Isao Takahata
Age: N/A | From: Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Такахата Исао , たかはた いさお , Paku-san , 타카하타 이사오 , ایسائو تاکاهاتا
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 67
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
Biography
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).
Most Famous Work
Lupin the 3rd
(1971) Director
Anne of Green Gables
(1979) Series Director
Heidi, Girl of the Alps
(1974) Creator
Toy Story 3
(2010) Thanks
Chie the Brat
(1981) Series Director
Future Boy Conan
(1978) Director
Castle in the Sky
(1986) Producer
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(1984) ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Self (Archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Self | |
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2019 | Self | |
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Himself | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| 2011 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2005 | Self | |
| Self - Interviewee | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2003 | Himself | |
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | Self | |
| 1999 | Himself | |
| 1998 | Himself | |
| 1991 | Self | |
| 1987 | Himself | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Other | |
| Producer | ||
| 1988 | Producer | |
| 1986 | Producer | |
| 1984 | Producer | |
| 1980 | Director of Operations | |
| 1963 | Producer's Assistant | |
| 1962 | Production Assistant | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 1979 | Concept Artist | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2010 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| 1987 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| 1981 | Series Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1980 | Director | |
| Co-Director | ||
| 1979 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Series Director | ||
| 1978 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1971 | Director | |
| 1968 | Director | |
| Co-Director | ||
| 1963 | Assistant Director | |
| 1962 | Assistant Director | |
| 1961 | Assistant Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Screenplay | |
| 2010 | Writer | |
| 1999 | Screenplay | |
| 1994 | Writer | |
| Original Story | ||
| 1991 | Screenplay | |
| 1988 | Screenplay | |
| 1987 | Writer | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1982 | Screenplay | |
| 1981 | Writer | |
| 1980 | Screenplay | |
| 1979 | Original Concept | |
| Writer | ||
| Series Composition | ||
| 1972 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Creator | |
| 1975 | Creator | |
| 1974 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
