Isao Takahata
- Directing
- October 29, 1935 · Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan
- April 5, 2018
Biography
Isao Takahata (October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli, was one of the most famous directors of Japanese animated films. Unlike most anime directors, he did not draw and never worked as an animator before becoming a director. For the first two decades of his career from the 1960s to the 1980s, Takahata worked primarily as director for anime television. In 1985 he and his long-time collaborative partner Hayao Miyazaki formed Studio Ghibli with Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. From that point, his career transitioned into producing, directing, and writing films for Studio Ghibli. He is known for his five feature length anime films released under Ghibli, Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Pom Poko (1994), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013).
Known for
Filmography
- The Story of Yanagawa Waterways · Self, Director
- Hotaru no Haka to Takahata Isao to 7-satsu no Nōto · Self
- Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature · Self
- Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron · Self
- 2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli · Self
- 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki · Self
- NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director · Self
- The Red Turtle · Other, Producer
- Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka · Self
- Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya · Self
- Anne of Green Gables Digest Version · Storyboard Artist, Director
- Ghibli Landscapes - Visit 'Japan' as Depicted by Isao Takahata · Self
- The Tale of The Princess Kaguya · Director, Screenplay
- The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness · Self
- Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point · Self
- Japanese Cinema: New Territories · Self
- Ghibli's Bookshelf · Self
- Toy Story 3 · Thanks
- A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest · Self
- Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum · Self
- Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery · Self
- Kulturplatz · Self
- Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion · Self
- Winter Days · Director
- Paul Grimault, image par image · Self
- The Birth of Studio Ghibli
- The Cat Returns - Making of · Self
- Super TV: Frontline Information 15 Months of Exclusive Coverage! The Secret Behind "My Neighbors the Yamadas"
- The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata · Self
- My Neighbors the Yamadas · Director, Screenplay
- Marco: Carry a Dream · Original Series Creator
- How Ghibli Was Born · Self
- Pom Poko · Director, Writer
- Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Heidi and Clara · Director
- Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Mt. Alm · Director
- The Making of Only Yesterday · Self
- Only Yesterday · Director, Screenplay
- Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables · Director, Writer
- Kiki's Delivery Service · Music Director
- Grave of the Fireflies · Director, Screenplay
- Au · Producer
- Castle in the Sky · Producer
- NHK Educational TV Special · Self
- Warriors of the Wind · Producer
- Gauche the Cellist · Director, Screenplay
- Chie the Brat · Series Director
- Chie the Brat · Director, Writer
- 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie · Director, Director of Operations
- Gegege no Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye · Co-Director
- Future Boy Conan · Storyboard Artist
- The Story of Heidi · Director
- Taro the Dragon Boy · Concept Artist, Original Concept
- Anne of Green Gables · Series Composition, Writer
- Future Boy Conan · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Heidi in the City · Director
- 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother · Director, Series Director
- 母をたずねて三千里 · Creator
- Laura, the Prairie Girl · Creator
- Heidi in the Mountains · Director
- Heidi: Girl of the Alps · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus · Director
- Yuki's Sun · Writer
- Panda! Go Panda! · Director
- Panda! Go Panda! · Director
- Lupin the 3rd · Director
- Horus: Prince of the Sun · Director
- Spooky Kitaro · Co-Director
- Wolf Boy Ken: Scared by a Ghost: The Greatest Operation in the Jungle · Director
- Duel of the Underworld · Assistant Director
- The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon · Assistant Director, Producer's Assistant
- Story of Iron · Production Assistant, Assistant Director
- The Orphan Brother · Assistant Director