FILM DIRECTOR

Mamoru Hosoda

1967 - Today

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Mamoru Hosoda (細田 守, Hosoda Mamoru; born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese filmmaker and animator. He is known for the short films that made up Digimon: The Movie (2000), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009). He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his seventh film Mirai (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Mamoru Hosoda is the 776th most popular film director (down from 610th in 2024), the 1,098th most popular biography from Japan (down from 893rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mamoru Hosoda ranks 776 out of 2,041. Before him are Henry Selick, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Max Fleischer, Budd Boetticher, Rintaro, and Rudolph Maté. After him are Raoul Servais, André Roosevelt, Giuseppe Rotunno, Friz Freleng, Gianfranco Parolini, and Timothy Treadwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Mamoru Hosoda ranks 156. Before him are Zinho, Henry Ian Cusick, Félix Savón, E-40, Keith Urban, and Brian Schmidt. After him are Sheryl Lee, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Roger Lukaku, Yordan Letchkov, Mario Cipollini, and Basile Boli.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mamoru Hosoda ranks 1,098 out of 6,245. Before him are Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Kyōko Kagawa (1931), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Masafumi Yokoyama (1956), Yoko Shimada (1953), and Rintaro (1941). After him are Ryuichi Sugiyama (1941), Mayumi Kaji (1964), Chishū Ryū (1904), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Chiaki Mukai (1952), and Yumi Watanabe (1970).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Mamoru Hosoda ranks 35. Before him are Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yoji Yamada (1931), Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), and Rintaro (1941). After him are Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Masato Harada (1949), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), and Hideo Nakata (1961).

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