Anime composers and creators' involvement with Academy Award films
by AlexHartsell | created - 08 Jul 2013 | updated - 5 days ago | PublicRows 1-48 are music composers and artists and rows 49-108 are creators of anime and works that inspired anime or manga adaptions of their works.
Finally for that is not on the list, companies that have their films nominated for Oscars and are good with anime that are:
* TOHO (Seven Samurai, Samurai: The Legend of Musashi, The Magnificent Seven, Yojimbo, The Woman in the Dunes, Kwaidan, Dodes'ka-den, Sandakan 8, Kagemusha, Ran, The Bodyguard, Primary Colors, A Simple Plan, Wonder Boys, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Children of Men, Persepolis, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, The Red Turtle, Kong: Skull Island, Ready Player One, Mirai, Drive My Car, Godzilla Minus One and The Boy and the Heron)
* Sanrio (Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, Lost in Translation and Ready Player One)
* NHK (Gate of Hell, Chaplin, Howard's End, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Beasts of the Southern Wild)
* NHK Enterprise 21 (The Old Man and the Sea)
* Dentsu Inc. (Black Rain, The Old Man and the Sea, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, My Love, Departures, The Wolfman, Bridesmaids, Snow White and the Huntsman, Les Misérables, Despicable Me 2, Possessions, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, The Theory of Everything, Unbroken, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Danish Girl, Straight Outta Compton, Steve Jobs, "Hail, Caesar!", The Red Turtle, Silence, Get Out, Ready Player One, First Man, Mirai, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Sing 2, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Oppenheimer)
* Bandai Visual/Bandai Namco Arts (Possessions)
* Hakuhodo (The Twilight Samurai, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, The Red Turtle, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and The Boy and the Heron)
* Top Craft/Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, The Red Turtle and The Boy and the Heron)
* Madhouse Studios (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Mirai)
* Yamamura Animation (Mt. Head)
* Tohokushinsha Film Company (Spirited Away, Lost in Translation, Howl's Moving Castle, Good Night, and Good Luck., Marie Antoinette, The Wind Rises, When Marnie Was There and The Boy and the Heron)
* Victor Entertainment (Top Gun, Malcolm X, Affliction and The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
* King Records (Dark Eyes, Camille Claudel, Wreck-It Ralph and Possessions)
* Toei Company (Tora! Tora! Tora!, Joe, Muddy River, Beverly Hills Cop, Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan and Wolfwalkers)
* Shochiku (Immortal Love, Twin Sisters of Kyoto, Portrait of Chieko, Reversal of Fortune, The Twilight Samurai, The Last Samurai, Departures and Possessions)
* Robot Communications (La Maison en Petits Cubes and Godzilla Minus One)
* Imagica (Tom Jones, My Fair Lady, Howards End, The Living Sea, Special Effects: Anything Can Happen, The Old Man and the Sea, Spirited Away, Mt. Head, Howl's Moving Castle, Babel, Departures, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One)
* Mitsubishi (The Woman in Red, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There and The Red Turtle)
* ADV Films/Sentai Filmworks (Possessions)
* GKIDS (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Secret of Kells, A Cat in Paris, Chico and Rita, Ernest & Celestine, The Wind Rises, Song of the Sea, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, The Boy and the World, My Life as a Zucchini, Revolting Rhymes, The Breadwinner, Mirai, Wolfwalkers and The Boy and the Heron)
* Marvel Entertainment (Malcolm X, Men in Black, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of the Galaxy, Big Hero 6, Doctor Strange, Logan, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Vice, RBG, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Avengers: Endgame, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home, West Side Story, "Argentina, 1985", Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
* Sunrise (Possessions and Ready Player One)
* Trigger (Possessions)
* Studio Chizu (Mirai and The Boy and the Heron)
* Shogakukan (Lost in Translation and Departures)
* Tokuma Shoten (Ju Dou, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Mirai)
* The Asahi Shimbun Company (Mirai and Drive My Car)
* Kadokawa (Rashomon, Gate of Hell, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Sunflower, Benji, Dersu Uzala, Apocalypse Now, Inside Moves, Ran, Cinema Paradiso, Short Cuts, Traffic, Chernobyl Heart, Lost in Translation, Joyeux Noel, Nine, My Week with Marilyn, Amy, Sicario, Deepwater Horizon, Silence, All the Money in the World and Mirai)
* Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) (Departures)
* Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) (Babel and Departures)
* Nippon Television Network (NTV) (The Burmese Harp, Spirited Away, The Twilight Samurai, Howl's Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, The Red Turtle, Mirai and The Boy and the Heron)
* Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (Lost in Translation and Mirai)
