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Nizou Yamamoto

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 1All crew credits: 31

TMDB ID: 1009730

IMDb ID: nm0945464

Known for: Art

Born: June 27, 1953

Died: August 19, 2023

Age: 70

Place of birth: Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1971 - 2024

Years active: 54

Average TMDB rating: 7.58

Wikidata: Q5362711

Also known as

Ямамото Нидзо • Nizô Yamamoto • Nizo Yamamoto

Frequent jobs

Assistant Art Director (1)Director (1)Art Direction (17)Background Designer (9)Art Designer (2)Painter (1)

Biography

Nizou Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō) was born on 27 June 1953 in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and was one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan. He was especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Spirited Away (2001).

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Movies directed by Nizou Yamamoto.

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Series directed by Nizou Yamamoto.

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