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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