* Fuji TV (Despicable Me 2, The Theory of Everything, Unbroken, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Danish Girl, Straight Outta Compton, Steve Jobs, "Hail, Caesar!", Get Out, Shoplifters, First Man, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Sing 2)
* TV Tokyo (Goodfellas and Mt. Head)
* Geneon Entertainment/NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (Brazil, Terminator 2 and Mt. Head)
* Sega Sammy (Yojimbo, Terminator 2, Independence Day, Lost in Translation, Wreck-It Ralph, Ready Player One and Ralph Breaks the Internet)
* Nintendo (Damage, Shrek, Talk to Her, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Wreck-It Ralph and Boyhood)
* Bandai Namco Entertainment (Lost in Translation, The Social Network, TRON: Legacy, The Avengers, Wreck-It Ralph, Possessions, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Ready Player One, Ralph Breaks the Internet and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
* Sony Corporation (One from the Heart, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Last Emperor, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, The Godfather: Part III, Misery, City Slickers, Dracula, Four Days in September, Requiem for a Dream, Collateral, Spectre, Creed, Blade Runner 2049, Four Good Days and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
1. Joe Hisaishi
Composer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Joe Hisaishi was born on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Japan. He is a composer and director, known for Spirited Away (2001), The Boy and the Heron (2023) and Fireworks (1997). He is married to Ayame Fujisawa . They have one child.
Spirited Away Howl's Moving Castle Departures The Wind Rises The Grandmaster The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Boy and the Heron
2. Koba Hayashi
Actor | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Koba Hayashi was born on July 27, 1935 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor and composer, known for Spirited Away (2001), Nankai no noroshi (1960) and Tondemo Senshi Muteking (1980). He died on January 11, 2016 in Japan.
Spirited Away
3. Kenji Kondô
Music_department | 14-sai no harawata
Kenji Kondô is known for 14-sai no harawata (2009), Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me (2008) and The House of Small Cubes (2008).
La Maison en Petits Cubes
4. Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer | The Last Emperor
Ryuichi Sakamoto was born on January 17, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for The Last Emperor (1987), The Revenant (2015) and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983). He was married to Akiko Yano. He died on March 28, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
Black Rain The Last Emperor Babel The Revenant Call Me By Your Name Minamata
5. Elliot Goldenthal
Music_department | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Elliot Goldenthal is an Academy Award-winning composer best known for his original music scores for such films as Frida (2002) and Across the Universe (2007), among his other works.
He was born on May 2, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a house-painter, and his mother was a seamstress. ...
Alien³ Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Batman Forever Michael Collins Titus Frida Collateral Across the Universe The Tempest
6. Don Davis
Composer | The Matrix Reloaded
Donald Davis is an American film composer and conductor who is known for composing the music of The Matrix trilogy, Enter the Matrix, The Animatrix, SeaQuest 2032, the Beauty and the Beast television series and Jurassic Park III. He did orchestration for films composed by James Horner, Randy Newman...
Session Man Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Death Becomes Her Maverick Clear and Present Danger Legends of the Fall Apollo 13 Toy Story James and the Giant Peach Titanic Pleasantville A Bug's Life The Matrix Meet the Parents Mighty Times: The Children's March Toy Story 3 Toy Story 4 Marriage Story
7. Jimmie Haskell
Music_department | Big
Jimmie Haskell was born on November 7, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Big (1988), The Matrix (1999) and Airplane! (1980). He died on February 4, 2016 in Laguna Niguel, California, USA.
Lust for Life Around the World in Eighty Days The Tin Star The Alamo Hud Cactus Flower The Color Purple Big Married to the Mob When Harry Met Sally... Pulp Fiction The Matrix Almost Famous Catch Me if You Can
8. Suzie Katayama
Music_department | Mortal Kombat
Suzie Katayama is known for Mortal Kombat (1995), Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
Purple Rain Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Monsters, Inc. Treasure Planet Finding Nemo Spider-Man 2 The Incredibles Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Dreamgirls The Last King of Scotland Ratatouille WALL·E Revolutionary Road Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Star Trek Joy Zootopia Star Trek Beyond Spider-Man: No Way Home
9. RZA
Soundtrack | The Man with the Iron Fists
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs better known by his stage name the RZA, is an American rapper, actor, filmmaker, and record producer. He is the DE factor leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, having produced most albums for the group and its respective members. He is a cousin of two other original ...
