Registi del cinema d'animazione

1. Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon was born in 1963. He studied at the Musashino College of the Arts. He began his career as a Manga artist. He then moved to animation and worked as a background artist on many films (including Roujin Z (1991) by 'Katsuhiro Otomo'). Then, in 1995, he wrote an episode of the anthology film ...

Miglior film: Perfect Blue Totale film visti: 4 (completato)

2. Hayao Miyazaki

Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.

Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...

Miglior film: Principessa Mononoke Totale film visti: 11 (completato)

3. Isao Takahata

Director | Hotaru no haka

Isao Takahata was born on October 29, 1935 in Ise, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Pom Poko (1994) and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013). He died on April 5, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

Miglior film: La storia della Principessa Splendente Totale film visti: 7

4. Mamoru Oshii

Director | Kôkaku kidôtai

Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and screenwriter. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura (1981-1984), Angel's Egg (1985), Patlabor: The Movie (1989), Ghost in the Shell (1995), and Ghost in ...

Miglior film: Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence Totale film visti: 6 (animazione)

5. Pete Docter

Writer | Up

Pete Docter is the Oscar®-winning director of "Monsters, Inc.," "Up," and "Inside Out," and Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studios. He is currently directing Pixar's feature film "Soul" with producer Dana Murray, which is set to release June 19, 2020.

Starting at Pixar in 1990 as the ...

Miglior film: Monster Inc. Totale film visti: 4 (completato)

6. Wes Anderson

Director | Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an ...

Miglior film: L'isola dei cani Totale film visti: 2 (animazione)

7. Brad Bird

Writer | The Incredibles

Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie A. (née Cross) and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in...

Miglior film: Ratatouille Totale film visti: 4 (animazione)

8. Andrew Stanton

Writer | WALL·E

Andrew Stanton has been a major creative force at Pixar Animation Studios since 1990, when he became the second animator and ninth employee to join the company's elite group of computer animation pioneers. As Vice President, Creative he currently oversees all shorts and feature projects at the ...

Miglior film: Wall-e Totale film visti: 4 (animazione)

9. John Lasseter

Writer | Toy Story 2

Although born in Hollywood, John and his twin sister Johanna were raised in Whittier near Los Angeles. His parents were Jewell Mae (Risley), an art teacher, and Paul Eual Lasseter, a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. His mother's profession contributed to his interest in animation and ...

Miglior film: Toy Story Totale film visti: 5 (completato)

10. Henry Selick

Director | Coraline

Henry Selick is a film director, specializing in films with stop-motion animation. He has formal training as an animator.

Selick was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, son of Charles H. Selick and Melanie Molan. He was mostly raised in Rumson, New Jersey. As a child, Selick took up drawing as a hobby. ...

Miglior film: Coraline Totale film visti: 3 (animazione)

11. Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Writer | Akira

Katsuhiro Ôtomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation.

In 1979, after writing multiple short-stories for the magazine Action, Otomo created his first science-fiction work, titled Fireball. ...

Miglior film: Akira Totale film visti: 3 (completato)

12. Tim Burton

Producer | Edward Scissorhands

Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...

Miglior film: Frankenweenie Totale film visti: 2 (animazione)

13. René Laloux

Writer | La planète sauvage

René Laloux was born on July 13, 1929 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Fantastic Planet (1973), Time Masters (1982) and Les escargots (1966). He died on March 14, 2004 in Angoulême, Charente, France.

Miglior film: Il pianeta selvaggio Totale film visti: 1

14. Hiroyuki Okiura

Animation_department | Jin-Rô

Okiura left high school at the age of 16 and entered the animation industry as a member of the studio Anime R, where he studied under Moriyasu Taniguchi and which Taniguchi superintends.He is known for his detailed effects animation in, for example, the chopper attack scene in Patlabor 2: The Movie...

Miglior film: Jin-Roh - Uomini e lupi Totale film visti: 2 (completato)

15. Nick Park

Writer | The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Nick Park was born on December 6, 1958 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Chicken Run (2000) and Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993).

Miglior film: Galline in fuga Totale film visti: 2

16. Mamoru Hosoda

Director | Samâ uôzu

Mamoru Hosoda is a Japanese film director and animator. Formerly employed at Toei Animation, he went to work at Madhouse from 2005 to 2011. Hosoda left Madhouse in 2011 to establish his own animation studio, Studio Chizu. He first came to public attention in the early 2000s with the first two films...

