Director
Makoto Shinkai
53 years · Koumi, Nagano, Japan · 18 films
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.
Best known for
Your Name.
2016 · Director, Cinematography
On HBO Max
Weathering with You
2019 · Director, Editor
On Hoopla
The Garden of Words
2013 · Director, Cinematography
On HiDive
5 Centimeters per Second
2007 · Director, Producer
On HBO Max
Suzume
2022 · Director, Editor
On Hulu
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011 · Producer, Editor
On HBO Max
Filmography 18
Making Documentary of "Suzume"
2024 · Self
Suzume
2022 · Director, Editor
On Hulu
Weathering with You
2019 · Director, Editor
On Hoopla
Your Name.
2016 · Director, Cinematography
On HBO Max
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016 · Chobi (voice)
Cross Road
2014 · Director, Cinematography
The Garden of Words
2013 · Director, Cinematography
On HiDive
Someone's Gaze
2013 · Editor, Writer
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011 · Producer, Editor
On HBO Max
Ani*Kuri15
2008 · Director, Writer
A Gathering of Cats
2007 · Director
5 Centimeters per Second
2007 · Director, Producer
On HBO Max
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 · Director, Editor
On HBO Max
Smile
2003 · Director
Voices of a Distant Star
2002 · Noboru Terao (voice), Director
She and Her Cat
1999 · Her Cat (voice), Director
On Criterion Channel
Other Worlds
1999 · Director, Editor
Enclosed World
1998 · Editor, Cinematography