Bulworth 8 Mile American Gangster Django Unchained Straight Outta Compton Don't Look Up
10. Masamichi Amano
Music_department | Batoru rowaiaru
Masamichi Amano is known for Battle Royale (2000), Shin Godzilla (2016) and Django Unchained (2012).
Django Unchained
11. Yûji Nomi
Music_department | The Last Emperor
Yûji Nomi is known for The Last Emperor (1987), The Cat Returns (2002) and Whisper of the Heart (1995).
The Last Emperor
12. Takeo Watanabe
Soundtrack | Lost in Translation
Takeo Watanabe was born on April 16, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for Lost in Translation (2003), The Valiant Red Pony (1968) and Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981). He died on June 2, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan.
Lost in Translation
13. Mark Mancina
Composer | Speed
Known for his wide-ranging talents, Mark Mancina's film scores traverse almost every genre: drama, action, comedy, suspense, and period epic. His dark, edgy music for the Oscar-winning Training Day (2001), is a benchmark score that expanded the boundaries of scoring street-wise drama, and is widely...
The Lion King (1994 film) Speed Twister Con Air Tarzan Training Day Brother Bear August Rush Moana The Lion King (2019 film) The Sea Beast
14. Steve Jablonsky
Composer | Transformers
Steve Jablonsky is an American film composer who is known for his collaborations with film directors Michael Bay and Peter Berg. He composed five Transformers films, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Lone ...
Armageddon Pearl Harbor Spirit: Stalion of the Cinemon Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Transformers Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: Dark of the Moon Lone Survivor Deepwater Horizon
15. John Debney
Composer | The Jungle Book
Throughout his legendary career, composer John Debney has seen himself in equal demand for holiday classics such as Hocus Pocus and Elf, tentpoles like Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, and The Greatest Showman, and the powerful epic The Passion of the Christ, for which he received an Academy Award ...
Searching for Bobby Fischer Runaway Brain The Emperor's New Groove Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Most The Passion of the Christ Spider-Man 2 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Iron Man 2 The Jungle Book (2016 film) The Greatest Showman
16. Michael Nyman
Composer | The Piano
Michael Nyman studied piano, harpsichord and music history with Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music, and musicology with Thurston Dart at King's College, London. Between 1968 and 1978 he worked as a music critic and in 1977 he founded the Campiello Band, later renamed the Michael Nyman Band. ...
The Piano Gattaca The End of the Affair Man on Wire
17. Peter Erskine
Music_department | Babylon
Peter Erskine was born on June 5, 1954 in Somers Point, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Babylon (2022), La La Land (2016) and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). He has been married to Mutsuko Erskine since 1987. They have two children.
One from the Heart Glengarry Glen Ross Quest for Camelot Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me The Cooler Changeling The Adventures of Tintin La La Land Lou Logan Ralph Breaks the Internet A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Sing 2 Babylon
18. Tom Keane
Soundtrack | The Secret of My Succe$s
Tom Keane has known music all his life and was born into a family of musical pioneers. His father, Bob Keane who founded Del-Fi Records and discovered and produced musical icons from Sam Cooke and Richie Valens to Barry White, David Gates and Bobby Fuller (I fought the Law). His Mother was a singer...
White Nights Spotlight
19. Isao Tomita
Composer | Tasogare Seibei
Isao Tomita was born on April 22, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer, known for The Twilight Samurai (2002), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and Demon Pond (1979). He was married to Akiko. He died on May 5, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.
The Twilight Samurai
20. Shinichirô Ikebe
Composer | Yume
Shinichirô Ikebe was born on September 15, 1943 in Mito, Japan. He is a composer, known for Dreams (1990), Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) and MacArthur's Children (1984).
Kagemusha
21. Takanori Arisawa
Soundtrack | War of the Worlds
Takanori Arisawa was born on April 2, 1951 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer, known for War of the Worlds (2005), Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999) and Sailor Moon (1995). He died on November 26, 2005 in Japan.
