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Isao Takahata (高畑 勲, Takahata Isao, October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018) was a Japanese director, screenwriter and producer. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli , he earned international critical acclaim for his work as a director of Japanese animated feature films.
Japanese anime film director and writer Isao Takahata, co-founder of Japan's Studio Ghibli, has died, the studio said on Friday. Takahata was most famous for "The Grave of the Fireflies", an award ...
After his death at the age of 82, a look at the deeply affecting impressionistic films of Studio Ghibli's unsung co-founder . Remembering Isao Takahata, the Japanese animator who made us see the ...
Isao Takahata, 82, Japanese film director, producer and screenwriter (Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), co-founder of Studio Ghibli, lung cancer. [ 121 ] Cecil Taylor , 89, American jazz pianist and poet.
Kondō directed the animated film Whisper of the Heart, and was expected to become one of the top directors at Studio Ghibli, alongside Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and to become their eventual successor. Kondō died of aortic dissection [1] – alternately aneurysm [2] – in 1998.
The film captures the director's grief over the loss of his mentor and rival Isao Takahata, and shows the physical changes in Miyazaki himself as he ages into his 80s. [3] It also reveals Miyazaki's struggles during production, including moments of frustration where he questions his own abilities.
The anime was directed by Isao Takahata.He chose to hold this version true to the original source material, although his two previous works (Heidi, Girl of the Alps and 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother) had been adapted and altered.
A cause of death for writer and director Jeff Baena, whose credits include “Life After Beth” and “The Little Hours,” has been determined. Baena was found deceased last week at his home in ...