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
Original Story
2016

Your Name.
as
Screenplay
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
Editor
2013

Someone's Gaze
as
Writer
2013

Someone's Gaze
as
Director
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
Producer
2011

Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Editor
2011

Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Director
2011

Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Storyboard Artist
2011

Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Color Designer
2011

Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Background Designer
2011

Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Director of Photography
2011

Children Who Chase Lost Voices
as
Screenplay
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
Character Designer
2007

5 Centimeters per Second
as
Storyboard Artist
2007

5 Centimeters per Second
as
Producer
2007

5 Centimeters per Second
as
Art Direction
2007

5 Centimeters per Second
as
Editor
2007

5 Centimeters per Second
as
Sound Director
2007

5 Centimeters per Second
as
Director of Photography
2007

5 Centimeters per Second
as
Screenplay
2007

5 Centimeters per Second
as
Original Story
2007

Ani*Kuri15
as
Director
2007

Ani*Kuri15
as
Director of Photography
2007

Ani*Kuri15
as
Storyboard Artist
2007

Ani*Kuri15
as
Color Designer
2007

Ani*Kuri15
as
Background 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
Editor
2004

The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Director of Photography
2004

The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Producer
2004

The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Color Designer
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
Sound Director
2004

The Place Promised in Our Early Days
as
Screenplay
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
Editor
2002

Voices of a Distant Star
as
Producer
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
Storyboard Artist
2002

Voices of a Distant Star
as
Animation
2002

Voices of a Distant Star
as
Character Designer
2002

Voices of a Distant Star
as
Animation Director
2002

Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
as
Opening/Ending Animation
2002

Voices of a Distant Star
as
Writer
2002

Voices of a Distant Star
as
Original Concept
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
Director of Photography
1999

She and Her Cat
as
Art Direction
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
Animation
1999

Other Worlds
as
Animation
1999

Other Worlds
as
Writer
1999

She and Her Cat
as
Screenplay
1999
- 1998










