reynolds

Synopsis: Veteran animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this buoyant children's adventure yarn about a young witch striking out on her own. At her mother's behest, 13-year-old Kiki sets out on a year-long apprenticeship with her black cat in tow. With a shaky command of her broom, she ends up in a charming little Read More

1/1/98
Whisper of the Heart

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter, Storyboard

Synopsis: Written by animation master Hayao Miyazaki and directed by his protégé Yoshifumi Kondo, this film is a simple tale about a young girl who falls in love and learns to believe in herself. Suzuku Tsukishima is nearing the end of her final year of junior high. An avid bookworm, she devours books while Read More

1995
My Neighbor Totoro

Crew: Director, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Synopsis: This superbly animated children's tale is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan's most beloved animators. The story follows Satsuke and Mai, two young girls who find their new country home is in a mystical forest inhabited by a menagerie of mystical creatures called Totoros. They befriend O Read More

1/1/93
The Blue Seed

Crew: Director

1992
Porco Rosso

Crew: Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Michael Keaton, Cary Elwes, Kimberly Payne Williams, Susan Egan

Synopsis: Master animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this tale about a former World War I flying ace who is also a pig. Slouching toward middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living by flying about in his bright red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not Read More

1992
Yanagawa Horiwari Monogatari

Crew: Producer

1987
Castle in the Sky

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill, Cloris Leachman

Synopsis: Hayao Miyazaki's fantasy adventure Castle in the Sky begins with a chase scene through a flying ship, where all the passengers are after the young girl, Sheeta (voice of Anna Paquin). Going overboard to avoid capture, Sheeta is rescued by her powerful crystal necklace which floats her down to Read More

1986
Sherlock Hound: White Cliffs of Dover

Crew: Director

1985
Sherlock Hound: Treasure Under The Sea

Crew: Director

1985
On Your Mark

Crew: Director

1985
Sherlock Hound: The Sovereign Gold Coins

Crew: Director

1985
Sherlock Hound: A Small Client

Crew: Director

1984
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This impressive work from acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki represents a significant departure from traditional anime. Foregoing the gritty storylines, extreme violence, and adult content found throughout many anime, Miyazaki's works borrow as much from fairy tales as they do from science Read More

1984
Sherlock Hound: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

Crew: Director

1984
Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson Is Taken Hostage

Crew: Director

1984
The Castle of Cagliostro

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Although Lupin III is a hugely successful animated series on television and film in Japan and the U.S., The Castle of Cagliostro is distinguished by its director, Hayao Miyazaki, who would later direct such animated classics as Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Mononoke Hime. The daring Read More

1980
Future Boy Conan [Anime Series]

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: This 1978 anime series by Hayao Miyazaki takes place in a world in which at least half the Earth's population has been killed by a massive, magnetically based weapon. A small colony of people beginning a new life and new world form a community on an island and there, a small boy named Conan lives Read More

1978
Panda! Go Panda!: The Rainy Day Circus

Crew: Animator, Conception, Screenwriter

1973
Panda! Go Panda!

Crew: Animator, Conception, Screenwriter

Synopsis: This strange and lively animated short was the first collaboration between Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, who together formed Studio Ghibli in 1985. Panda! Go Panda! tells a simple story aimed at young children, but the oddness of the premise also keeps it interesting for older fans of Read More

1972
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

Crew: Animator

1971
Animal Treasure Island

Crew: Animator, Consultant/advisor

Synopsis: The animated family adventure Animal Treasure Island concerns a boy named Jim and his pet mouse. They dream of escaping from their lives as innkeepers in order to set out on grand adventures. One day one of their tenants gives them a treasure map. The duo builds a boat and set out to find the Read More

1971
Puss 'N Boots

Crew: Animator

Synopsis: In this animated children's feature, a cat becomes a feline outcast when he saves the lives of some mice, and he decides to set off with a young boy to seek adventure and fortune. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1969
The Flying Ghost Ship

Crew: Animator

Synopsis: This early anime film is about a young man who loses his parents to the evil giant robot soldiers of a super-villain who thirsts for world domination. From a mechanized army to a popular drink that might turn out to be more sinister than poison, this anime is full of action and adventure. Read More

1969
Prince of the Sun: Horus' Great Adventure

Crew: Animator

Synopsis: The directorial debut of Isao Takahata, Prince of the Sun centers on Dorus, who enjoys a series of breathtaking adventures. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1968
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon

Crew: Animator

Synopsis: In this animated Japanese sci-fi film, a homeless youth is struck by a car and rendered unconscious. He soon finds himself traveling to the planet Hope with Dr. Gulliver, a tin-soldier colonel, a dog, and a crow. Before they arrive, they are hauled off course by a princess who tells them that Hope Read More

1965