Takashi Yamazaki
Born: 1964-06-12 in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Known For: Directing
Biography
Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴, Yamazaki Takashi, born June 12, 1964) is a Japanese filmmaker and visual effects supervisor. Known for his blockbusters featuring advanced visual effects, he is considered a leading figure in the Japanese film industry. Yamazaki receives multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, eight Japanese Academy Awards, five Nikkan Sports Film Awards, two Hochi Film Awards, and an Asian Film Award. His films have collectively grossed over $523 million worldwide. Yamazaki found employment at the visual effects and animation studio Shirogumi in 1986 and has remained there throughout his career. His first directorial features were the science fiction films Juvenile(2000) and Returner (2002), for which he became known as the "Japanese James Cameron". He later gained further notice in Japan by directing film adaptations of popular anime, novels, and manga, including Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), The Eternal Zero (2013), and Stand by Me Doraemon (2014); the latter two films both earned a total of nine awards at the 38th Japan Academy Film Prize. Yamazaki's career advanced with The Great War of Archimedes, Dragon Quest: Your Story, Lupin III: The First (2019), and Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020). His 2023 kaiju epic, Godzilla Minus One, became the most successful Japanese Godzilla film of all time and one of his highest-grossing films. Yamazaki and the visual effects team also became the first Japanese crew to receive the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. In 2024, Yamazaki was included in Gold House's annual list of 100 Most Impactful Asians. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Yamazaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2024
- Foodlosslla ... (Director)
2023
- Godzilla Minus One ... (Director)
2022
- Ghost Book ... (Director)
2021
- It's a Flickering Life ... (VFX Supervisor)
2020
- Stand by Me Doraemon 2 ... (Director)
2019
- The Great War of Archimedes ... (Director)
- Lupin III: The First ... (Writer)
- Dragon Quest: Your Story ... (General Manager)
2017
- Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura ... (Director)
2016
- Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" ... (Director)
2015
- Parasyte: Part 2 ... (Screenplay)
- Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection ... (Director)
2014
- Stand by Me Doraemon ... (Director)
- Parasyte: Part 1 ... (Director)
2013
- The Eternal Zero ... (Director)
2012
- Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 ... (Director)
2011
- Friends: Naki on Monster Island ... (Director)
2010
- Space Battleship Yamato ... (Director)
2009
- Ballad ... (Director)
2008
- K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces ... (Writer)
2007
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 ... (Director)
2006
- The iDol as Cameraman
2005
- Aquarion ... (Storyboard)
- Always - Sunset on Third Street ... (Director)
2002
- Heat Guy J ... (Director)
- Returner ... (Director)
2000
- Juvenile ... (Director)
1996
- Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard ... (Special Effects)
1995
- Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
1994
- Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report ... (Key Animation)
1992
- Yu Yu Hakusho ... (Key Animation)
- Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still ... (Key Animation)
1990
- Marina the Manga Artist Goes to Camelot ... (Key Animation)
1981
- Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan as Worker
1953
- The Oscars as Self