Miglior film: Wolf children Totale film visti: 6 (completato)

17. Takeshi Koike

Director | Redline

Takeshi Koike was born on January 26, 1968 in Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan. He is a director, known for Redline (2009), The Animatrix (2003) and Ninja Scroll (1993).

Miglior film: Redline Totale film visti: 4 (completato)

18. Richard Linklater

Director | Waking Life

Self-taught writer-director Richard Stuart Linklater was born in Houston, Texas, to Diane Margaret (Krieger), who taught at a university, and Charles W. Linklater III. Richard was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. ...

Miglior film: Waking Life Totale film visti: 3 (animazione)

19. Rintarô

Director | Metoroporisu

Rintarô was born on January 22, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a director, known for Metropolis (2001), Ninja Scroll (1993) and Neo Tokyo (1987).

Miglior film: Metropolis Totale film visti: 1

20. Hideaki Anno

Writer | Shin Gojira

Hideaki Anno was born on May 22, 1960 in Ube, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Shin Godzilla (2016), Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and The Wind Rises (2013). He has been married to Moyoco Anno since March 26, 2002.

Miglior film: The End of Evangelion Totale film visti: 6 (animazione)

21. Claude Barras

Director | Ma vie de Courgette

Claude Barras is known for My Life as a Zucchini (2016), Land of the Heads (2009) and Chambre 69 (2012).

Miglior film: La mia vita da zucchina Totale film visti: 1 (completato)

22. Michel Ocelot

Director | Kirikou et la sorcière

Michel Ocelot was born on October 27, 1943 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France. He is a writer and director, known for Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998), Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005) and Princes and Princesses (2000).

Miglior film: Kirikù e la strega Karabà Totale film visti: 2

23. Lee Unkrich

Editor | Coco

Lee Unkrich is an Academy Award-winning director at Pixar Animation Studios. He most recently directed Disney.Pixar's critically-acclaimed "Coco", which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Song.

As the director of Disney.Pixar's "Toy Story 3," Lee was also awarded an ...

Miglior film: Toy Story 3 Totale film visti: 5 (completato)

24. Keiichi Hara

Director | Kappa no Kû to natsuyasumi

Born in Tatebayashi city. After working in a PR firm, joined Shin'Ei Animation Company in 1982. After doing animation tasks for the TV series "Doraemon" (created by Fujiko-Fujio), he was promoted to chief director with others TV series of the same creators, "ESPer Mami" (1987-88) and "21-Emon" (...

Miglior film: Colorful Totale film visti: 1

25. Lorenzo Mattotti

Writer | La fameuse invasion des ours en Sicile

Lorenzo Mattotti was born in 1954 in Brescia, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019), Fear(s) of the Dark (2007) and 76th Venice Film Festival: Opening Sequence (2019).

Miglior film: La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia Totale film visti: 1

26. Michael Dudok de Wit

Writer | La tortue rouge

Michael Dudok de Wit was born on July 15, 1953 in Abcoude, Utrecht, Netherlands. He is a writer and director, known for The Red Turtle (2016), Father and Daughter (2000) and The Monk and the Fish (1994).

Miglior film: La tartaruga rossa Totale film visti: 1

27. Phil Lord

Writer | The Lego Movie

Philip A. Lord is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Christopher Miller. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Into the Spider-Verse is ...

Miglior film: The Lego Movie Totale film visti: 4 (completato)

28. Christopher Miller

Writer | The Lego Movie

Christopher Miller is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Philip A. Lord. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the ...

Miglior film: The Lego Movie Totale film visti: 4 (completato)

29. Dean DeBlois

Writer | Lilo & Stitch

Dean DeBlois is a Canadian writer, director, and producer known best for having co-written and co-directed Disney's Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon (2010), both Oscar nominated. While working as an assistant animator and layout artist for Hinton Animation Studios ...

Miglior film: Dragon Trainer 2 Totale film visti: 4 (completato)

30. Naoko Yamada

Director | Koe no katachi

Naoko Yamada is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the K-On! and Tamako Market anime series and the anime film A Silent Voice.

Yamada was born in Gunma Prefecture. As a child she enjoyed drawing images from the Patlabor and Dragonball anime ...

Miglior film: La forma della voce Totale film visti: 1

31. Sergio Pablos

Writer | Klaus

Sergio Pablos' career in animation spans over three decades. His work is well known as a Supervising Animator on Disney films such as "Tarzan" and "Treasure Planet". At the helm of his company The SPA Studios, he's also known for having developed the original story upon which films like "Despicable...