War of the Worlds
22. Alan Howarth
Sound_department | Escape from New York
Alan Howarth's sonic journey began in Cleveland, Ohio, where he engaged in various music-related activities. He played in regional rock bands like "Tree Stumps," "Renaissance Faire," and "The Silk," with notable performances opening for iconic bands such as "The Who" and "Cream." In addition to ...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Raiders of the Lost Ark Poltergeist Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Beetlejuice The Little Mermaid The Hunt for Red October Total Recall Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Grand Canyon Dracula The Mask
23. Jun Miyake
Soundtrack | Eat Pray Love
Jun Miyake is a Japanese composer. His music (e.g., the songs "Lilies in the Valley" and "The Here and After") was used in the film Pina, nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature in January 2012. He has also been awarded by the German critic's award - Der Preis der deutschen ...
Pina
24. Jean-Jacques Burnel
Soundtrack | Hardcore Henry
Jean-Jacques Burnel was born on February 21, 1952 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Hardcore Henry (2015), Mystery Men (1999) and Away We Go (2009).
Sexy Beast
25. Boom Boom Satellites
Soundtrack | The Dark Knight
Boom Boom Satellites is known for The Dark Knight (2008), Appleseed (2004) and Death Note: The Last Name (2006).
The Dark Knight
26. Atarashii Gakko!
Actress | Welcome to NIKE JUKU Woo! Goo!
Atarashii Gakko! is known for Welcome to NIKE JUKU Woo! Goo! (2022), Nani ka okasii (2022) and Atarashii Gakko!: Otonablue (2023).
The Creator
27. Shin'ichi Ôsawa
Soundtrack | Babel
Shin'ichi Ôsawa was born on February 7, 1967 in Kyoto, Japan. He is a composer and actor, known for Babel (2006), Banana Fish (2018) and Shinku (2005).
Babel
28. Yasushi Akimoto
Soundtrack | Wreck-It Ralph
Yasushi Akimoto was born on May 2, 1958 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for Wreck-It Ralph (2012), AKB48 Show! (2013) and One Missed Call (2008). He has been married to Mamiko Takai since May 23, 1988. They have one child.
Wreck-It Ralph
29. Atsuko Maeda
Actress | Shin Gojira
Atsuko was born on July 10, 1991 in Ichikawa. She rapidly shot to stardom at age 14 as a member of the hugely successful J-Pop girl band AKB48 (named after the Akihabara district of Tokyo where the group has its own theater). After 7 years, she launched her solo music career, then did acting for ...
Wreck-It Ralph (as AKB48)
30. Yûko Ôshima
Actress | Kami no tsuki
Yûko Ôshima was born on October 17, 1988 in Mibu, Japan. She is an actress, known for Pale Moon (2014), Denji Sentai Megaranger (1997) and Shippû rondo (2016). She has been married to Kento Hayashi since July 29, 2021. They have one child.
Wreck-It Ralph (as AKB48)
31. AKB48
Actress | Densha otoko
AKB48 (A.K.B. Forty-Eight) are a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (Akiba) area in Tokyo. The group has expanded since 2005 to include over 130 members as of December 2015, aged from early teens to mid-20s. Producer Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with its own theater ...
Wreck-It Ralph
32. Kenshi Yonezu
Soundtrack | Boku no hîrô akademia
Kenshi Yonezu was born on March 10, 1991 in Tokushima, Japan. He is a music artist and actor, known for My Hero Academia (2016), Chainsaw Man (2022) and The Boy and the Heron (2023).
The Boy and the Heron
33. Olivia Newton-John
Soundtrack | Grease
Olivia Newton-John was an English singer and actress who was born on September 26, 1948, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. In 1954, her family relocated to Australia when her father was offered a job as the dean of a Presbyterian college in Melbourne. After winning a singing talent contest...
The Other Side of the Mountain Grease Face/Off Primary Colors Monster House
34. Dianne Reeves
Soundtrack | Good Night, and Good Luck.
Dianne Reeves was born on October 23, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), The Woman King (2022) and Guilty by Suspicion (1991).
Good Night, and Good Luck.
35. Backstreet Boys
Soundtrack | This Is the End
The Backstreet Boys is an American boy group consisting of A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Scott Richardson and Brian Littrell. They became famous in the 90's with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). They released their second international album, Backstreet's ...
