Makoto Shinkai
male
Born on February 09, 1973 (52 years old)
From Koumi, Japan
Known for Directing
Biography
Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, 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
- 2024
- 2023
- 2020
- 2017
- 2016
- 2002
- 1999
Crew Credits
- 2025
- 2022
- 2019
- 2016
Your Name.
as
Director
2016
Your Name.
as
Compositing Artist
2016
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
as
Original Story
2016
Your Name.
as
Director of Photography
2016
Your Name.
as
Editor
2016
Your Name.
as
Storyboard Artist
2016
Your Name.
as
Screenplay
2016
Your Name.
as
Original Story
2016
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
as
Original Story
2016
- 2014
- 2013
The Garden of Words
as
Storyboard Artist
2013
The Garden of Words
as
Director
2013
Someone's Gaze
as
Director
2013
Someone's Gaze
as
Writer
2013
Someone's Gaze
as
Editor
2013
Someone's Gaze
as
Director of Photography
2013
The Garden of Words
as
Background Designer
2013
The Garden of Words
as
Director of Photography
2013
Someone's Gaze
as
Storyboard Artist
2013
The Garden of Words
as
Color Designer
2013
The Garden of Words
as
Editor
2013
Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time
as
Thanks
2013
The Garden of Words
as
Original Story
2013
The Garden of Words
as
Screenplay
2013
- 2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Director
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Screenplay
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
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Producer
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Editor
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Storyboard Artist
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Background Designer
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
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Color Designer
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Director of Photography
2011
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Original Story
2011
- 2008
- 2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Director
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Background Designer
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Color Designer
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Original Story
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Character Designer
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Storyboard Artist
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Producer
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Editor
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Art Direction
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Screenplay
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Director of Photography
2007
5 Centimeters per Second
as
Sound Director
2007
Ani*Kuri15
as
Director
2007
Ani*Kuri15
as
Background Designer
2007
Ani*Kuri15
as
Storyboard Artist
2007
Ani*Kuri15
as
Director of Photography
2007
Ani*Kuri15
as
Color Designer
2007
Ani*Kuri15
as
Art Direction
2007
- 2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Director
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Screenplay
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Producer
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Director of Photography
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Editor
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Art Designer
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Background Designer
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Color Designer
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Sound Director
2004
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Original Story
2004
Wind: A Breath of Heart
as
CG Artist
2004
- 2003
- 2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Director
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Producer
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Editor
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Art Direction
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Director of Photography
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Character Designer
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Storyboard Artist
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Animation Director
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Animation
2002
Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
as
Opening/Ending Animation
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Original Story
2002
Voices of a Distant Star
as
Screenplay
2002
- 1999
She and Her Cat
as
Director
1999
Other Worlds
as
Director
1999
Other Worlds
as
Editor
1999
She and Her Cat
as
Editor
1999
Other Worlds
as
Cinematography
1999
Other Worlds
as
Director of Photography
1999
She and Her Cat
as
Storyboard Artist
1999
She and Her Cat
as
Director of Photography
1999
She and Her Cat
as
Producer
1999
She and Her Cat
as
Art Direction
1999
She and Her Cat
as
Animation
1999
Other Worlds
as
Animation
1999
Other Worlds
as
Writer
1999
She and Her Cat
as
Screenplay
1999
- 1998
