FILM DIRECTOR

Hayao Miyazaki

1941 - Today

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Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿 or 宮﨑 駿, Miyazaki Hayao; [mijaꜜzaki hajao]; born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation. Born in Tokyo City, Miyazaki expressed interest in manga and animation from an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hayao Miyazaki is the 3rd most popular film director (up from 4th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Film Director.

Hayao Miyazaki is most famous for being a Japanese animator and film director. He is most famous for his films Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hayao Miyazaki ranks 3 out of 2,041. Before him are Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese. After him are Akira Kurosawa, David Lynch, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Sergei Eisenstein, Roman Polanski, and D. W. Griffith.

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Among people born in 1941, Hayao Miyazaki ranks 3. Before him are Kim Jong-il, and Joan Baez. After him are Bob Dylan, Slobodan Milošević, Alex Ferguson, Plácido Domingo, Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Cesária Évora, and Riccardo Muti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki ranks 4 out of 6,245. Before him are Hirohito (1901), Matsuo Bashō (1644), and Hokusai (1760). After him are Akihito (1933), Oda Nobunaga (1534), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Emperor Meiji (1852), Miyamoto Musashi (1584), Naruhito (1960), and Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki ranks 1. After him are Akira Kurosawa (1910), Isao Takahata (1935), Takeshi Kitano (1947), Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Shohei Imamura (1926), Mamoru Oshii (1951), and Hideaki Anno (1960).

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