The Nutty Professor Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Elvis
36. Duran Duran
Soundtrack | A View to a Kill
Duran Duran is an English new wave and synth pop band formed in Birmingham in 1978. The band grew from alternative sensations in 1982 to mainstream pop stars by 1984. The band achieved 14 singles in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and have sold over 100 million ...
Tequila Sunrise Monster
37. Priscilla Ahn
Music_department | Pacific Rim
Priscilla Ahn was born on March 9, 1984 in Fort Stewart, Georgia, USA. She is a composer and producer, known for Pacific Rim (2013), Disturbia (2007) and La La Land (2016). She has been married to Michael Weston since June 2010.
When Marine Was There La La Land
38. Takanori Nishikawa
Soundtrack | Spider-Man 2
In May 1996 T.M.Revolution made his debut with the single "Dokusai (dictatorship) - monopolize- ". T.M. Revolution, short for Takanori Makes Revolution, is artist Takanori Nishikawa's solo project. "Heart of Sword Yoake Mae (Before Dawn)", his third single released in November 1996 became the ...
Spider-Man 2
39. Man with a Mission
Soundtrack | Mad Max: Fury Road
Man with a Mission is known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019).
Mad Max: Fury Road
40. Risa Oribe
Soundtrack | Kimetsu no Yaiba
Risa Oribe was born on June 24, 1987 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019), Sword Art Online (2012) and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train (2020). She has been married to Tatsuhisa Suzuki since January 22, 2020.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
41. Reiji Kitazato
Composer | Hagane no renkinjutsushi
Reiji Kitazato is known for Fullmetal Alchemist (2017), Cutie Honey: Tears (2016) and Silicon;BootDrive (2013).
Mt. Head Possessions The Wind Rises
42. Shirô Sagisu
Composer | Shin Gojira
Shirô Sagisu was born on August 29, 1957 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a composer, known for Shin Godzilla (2016), Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (2020) and Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009).
The Grandmaster
43. Naoki Satô
Composer | Gojira -1.0
Naoki Satô was born on May 2, 1970 in Chiba, Japan. He is a composer, known for Godzilla Minus One (2023), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) and The Fighter Pilot (2013).
Godzilla Minus One
44. Ryûdô Uzaki
Actor | Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki
Born in 1946, Ryudo Uzaki began his popular music career in 1973, when he set up the rock & roll band, the Downtown Boogie-Woogie Band (which had their first album of the same name), one of Japan's most popular rock bands at the time. Uzaki later moved on to a popular solo career, and then did ...
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
45. Hideaki Tokunaga
Soundtrack | The Big Short
Hideaki Tokunaga was born on February 27, 1961 in Yanagawa, Japan. He is a music artist and actor, known for The Big Short (2015), Singapore Sling (1993) and Dragon Warrior (1989).
The Big Short
46. Takatsugu Muramatsu
Composer | Kureijî kurûzu
Takatsugu Muramatsu is known for In Love and Deep Water (2023), When Marnie Was There (2014) and The 8-Year Engagement (2017).
When Marine Was There
47. Tatsurô Yamashita
Soundtrack | Samâ uôzu
Tatsuro Yamashita (1953-), occasionally credited as Tatsu Yamashita or Tats Yamashita, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer who helped pioneer the style of Japanese adult-oriented rock/soft rock dubbed "city pop". Yamashita produced the majority of his city pop music during the 1970s...
Mirai
48. Haruomi Hosono
Composer | Manbiki kazoku
Haruomi Hosono was born on July 9, 1947 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a composer and actor, known for Shoplifters (2018), Lost in Translation (2003) and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984).
Lost in Translation Isle of Dogs Shoplifters
49. 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 ...
Spirited Away Howl's Moving Castle Toy Story 3 The Wind Rises The Boy and the Heron
50. Masayuki Miyaji
Director | Shika no ou
Masayuki Miyaji is known for The Deer King (2021), Spirited Away (2001) and Eureka Seven (2005).
Spirited Away
51. Kunio Kato
Director | Tsumiki no ie
Kunio Kato was born in 1977 in Japan. He is a director and cinematographer, known for The House of Small Cubes (2008), Aru tabibito no nikki (2003) and Aru Tabibito no Nikki Special (2006).
