Makoto Shinkai

Directing·Feb 9, 1973·Koumi, Nagano, Japan

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Makoto Niitsu (新津誠, Niitsu Makoto; born February 9, 1973), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海誠, Shinkai Makoto), is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he is known for his anime feature films enriched with visually-appealing animation and romantic stories depicting teenagers and high school students. 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 in 1999. Shinkai then released the science fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star in 2002 as his first feature with CoMix Wave, followed by his debut feature film The Place Promised in Our Early Days in 2004. Shinkai's films have consistently received highly positive reviews from both critics and audiences, and he is considered to be one of Japan's most commercially successful filmmakers. His three most recent films Your Name in 2016, Weathering with You in 2019, and Suzume in 2022, collectively known as "Disaster trilogy", are all among the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time, both in Japan and worldwide at the time of their release. Description above from the Wikipedia article Makoto Shinkai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Suzume2022 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Weathering with You2019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Your Name.2016 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Cross Road2014 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The Garden of Words2013 · Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Someone's Gaze2013 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Children Who Chase Lost Voices2011 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Ani*Kuri152008 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
A Gathering of Cats2007 · Director	Director
5 Centimeters per Second2007 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
The Place Promised in Our Early Days2004 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Smile2003 · Director	Director
Voices of a Distant Star2002 · Noboru Terao (voice), Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer	Noboru Terao (voice), Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
She and Her Cat1999 · Her Cat (voice), Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay	Her Cat (voice), Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
Other Worlds1999 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Enclosed World1998 · Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Screenplay, Writer
UUntitled Makoto Shinkai FilmDirector, Writer	Director, Writer