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Isao Takahata

Directing · Died aged 82

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TMDB ID
628 ↗
Born
1935-10-29
Died
2018-04-05
Age at death
82
Place of birth
Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan
Known for
Directing

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 Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013).

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Filmography

Directing33
Acting27
Writing14
Art5
Producing7
Crew1
Music1
Creator2
Sound1