Isao Takahata

Directing · Born 1935-10-29 in Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan

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…

Filmography

• The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness as Self
• Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya as Self
• The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata as Himself
• Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron as Self (archive fotage)
• Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum as Self
• Paul Grimault, image par image as Self
• Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery as Self - Interviewee
• How Ghibli Was Born as Himself
• A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest as Self
• The Story of Yanagawa's Canals as Himself