Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki (b. 1941, Tokyo) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and manga artist who co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as its honorary chairman. He joined Toei Animation in 1963, working on films including "The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun" (1968), and later co-directed "Lupin the Third Part I" with Isao Takahata. Widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of animation, he has attained international acclaim for hand-drawn features such as "Ponyo" (2008), the subject of an exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.