Hayao Miyazaki is a renowned Japanese film director, animator, author, and manga artist. He is a co-founder of Studio Ghibli, known for masterful storytelling and animation films. Miyazaki's works often explore humanity's relationship with nature and technology, the importance of art and craftsmanship, and maintaining pacifism in a violent world. His early works as a Ghibli director include Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and My Neighbor Totoro. Later acclaimed films are Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Ponyo.

1. Hayao Miyazaki
His life & works
By Güneş Ersoy 10/A 1051

2. Short Biography
• Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese film director,
animator, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a film and
animation studio, he has acquired international praise as a masterful storyteller
and as a maker of anime feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the
greatest animation directors.
• Miyazaki's works are characterized by the recurrence of themes such as
humanity's relationship with nature and technology, the importance of art and
craftsmanship, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic in a violent world.
The protagonists of his films are often strong girls or young women, and several
of his films present morally ambiguous antagonists with redeeming qualities.

3. Ghibli Movies

4. Early works as a
director and
animator
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the
Wind (1984)
• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• His first full lenght movie he directed is Nausicaä,
it’s about a young warrior woman’s struggles to
prevent two warring nations from destroying
themselves and their dying planet.

5. • His second movie, Castle In The Sky, is about a young boy and a girl with a magic
crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary
floating castle.

6. • My Neighbor Totoro is probably the most iconic Ghibli movie, serving as the
studio’s logo at the beginning of every movie. The plot is about when a pair of
sisters move to the country to be with their ill mother, they met wonderous forest
spirits who live nearby.

7. • Later works in
Ghibli
• Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• Ponyo (2008)

8. • Spirited Away, is generally accepted as the most captivating animation movie
ever, it is about a family's move to the suburbs, and a 10-year-old girl wandering
into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, where humans are changed into
beasts.