FILM DIRECTOR

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

1973 - Today

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Hiromasa Yonebayashi (米林 宏昌, Yonebayashi Hiromasa; born July 10, 1973 in Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan), nicknamed Maro (麻呂), is a Japanese animator and director, formerly for Studio Ghibli. After his directorial debut with Studio Ghibli (The Secret World of Arrietty), he became the youngest director of a theatrical film produced by the studio. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2015 for his second film, When Marnie Was There. Together with Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, Yonebayashi left Studio Ghibli in December 2014 after 18 years, and established Studio Ponoc in June 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiromasa Yonebayashi is the 1,406th most popular film director (down from 1,351st in 2024), the 1,726th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,492nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hiromasa Yonebayashi ranks 1,406 out of 2,041. Before him are Takashi Shimizu, Goutam Ghose, Alexander Hall, Gavin Hood, Joseph Ruben, and Igor Maslennikov. After him are Mike Judge, Carlo Vanzina, Olivier Megaton, Sidney Olcott, Ole Bornedal, and Frank Tashlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Hiromasa Yonebayashi ranks 278. Before him are Róisín Murphy, Juan Manuel Márquez, Virginia Ruano Pascual, Benjamin Biolay, Tony Popovic, and Fabián O'Neill. After him are Roberto Orci, Akira Amano, Jared Borgetti, Hu Jia, Éric Boullier, and Jason Kidd.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiromasa Yonebayashi ranks 1,727 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroshi Nanami (1972), Takashi Shimizu (1972), Hiroya Oku (1967), Takafumi Kanazawa (1981), Hiroaki Hirata (1963), Kaori Nagamine (1968), and Satoru Mochizuki (1964). After him are Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Hiromasa Azuma (1977), Shota Tajima (1992), Kenjiro Shinozuka (1948), and Akira Amano (1973).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hiromasa Yonebayashi ranks 54. Before him are Kei Kumai (1930), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shunji Iwai (1963), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Naomi Kawase (1969), and Takashi Shimizu (1972). After him are Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1978), Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971), Hiroyuki Morita (1964), Noriyuki Abe (1961), Kazuya Tsurumaki (1966), and Mahiro Maeda (1963).

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