Makoto Shinkai
Directing
🎂 1973-02-09
Makoto Niitsu (æ–°æ´¥ èª , Niitsu Makoto), known as Makoto Shinkai (æ–°æµ· èª , 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.
Cast credits(8)
Writing (27)
Original Story
2016
Screenplay
2016
Original Story
2016
Screenplay
2022
Original Story
2022
Original Story
2019
Screenplay
2019
Original Story
2007
Screenplay
2007
Original Story
2013
Screenplay
2013
Screenplay
2011
Original Story
2011
Screenplay
2004
Original Story
2004
Original Story
2002
Screenplay
2002
Writer
2014
Original Film Writer
Screenplay
1999
Writer
2013
Original Story
2025
Original Story
2016
Writer
2008
Screenplay
1998
Writer
1998
Writer
1999
Directing (17)
Visual Effects (15)
Camera (13)
Director of Photography
2016
Director of Photography
2007
Director of Photography
2007
Director of Photography
2013
Director of Photography
2011
Director of Photography
2004
Director of Photography
2002
Director of Photography
2014
Director of Photography
1999
Director of Photography
2013
Director of Photography
2008
Director of Photography
1998
Director of Photography
1999
Editing (13)
Art (25)
Storyboard Artist
2016
Background Designer
2007
Art Direction
2007
Storyboard Artist
2007
Storyboard Artist
2022
Storyboard Artist
2019
Background Designer
2007
Storyboard Artist
2007
Art Direction
2007
Storyboard Artist
2013
Background Designer
2013
Storyboard Artist
2011
Background Designer
2011
Art Designer
2004
Background Designer
2004
Art Direction
2002
Storyboard Artist
2002
Art Direction
2014
Background Designer
2014
Storyboard Artist
1999
Art Direction
1999
Storyboard Artist
2013
Storyboard Artist
2008
Background Designer
2008
Art Direction
2008
