MAKOTO SHINKAI

Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Shinkai
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: February 9, 1973
Place of Birth: Koumi, Japan

Biography

Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto) is a Japanese animation director, author, and manga artist. 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 (1999). Beginning his longstanding association with CoMix Wave Films, Shinkai then released the science-fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star in 2002, and followed this with his debut feature film The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004). Shinkai's second feature film, the romantic drama anthology 5 Centimeters per Second (2007), gained critical acclaim, as did his subsequent releases, the dramas Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) and The Garden of Words (2013). Shinkai's 2016 fantasy romance Your Name was a critical and commercial success, becoming the third highest-grossing anime film of all time. His 2019 film, Weathering with You, also achieved similar critical and commercial success. His seventh film, Suzume, was released in Japan in November 2022.

Notable work

Filmography

Starring

2023·
Voices
新海诚
Self
Chobi (voice), Chobi (voice)
Noboru Terao (voice)
Chobi / Narrator (voice)

Production

Original Film Writer
Original Story
2022·
Suzume
Original Story, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Editor, Director
Screenplay, Original Story, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Director
Original Story, Original Story
Original Story, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Director of Photography, Compositing Artist, Director
Editor, Writer, Background Designer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Director, Art Direction
Screenplay, Original Story, Editor, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Background Designer, Director, Storyboard Artist
Storyboard Artist, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Director
Original Story, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Background Designer, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Director
Art Direction, Background Designer, Storyboard Artist, Color Designer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Storyboard Artist, Art Direction, Color Designer, Background Designer, Director of Photography, Director
Sound Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Art Direction, Editor, Producer, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Original Story, Color Designer, Background Designer, Director
Original Story, Sound Director, Color Designer, Background Designer, Art Designer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay, Director
2003·
Smile
Director
Screenplay, Original Story, Animation, Animation Director, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Director of Photography, Art Direction, Editor, Producer, Director
Opening/Ending Animation
Screenplay, Animation, Art Direction, Producer, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Director
Writer, Animation, Director of Photography, Cinematography, Editor, Director
Writer, Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography, Cinematography, Editor