Miyazaki Hayao: Quick Facts

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Born	January 5, 1941 (age 85) • Tokyo • Japan
Founder	Studio Ghibli
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2015)
Notable Works	“Howl’s Moving Castle” • “My Neighbor Totoro” • “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” • “Ponyo” • “Princess Mononoke” • “The Wind Rises”

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Animated scene from My Neighbor Totoro showing Satsuki and Mei standing under a red umbrella at a bus stop in the rain, with Totoro beside them holding a leaf on his head.

San, wearing a fur cape and red markings, rides a large white wolf in a forest scene from the animated film Princess Mononoke, directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Chihiro, a young girl in a pink outfit, stands in front of two large pigs behind a fence with lantern-lit buildings in the background, from Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki.

Animated scene from Spirited Away showing Chihiro, No-Face, and Yubaba sitting at a table with tea and desserts in a warmly lit room.

Animated still from Ponyo by Hayao Miyazaki showing Ponyo, a young girl with red hair and a pink dress, joyfully running atop large, stylized ocean waves during a storm.

Animated scene from My Neighbor Totoro showing the Catbus, Totoro, and a young girl standing together on a forested hill at dusk.

Animated scene from Ponyo directed by Hayao Miyazaki, showing Ponyo, a goldfish with a human face and red hair, swimming underwater with many smaller Ponyos and large blue sea creatures.

Animated scene from Spirited Away showing the character Chihiro standing beside Kamaji, who is working with multiple arms at a cluttered workstation.

Animated scene from Spirited Away showing Chihiro facing the masked spirit No-Face in front of a group of frog-like workers inside a brightly decorated bathhouse.

Color details are noted on a still from a Studio Ghibli film.

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