FILM DIRECTOR

Shinichirō Watanabe

1965 - Today

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Shinichirō Watanabe (渡辺 信一郎, Watanabe Shin'ichirō; born on May 24, 1965) is a Japanese anime television and film director, best known for directing the critically acclaimed and commercially successful anime series Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy, Terror in Resonance, and Carole & Tuesday. Considered an auteur of Japanese animation by film and television critics, Watanabe's work is characterized by evocative uses of music, mature themes, and the incorporation of multiple genres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shinichirō Watanabe is the 860th most popular film director (up from 1,244th in 2019), the 1,151st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,413th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shinichirō Watanabe ranks 860 out of 2,041. Before him are Tate Taylor, Kevin Smith, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Tatyana Lioznova, Hamilton Luske, and Gleb Panfilov. After him are Catherine Hardwicke, Joe Wright, Alain Cavalier, Barry Jenkins, Steno, and Willis H. O'Brien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Shinichirō Watanabe ranks 183. Before him are Vicky Vette, Michael E. Brown, Silas Pereira, Suge Knight, Jocelyn Angloma, and Paweł Adamowicz. After him are Dexter Holland, Kim Bodnia, Shinji Mikami, Paulina Porizkova, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, and Yuki Kajiura.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinichirō Watanabe ranks 1,151 out of 6,245. Before him are Itō Sukeyuki (1843), Aguri Suzuki (1960), Tite Kubo (1977), Chica Umino (null), Akira Kamiya (1946), and Yumiko Igarashi (1950). After him are Masuji Ibuse (1898), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Akira Ifukube (1914), Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892), Masaaki Kato (1958), and Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Shinichirō Watanabe ranks 36. Before him are Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yoji Yamada (1931), Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), Rintaro (1941), and Mamoru Hosoda (1967). After him are Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Masato Harada (1949), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Hideo Nakata (1961), and Juzo Itami (1933).

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