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Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Name in Native Language: "米林宏昌" (Japanese/JA)
Animator / Animation Director / Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 07/10/1973 (50) | Ishikawa Prefecture (Japan)
Hiromasa Yonebayashi (米林 宏昌, Yonebayashi Hiromasa, born July 10, 1973 in Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan), nicknamed Maro (麻呂), is a Japanese animator and director, formerly for Studio Ghibli. After his directorial debut with Studio Ghibli (The Secret World of Arrietty), he became the youngest director of a theatrical film produced by the studio. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2015 for his second film, When Marnie Was There. Together with Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, Yonebayashi left Studio Ghibli in December 2014 after 18 years, and established Studio Ponoc in June 2015. His first film as director at Studio Ponoc is Mary and The Witch's Flower. He studied at the Kanazawa College of Art, where he majored in commercial design. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Fantasy | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clo ...

The Secret World of Arrietty

FSK: 0+ years

2010 | 3.8/5 | 1h 34min
Fantasy, Animation, Kids & Family
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Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to p ...

Princess Mononoke

FSK: 12+ years

1997 | 4.2/5 | 2h 14min
Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
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Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives ther ...

When Marnie Was There

FSK: 0+ years

2014 | 4.0/5 | 1h 43min
Animation, Drama, Kids & Family
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Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordina ...

Mary and The Witch's Flower

FSK: 6+ years

2017 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family
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Awards & Nominations for Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
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Movies with Hiromasa Yonebayashi as Crew(21)

Visual Effects/Key Animation2023 The Boy and the Heron
Directing/Director2021 With All Our Hearts
Visual Effects/Key Animation2021 The Deer King
Directing/Director2018 Modest Heroes
Visual Effects/Key Animation2018 Modest Heroes
Writing/Screenplay2018 Modest Heroes
Directing/Director2017 Mary and The Witch's Flower
Writing/Screenplay2017 Mary and The Witch's Flower
Directing/Director2014 When Marnie Was There
Writing/Screenplay2014 When Marnie Was There
Visual Effects/Key Animation2013 The Wind Rises
Visual Effects/Key Animation2011 From Up on Poppy Hill
Directing/Director2010 The Secret World of Arrietty
Visual Effects/Key Animation2010 The Secret World of Arrietty
Visual Effects/Key Animation2008 Ponyo
Visual Effects/Key Animation2007 Iblard Time
Visual Effects/Key Animation2004 Howl's Moving Castle
Visual Effects/Animation Director2002 Imaginary Flying Machines
Visual Effects/Animation Director2002 Mei and the Kittenbus
Visual Effects/Key Animation2001 Spirited Away
Visual Effects/Key Animation2000 Ghiblies

TV Shows/Series with Hiromasa Yonebayashi as Crew(1)

Visual Effects/Key Animation2014 Haikyu!!

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Tuesday, 07/10 1973 (July) in Ishikawa Prefecture (Japan) (current age: 50 years + 283 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Kanazawa College of Art
Employer: Studio Ghibli, Studio Ponoc
Other names for Hiromasa Yonebayashi (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Хиромаса Ёнэбаяси"
"米林宏昌"
"Maro"
"よねばやし ひろまさ" (Kana/Japanese)
Hiromasa Yonebayashi frequently works together with these people:
Hayao Miyazaki (29x, Crew)
Toshio Suzuki (11x, Crew)
Atsushi Okui (10x, Crew)
Masashi Ando (10x, Crew)
Atsushi Tamura (10x, Crew)
Shunsuke Hirota (9x, Crew)
Shinji Otsuka (9x, Crew)
Kazuyoshi Onoda (9x, Crew)
Koji Kasamatsu (9x, Crew)
Hideki Hamazu (9x, Crew)
Ken'ichi Yamada (9x, Crew)
Junji Tachibana (9x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:503610, Added: 10/05/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024