Makoto Shinkai

ABOUT MAKOTO SHINKAI

Japanese director, writer, producer, animator, editor, cinematographer, and voice actor. He's best known for directing one of the highest-grossing anime film of all time, Your Name.

He studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He used to draw picture books when he was a member of juvenile literature club in university.

His favorite anime is Hayao Miyazaki 's Castle in the Sky.

He has a daughter, Chise Niitsu, with his wife and former actress Chieko Misaka.

He wrote, directed, and edited the 2013 anime film The Garden of Words starring Miyu Irino and Kana Hanazawa .