Makoto Shinkai
Directing · Editor · Director · Producer
Born Feb 9, 1973 · Koumi, Japan
Active 1998–present · Awards: Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director
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.
Filmography
5 Centimeters per Second (2025) — Original StoryYour Name. (2016) — Director · Compositing Artist · Director of Photography · Editor · Storyboard Artist · Original Story · ScreenplayWeathering with You (2019) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Editor · Writer · Original StorySuzume (2022) — Director · Editor · Storyboard Artist · Screenplay · Original StoryThe Garden of Words (2013) — Storyboard Artist · Director · Background Designer · Director of Photography · Editor · Color Designer · Original Story · Screenplay5 Centimeters per Second (2007) — Director · Background Designer · Color Designer · Character Designer · Storyboard Artist · Producer · Editor · Art Direction · Sound Director · Director of Photography · Screenplay · Original StoryChildren Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) — Editor · Director · Producer · Storyboard Artist · Background Designer · Color Designer · Director of Photography · Screenplay · Original StoryThe Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) — Editor · Director · Producer · Director of Photography · Color Designer · Background Designer · Art Designer · Sound Director · Screenplay · Original StoryVoices of a Distant Star (2002) — Noboru Terao (voice) · Director · Editor · Art Direction · Producer · Director of Photography · Storyboard Artist · Character Designer · Animation Director · Animation · Writer · Original ConceptSomeone's Gaze (2013) — Director · Editor · Writer · Director of Photography · Storyboard ArtistShe and Her Cat (1999) — Her Cat (voice) · Director · Editor · Director of Photography · Storyboard Artist · Art Direction · Producer · Animation · ScreenplayShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows (2016) — Chobi (voice) · Original StoryCross Road (2014) — Art Direction · Director · Director of Photography · Background Designer · Writer · EditorShe and Her Cat: Everything Flows (2016) — Chobi (voice) · Original StoryAni*Kuri15 (2008) — Director · Writer · Storyboard Artist · Color Designer · Director of Photography · Background Designer · Art DirectionAni*Kuri15 (2007) — Director · Director of Photography · Background Designer · Color Designer · Art Direction · Storyboard ArtistOther Worlds (1999) — Director · Editor · Director of Photography · Animation · WriterEnclosed World (1998) — Editor · Director of Photography · Director · Screenplay · WriterSmile (2003) — DirectorWind: A Breath of Heart (2004) — CG ArtistWind: A Breath of Heart - Christmas Special (2002) — Opening/Ending AnimationYour Name — Original Film WriterUntitled Makoto Shinkai Animated Film — Director · WriterA Gathering of Cats (2007) — Director