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).
Filmography
all 30
Movies 25
TV Shows 5
Director 1
Art Direction

Sherlock Hound: The Movie (2024)
Movie
Background Designer

Rainbow Fireflies (2012)
Movie
Background Designer

Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Movie
Director / Storyboard Artist

Miyori's Forest (2009)
Movie
Art Direction

The River's Light (2009)
Movie
Art Direction

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Movie
5.89
Art Direction

Fantastic Children (2004)
TV
Background Designer

Spirited Away (2001)
Movie
9.29
Background Designer

Perfect Blue (1998)
Movie
6
Art Direction

Princess Mononoke (1997)
Movie
7
Background Designer

Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Movie
5.78
Art Direction

Open the Door (1995)
Movie
Art Direction

Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (1995)
Movie
Art Direction

Coo of The Far Seas (1993)
Movie
Background Designer

Only Yesterday (1991)
Movie
5.08
Art Direction

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
Movie
Art Direction

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Movie
9
Art Direction

The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987)
Movie
Background Designer

Robot Carnival (1987)
TV
Art Designer / Background Designer

Robot Carnival (1987)
Movie
Art Direction

Castle in the Sky (1986)
Movie
5
Art Direction

Sherlock Hound (1984)
TV
Background Designer

Drifting Clouds (1982)
Movie
Art Direction

Chie the Brat (1981)
Movie
Art Direction

Future Boy Conan (1979)
Movie
Background Designer

Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Movie
5.35
Art Direction

Future Boy Conan (1978)
TV
10
Art Designer

Lupin the Third (1971)
TV
Information
Known ForArt
GenderMale
Birthday1953-06-27
Deathday2023-08-19 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceFukue, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsЯмамото Нидзо, Nizô Yamamoto, Nizo Yamamoto
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