La Maison en Petits Cubes
52. Akira Kurosawa
Writer | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater...
Rashomon Seven Samurai The Magnificent Seven Yojimbo Tora! Tora! Tora! Dodes'ka-den Dersu Uzala Kagemusha Ran Runaway Train Living
53. Quentin Tarantino
Writer | Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.
In January of...
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54. William Shakespeare
Writer | The Tragedy of Macbeth
William Shakespeare's birthdate is assumed from his baptism on April 25. His father John was the son of a farmer who became a successful tradesman; his mother Mary Arden was gentry. He studied Latin works at Stratford Grammar School, leaving at about age 15. About this time his father suffered an ...
Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) Henry V (1944 film) Hamlet (1948 film) Julius Caesar Kiss Me Kate Richard III (1955 film) Forbidden Planet West Side Story (1961 film) Othello The Taming of the Shrew Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) Ran Otello Henry V (1989 film) Hamlet (1990 film) Richard III (1995 film) Romeo + Juliet Hamlet (1996 film) Titus The Tempest West Side Story (2021 film) The Tragedy of Macbeth
55. Jules Verne
Writer | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was one of the most famous French novelists of all time. His major work is the "Extraordinary Journeys", a series of more than sixty adventure novels including "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Around the World in 80 Days", "20.000 Leagues under the Seas" and "...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Around the World in Eighty Days Journey to the Center the Earth
56. Hans Christian Andersen
Writer | Frozen
Andersen experienced an unhappy childhood marked by deep poverty. When he was 14 years old, he left his parents' home and fled alone to Copenhagen. Here the director of the Royal Theater, Jonas Collin, took care of the child and gave him shelter and work. With his help, the young Hans Christian ...
The Little Match Girl Ugly Duckling The Red Shoes The Little Mermaid The Little Matchgirl Frozen Frozen II
57. Maria von Trapp
Writer | Sen Bir Meleksin
Singer Maria Trapp was born on January 26, 1905, aboard a train, as her mother hurried from their village in the Tyrol to the hospital in Vienna, Austria. Her mother, Augusta (nee Rainer), died shortly after Maria was born, and her father, Karl Kutschera, died when she was 6 years old. As a ...
The Sound of Music
58. Syd Mead
Art_department | Blade Runner
Syd Mead was a designer for Ford Motor Company, U.S. Steel, and Philips Electronics. After establishing himself as a "Futurist" consultant, he visualized technology and products for companies like Sony, Chrysler, Mechanix Illustrated, and Playboy. Syd's movie designs appeared in 'Star Trek - The ...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blade Runner TRON 2010 Aliens Blade Runner 2049
59. Michael Arias
Director | Tekkon kinkurîto
Award-winning filmmaker Michael Arias enjoys a colorful and varied career, spanning the worlds of live-action storytelling, visual effects, computer graphics, and anime, the unique realm of Japanese traditional animation.
He got his start at Dream Quest Images, working as a camera assistant on the ...
The Abyss Total Recall The Prince of Egypt Spirited Away Possessions Godzilla Minus One
60. Chris Sanders
Writer | Lilo & Stitch
Born and raised in Colorado, Chris Sanders fell in love with animation at the age of ten after seeing Ward Kimball animated shorts on 'The Wonderful World of Disney'. He began drawing, and applied to CalArts after his grandmother told him about the animation program at the school. He majored in ...
Beauty and the Beast Aladdin The Lion King (1994 film) Runaway Brain Mulan (1998 film) Tarzan Lilo & Stitch Bolt How to Train Your Dragon The Croods How to Train Your Dragon 2 The Boss Baby How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Mulan (2020 film) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
61. Emma Thomas
Producer | Inception
Dame Emma Thomas is an Academy Award Winner British film producer, known for co-producing films such as The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010) (2010), the Dark Knight trilogy (2005-2012), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017) and Oppenheimer (2023). She frequently collaborates with her husband, ...
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62. Chris Columbus
Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...
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63. Stan Lee
Producer | Doctor Strange
Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.
Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, ...
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64. Bob Kane
Writer | The Batman
Bob Kane was an American comic book writer and artist of Jewish descent, most famous for co-creating Batman and several members of Batman's supporting cast. Kane was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1994 and into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996.
Kane...
