Makoto Shinkai
Directing
- Born
- February 9, 1973 (age 53) · Koumi, Nagano, Japan
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.
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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.
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Known for
Your Name.
July 1, 2016
Weathering with You
July 19, 2019
The Garden of Words
May 31, 2013
5 Centimeters per Second
March 3, 2007
Suzume
November 11, 2022
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
May 7, 2011
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
November 20, 2004
Voices of a Distant Star
February 2, 2002
She and Her Cat
October 1, 1999
Someone's Gaze
February 8, 2013
Cross Road
February 25, 2014
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
May 21, 2016
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- 20255 Centimeters per Second Original Story
- 2022Suzume Director, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Original Story
- 2019Weathering with You Director, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Writer, Original Story
- 2016Your Name. Director, Compositing Artist, Director of Photography, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Original Story, Screenplay
- 2016She and Her Cat: Everything Flows Original Story
- 2014Cross Road Art Direction, Director, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Writer, Editor
- 2013The Garden of Words Storyboard Artist, Director, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Editor, Original Story, Screenplay
- 2013Someone's Gaze Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist
- 2011