Isao Takahata
Directing
Born 1935-10-29
Died 2018-04-05
Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan
73 credits
Winsor McCay Award 1
Officer of Arts and Letters 1
Medal with Purple Ribbon 1
Annecy International Animation Film Festival 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 2015 Best Animated Feature Nominated The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Winsor McCay Award 1 won
- 2015 Winsor McCay Award Won
Officer of Arts and Letters 1 won
- 2015 Officer of Arts and Letters Won
Medal with Purple Ribbon 1 won
- 1999 Medal with Purple Ribbon Won
Annecy International Animation Film Festival 1 won
- 1995 Annecy International Animation Film Festival Won Pom Poko
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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
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Directing
23 credits
Lupin the 3rd
Future Boy Conan
Anne of Green Gables
Heidi: Girl of the Alps
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Pom Poko
Only Yesterday
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Panda! Go Panda!
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Gauche the Cellist
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Chie the Brat
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
Heidi in the Mountains
Panda! Go Panda!
Winter Days
Gegege no Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye
Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Heidi and Clara
The Story of Heidi
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Mt. Alm
Acting
30 credits
Future Boy Conan
Kiki's Delivery Service
Anne of Green Gables
Kulturplatz
The Red Turtle
10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
Chie the Brat
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
NHK Educational TV Special
Taro the Dragon Boy
Marco: Carry a Dream
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
Future Boy Conan
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
Ghibli's Bookshelf
Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion
Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point
2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli
The Making of Only Yesterday
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
The Cat Returns - Making of
A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest
Ghibli Landscapes - Visit 'Japan' as Depicted by Isao Takahata
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka
Writing
13 credits
Anne of Green Gables
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Pom Poko
Only Yesterday
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Laura, the Prairie Girl
Gauche the Cellist
Yuki's Sun
Chie the Brat
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
Marco
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
Other credits
7 credits
Toy Story 3
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Duel of the Underworld
The Orphan Brother
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
Super TV: Frontline Information 15 Months of Exclusive Coverage! The Secret Behind "My Neighbors the Yamadas"
The Birth of Studio Ghibli
Producing
4 credits
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