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65. Robert A. Heinlein
Writer | Starship Troopers
At the age of 17, Heinlein graduated from Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He spent one year at the University of Missouri before he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from which he graduated as the 20th best among the 243 cadets. He spent five years in the Pacific ...
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66. Charles Perrault
Writer | Cinderella
Charles Perrault was a French writer from Paris, and an early member of the Académie Française (French Academy). He was a pioneer in the then-new literary genre of the fairy tale, publishing "Stories or Tales from Past Times" (Histoires ou contes du temps passé, 1697). He combined elements from ...
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67. Jacob Grimm
Writer | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Jacob Grimm was a German folklorist, linguist, and philologist. He and his younger brother Wilhelm Grimm (1786 - 1859) co-operated in collecting, compiling, and revising German folk tales into "Grimms' Fairy Tales" (1812). By its final revised edition in 1857, the collection included 210 unique ...
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68. Wilhelm Grimm
Writer | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) was a German author and pioneering anthropologist. He was the younger brother of philologist Jacob Grimm.
Wilhelm was born in the town of Hanau, in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire. His parents were Philipp Wilhelm Grimm and his wife Dorothea Zimmer, ...
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69. Johnston McCulley
Writer | The Mask of Zorro
Johnston McCulley was born on February 2, 1883 in Ottawa, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for The Mask of Zorro (1998), The Legend of Zorro (2005) and The Mark of Zorro (1920). He died on November 23, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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70. Mary Norton
Writer | Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Mary Norton was born on December 10, 1903 in Highbury, London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) and The Borrowers Reboot. She was married to Lionel Boncey and Robert Norton. She died on August 29, 1992 in Hartland, ...
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
71. Carlo Collodi
Writer | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi was born on November 24, 1826 in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany [now Tuscany, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), Pinocchio (2022) and Pinocchio (1940). He died on October 26, 1890 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
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72. Mark Twain
Writer | Big River
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri in 1835, grew up in Hannibal. He was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. Throughout his career, Twain served as a writer, lecturer, reporter, editor, printer, and prospector. Twain took his pen name from an alert cry used on his...
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73. L. Frank Baum
Writer | The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum became a success with his 1883 production of "The Maid of Arran" in 1882. He was a dreamer, had a printing press and an amateur newspaper, "The Rose Lawn Home Journal" and published a coin and stamp collecting guide. He failed at almost everything through poor business sense. He had ...
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74. Lewis Carroll
Writer | Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, author of the children's classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass."
Born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, Charles Dodgson wrote and created games as a child. At age 20 he received a ...
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75. J.M. Barrie
Writer | Peter Pan
James Matthew "J. M." Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He had a distinguished career, but is primarily remembered for creating Peter Pan and his supporting characters. He used the character of Pan in the novel "The Little White Bird" (1902), the stage play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who ...
Hook
76. Louisa May Alcott
Writer | Little Women
Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for Little Women (2019), Little Women (1994) and An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949). She died on March 6, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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77. Anne Frank
Writer | Anne Frank Remembered
Born in Germany in 1929 and raised and raised in Germany and Amsterdam. In 1942, shortly after receiving a diary for her 13th birthday, she and her family were forced to go into hiding to escape Hitler's persecution of the Jews. Hiding with another family and a dentist in an annex behind the ...
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78. Howard Pyle
Writer | The Black Shield of Falworth
Howard Pyle was born on April 5, 1853 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was a writer, known for The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), World Fairy Tale (1994) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (2018). He died on November 9, 1911 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
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79. 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.
The Wind Rises
80. Agatha Christie
Writer | Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie
Agatha was born as "Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller" in 1890 to Frederick Alvah Miller and Clara Boehmer. Agatha was of American and British descent, her father being American and her mother British. Her father was a relatively affluent stockbroker. Agatha received home education from early childhood ...
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81. Rudyard Kipling
Writer | The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, a museum director and author and illustrator. This was at the height of the "British Raj", so he was brought up by Indian nurses ("ayahs"), who taught him something of the beliefs and tongues of India. He was ...
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82. Toshio Masuda
Director | Shaso
Toshio Masuda was born on October 5, 1927 in Kobe, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Shaso (1989), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and The Battle of Port Arthur (1980).
