Makoto Shinkai
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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
February 9, 1973Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
24Place of birth
Koumi, JapanAlso known as
신카이 마코토, 新海诚, Макото Шінкай, しんかい まこと, मकोतो शिनकाई, Makoto Niitsu, 新海 誠Cast credits
Crew credits
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Director, Sound Director, Art Designer, Background Designer, Color Designer, Original Film WriterVoices of a Distant Star
Writer, Director, Art Direction, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Animation, Original Film Writer5 Centimeters per Second
Director, Editor, Art Direction, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Sound Director, Background Designer, Color Designer, Original Story, Character Designer, Storyboard ArtistShe and Her Cat
Director, Writer, Animation, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Director of Photography, Producer, Art Direction, Original Film Writer, EditorOther Worlds
Director, Animation, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, EditorChildren Who Chase Lost Voices
Producer, Screenplay, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Color Designer, Original Film WriterThe Garden of Words
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Color Designer, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Original Film WriterSomeone's Gaze
Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography, Storyboard ArtistAni*Kuri15
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Color Designer, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Art DirectionCross Road
Art Direction, Director, Editor, Background Designer, Writer, Director of Photography, CinematographyYour Name.
Director, Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenplay, Compositing Artist, Director of Photography, Original Film WriterEnclosed World
Director, Screenplay, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, EditorWeathering with You
Director, Storyboard Artist, Editor, Writer, Original Film WriterSuzume
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Original Film WriterHiromi Iwasaki: Egao
DirectorRight Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time
ThanksWind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
Opening/Ending AnimationShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows
Original Story