Makoto Shinkai
- Directing
- February 9, 1973 · Koumi, Nagano, Japan
Biography
Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto; born February 9, 1973), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto), is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he is known for his anime feature films enriched with visually-appealing animation and romantic stories depicting teenagers and high school students. Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) She and Her Cat in 1999. Shinkai then released the science fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star in 2002 as his first feature with CoMix Wave, followed by his debut feature film The Place Promised in Our Early Days in 2004. Shinkai's films have consistently received highly positive reviews from both critics and audiences, and he is considered to be one of Japan's most commercially successful filmmakers. His three most recent films Your Name in 2016, Weathering with You in 2019, and Suzume in 2022, collectively known as "Disaster trilogy", are all among the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time, both in Japan and worldwide at the time of their release. Description above from the Wikipedia article Makoto Shinkai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Memories of a Spring · Self
- 5 Centimeters per Second · Story
- Making Documentary of "Suzume" · Self
- Voices · Self
- Suzume · Director, Editing
- The Making of Weathering with You · Self
- Weathering with You · Director, Storyboard Artist
- Anime Supernova · Self
- Your Name. · Director, Compositing Artist
- She and Her Cat: Everything Flows · Chobi (Voice), Story
- She and Her Cat: Everything Flows · Chobi (Voice), Story
- Cross Road · Art Direction, Director
- Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time · Thanks
- The Garden of Words · Storyboard Artist, Director
- Someone's Gaze · Director, Writer
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices · Director, Producer
- Ani*Kuri15 · Director, Writer
- A Gathering of Cats · Director
- Ani*Kuri15 · Director, Cinematography
- 5 Centimeters per Second · Director, Background Designer
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days · Director, Producer
- Wind: A Breath of Heart · CG Artist
- Smile · Director
- Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special · Opening/Ending Animation
- Voices of a Distant Star · Noboru Terao (Voice), Director
- She and Her Cat · Her Cat (Voice), Director
- Other Worlds · Director, Editing
- Enclosed World · Editing, Cinematography
- Your Name · Original Film Writer
- Untitled Makoto Shinkai Film · Director, Writer