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83. Kon Ichikawa
Director | Inugami-ke no ichizoku
Kon Ichikawa has been influenced by artists as diverse as Walt Disney and Jean Renoir, and his films cover a wide spectrum of moods, from the comic to the overwhelmingly ironic and even the perverse. Ichikawa began his career as a cartoonist, and this influence is apparent in his skillful use of ...
The Burmese Harp
84. Frances Hodgson Burnett
Writer | The Secret Garden
Born in Manchester, England on November 24 1849, Frances Eliza Hodgson was the eldest daughter in a family of two boys and three girls. After her father's death when she was three years old, the Hodgsdons experienced severe financial difficulties. As a young girl, she would scrawl little stories on...
A Little Princess
85. Mary Shelley
Writer | Young Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus" (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her...
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86. Victor Hugo
Writer | Les Misérables
Although Hugo was fascinated by poems from childhood on, he spent some time at the polytechnic university of Paris until he dedicated all his work to literature. He was one of the few authors who were allowed to reach popularity during his own lifetime and one of the leaders of French romance.
After...
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87. Nelson Shin
Producer | Wanghu simcheong
Nelson Shin is the founder and president of Akom Productiion Co., Ltd. In the seventies, Shin worked as an animator at the DePatie-Freleng studio, where he worked on the "Pink Panther" films and did animation of the lightsaber blades in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), though he was ...
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88. Robert Louis Stevenson
Writer | Muppet Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer from Edinburgh. His most popular works include the pirate-themed adventure novel "Treasure Island" (1883), the poetry collection "A Child's Garden of Verses" (1885), the Gothic horror novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr ...
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89. Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Writer | Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes' baptism occurred on October 9, 1547, at Alcala de Henares, Spain, so it is reasonable to assume he was born around that time, and Alcala de Henares has long claimed itself as his birthplace. The son of Rodrigo de Cervantes, an itinerant and not-too-successful surgeon, Miguel ...
Man of La Mancha
90. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Writer | Le petit prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born into a family of old provincial nobility. Failing his final exams at a preparatory school, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts to study architecture. In 1921, he began military service in the 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs, and sent to Strasbourg for pilot training. The...
The Little Prince
91. Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer | Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer of Irish descent, considered a major figure in crime fiction. His most famous series of works consisted of the "Sherlock Holmes" stories (1887-1927), consisting of four novels and 56 short stories. His other notable series were the "Professor Challenger" ...
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92. George Lucas
Writer | Star Wars
George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...
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93. Gregory Widen
Writer | The Prophecy
Gregory Widen was born on November 30, 1958 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Prophecy (1995), Backdraft (1991) and Highlander (1986).
Backdraft
94. Alexandre Dumas
Writer | The Count of Monte Cristo
His paternal grandparents were Marie Cessete Dumas (a Haitian slave) and Marquis Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie. Antoine disapproved of their son, Thomas-Alexandre, joining the French army under the "Davy de la Pailleterie" name, so Thomas-Alexandre used his mother's surname instead. He became a ...
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95. Shûhei Morita
Director | Kakurenbo
Shûhei Morita was born on June 22, 1978 in Yamatotakada, Nara, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Kakurenbo (2005), Short Peace (2013) and Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek.
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96. Kôji Yamamura
Producer | Ikuta no kita
Kôji Yamamura was born on June 4, 1964 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He is a producer and director, known for Ikuta no kita (2021), Satie's Parade (2016) and Atama-yama (2002).
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97. Maurice Maeterlinck
Writer | The Blue Bird
Maeterlinck was a revolutionary symbolist playwright from Belgium. His influence on modern drama is vast and he was one of the best known figures in Europe in the early twentieth century, both for his plays and his philosophical writings. Best known today for his fantasy play "The Blue Bird", which...
The Blue Bird
98. 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.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Red Turtle
99. Toshio Suzuki
Producer | Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka
Toshio Suzuki is a film producer of anime and a long-time colleague of Hayao Miyazaki, as well as the former president of Studio Ghibli.
Suzuki is renowned as one of Japan's most successful producers after the enormous box office success (in Japan) of many Ghibli films. Suzuki was born in Nagoya in ...
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100. Yoshiaki Nishimura
Producer | Kaguya-hime no monogatari
Yoshiaki Nishimura(Born in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese lead film producer formerly of Studio Ghibli and founder and producer of the animation company Studio Ponoc. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2014 for The Tale of Princess Kaguya and received a consecutive ...
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