
Person
Isao Takahata
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 29, 1935
- Died
- Apr 5, 2018
- From
- Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan
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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Credits

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata

Paul Grimault, image par image

The Making of Only Yesterday

The Cat Returns - Making of

How Ghibli Was Born

Kulturplatz

NHK Educational TV Special

Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion

Ghibli's Bookshelf

Super TV: Frontline Information 15 Months of Exclusive Coverage! The Secret Behind "My Neighbors the Yamadas"