Isao Takahata

Rejissor

1935-10-29 – 2018-04-05 · Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan

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).

• Toy Story 3 (2010) — Thanks
• 火垂るの墓 (1988) — Director, Screenplay
• 天空の城ラピュタ (1986) — Producer
• 魔女の宅急便 (1989) — Music Director
• 風の谷のナウシカ (1984) — Producer
• かぐや姫の物語 (2013) — Director, Screenplay, Original Story
• La Tortue rouge (2016) — Other, Producer
• おもひでぽろぽろ (1991) — Director, Screenplay
• 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ (1994) — Director, Writer, Original Story
• ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん (1999) — Director, Screenplay, Songs
• アルプスの少女ハイジ (1979) — Director
• 太陽の王子ホルスの大冒険 (1968) — Director
• パンダコパンダ (1972) — Director
• セロ弾きのゴーシュ (1982) — Director, Screenplay
• ユキの太陽 (1972) — Writer
• パンダコパンダ 雨ふりサーカスの巻 (1973) — Director
• じゃりン子チエ 劇場版 (1981) — Director, Writer
• 龍の子太郎 (1979) — Concept Artist, Original Concept
• 冬の日 (2003) — Director
• わんぱく王子の大蛇退治 (1963) — Assistant Director, Producer's Assistant
• アルプスの少女ハイジ (1974) — Director
• 安寿と厨子王丸 (1961) — Assistant Director
• 未来少年コナン (1979) — Storyboard Artist
• 赤毛のアン グリーンゲーブルズへの道 (1990) — Director, Writer