Makoto Shinkai
Directing
Born: 1973-02-09 · Koumi, Japan
Biography
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 wi
🎬 Movies (23)
Memories of a Spring
2026
Himself
5 Centimeters per Second
2025
Original Story
Making Documentary of "Suzume"
2024
Self
Suzume
2022
Director
The Making of Weathering with You
2020
Self
Weathering with You
2019
Director
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
2016
Chobi (voice)
Your Name.
2016
Director
Cross Road
2014
Director
The Garden of Words
2013
Director
Someone's Gaze
2013
Director
Right Places: Where I Was Meant to Be at That Time
2013
Thanks
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
2011
Director
Ani*Kuri15
2008
Director
5 Centimeters per Second
2007
Director
A Gathering of Cats
2007
Director
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004
Director
Smile
2003
Director
Voices of a Distant Star
2002
Director
Wind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special
2002
Opening/Ending Animation
She and Her Cat
1999
Director
Other Worlds
1999
Director
Enclosed World
1998
Director
