Isao Takahata

Biography

Isao Takahata was a Japanese director, screenwriter, and producer co-founder of Studio Ghibli, known for earning international critical acclaim for his work on feature films like Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013). Born in 1935, he began his career as an assistant director at Toei Animation before directing his own film, The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968). Takahata collaborated with Hayao Miyazaki on several projects, including Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and Castle in the Sky (1986).