Miglior film: Klaus Totale film visti: 1 (completato)

32. Yoshifumi Kondô

Director | Mimi wo sumaseba

Yoshifumi Kondô was born on March 31, 1950 in Niigata, Japan. He was a director, known for Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997) and Only Yesterday (1991). He died on January 21, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.

Miglior film: I sospiri del mio cuore Totale film visti: 1 (completato)

33. Tomm Moore

Producer | WolfWalkers

Tomm Moore was born on January 7, 1977 in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Wolfwalkers (2020), Song of the Sea (2014) and The Secret of Kells (2009). He is married to Liselott Olofsson. They have one child.

Miglior film: La canzone del mare Totale film visti: 1

34. Guillermo del Toro

Writer | El laberinto del fauno

Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...

Miglior film: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Totale film visti: 1 (animazione)

35. Enrico Casarosa

Director | Luca

Enrico Casarosa was born on November 20, 1971 in Genoa, Italy. He is known for Luca (2021), The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Lightyear (2022).

Miglior film: Luca Totale film visti: 1

36. Domee Shi

Writer | Turning Red

Domee Shi was born on August 19, 1989 in Chongqing, China. She is a writer, known for Turning Red (2022), Inside Out (2015) and Bao (2018).

Miglior film: Red Totale film visti: 1

37. Sylvain Chomet

Director | Les triplettes de Belleville

Sylvain Chomet was born on November 10, 1963 in Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines, Île-de-France], France. He is a director and writer, known for The Triplets of Belleville (2003), The Illusionist (2010) and Paris, I Love You (2006).

Miglior film: L'illusionista Totale film visti: 1

38. Jérémy Clapin

Writer | J'ai perdu mon corps

Jérémy Clapin was born on February 13, 1974 in Paris, France. He is a writer and director, known for I Lost My Body (2019), Skhizein (2008) and Pendant ce temps sur Terre (2024).

Miglior film: Dov'è il mio corpo? Totale film visti: 1

39. Gore Verbinski

Director | Rango

Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of ...

Miglior film: Rango Totale film visti: 1

40. Don Bluth

Director | Anastasia

Don Bluth was one of the chief animators at Disney to come to the mantle after the great one's death. He eventually became the animation director for such films as The Rescuers (1977) and Pete's Dragon (1977). Unfortunately, the quality of animation that Disney was producing at this point was not ...

Miglior film: Titan A.E. Totale film visti: 1

41. Shin'ichirô Watanabe

Writer | The Animatrix

Shin'ichirô Watanabe was born on May 24, 1965 in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for The Animatrix (2003), Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) and Cowboy Bebop (1998).

Miglior film: Cowboy Bebop - Il film Totale film visti: 1

42. Robert Zemeckis

Writer | Back to the Future

A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...

Miglior film: Chi ha incastrato Roger Rabbit Totale film visti: 2 (animazione)

43. Gorô Miyazaki

Director | Kokuriko-zaka kara

Graduated from Shinshu University, Faculty of Agriculture, Goro Miyazaki started his career as a construction consultant, and he designed parks and public institutions. To avoid to be compared to his father, the world-famous filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, he initially didn't want to work on anything ...

Miglior film: I racconti di terramare Totale film visti: 3 (completato)

44. Alain Ughetto

Director | Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens

Alain Ughetto is known for No Dogs or Italians Allowed (2022), Jasmine (2013) and La boule (1984).

Miglior film: Manodopera Totale film visti: 1 (completato)

45. Makoto Shinkai

Writer | Suzume no Tojimari

Makoto Shinkai is a Japanese director, writer, producer, animator, editor, cinematographer, voice actor, manga artist and former graphic designer. Shinkai studied Japanese literature at Chuo University where he was a member of juvenile literature club where he drew picture books. In 1999, Shinkai ...

Miglior film: Your Name Totale film visti: 6 (completato)

46. Dean Fleischer Camp

Editor | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Dean Fleischer Camp is known for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2010) and Fraud (2016). He was previously married to Jenny Slate.

Miglior film: Marcel the shell Totale film visti: 1 (completato)

47. Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Director | Omoide no Marnie

Hiromasa Yonebayashi was born on July 10, 1973 in Nonoichi, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for When Marnie Was There (2014), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) and Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017).

Miglior film: Mary e il fiore della strega Totale film visti: 3 (completato)