Isao Takahata
Japanese animator, animation director, director, producer (1935-2018)
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Isao Takahata was a pioneering Japanese animator and director who created influential animated films and television works throughout his long career from the 1960s onward. He is considered an important figure in animation history for his artistic contributions to the medium and his impact on Japanese animation as a whole.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1935
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Eiga o tsukurinagara kangaeta koto
- スタジオジブリ作品関連資料集〈1〉
- Tale of the Princess Kaguya Picture Book
- Art of the Tale of the Princess Kaguya
- Heisei tanuki gassen pon poko
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- 812
- Total plays
- 6,089
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Isao Takahata (高畑 勲, Takahata Isao; October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018) was a Japanese director, screenwriter and producer. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he earned international critical acclaim for his work as a director of Japanese animated feature films.
Born in Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture, Takahata joined Toei Animation after graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1959. He worked as an assistant director, holding various positions over the years and collaborating with colleague Hayao Miyazaki on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and Castle in the Sky (1986), eventually directing his own film, The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968). He continued his partnership with Miyazaki, and under Nippon Animation directed the television series Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974), 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976), and Anne of Green Gables (1979)