Published to accompany the exhibition Hayao Miyazaki held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, September 30, 2021-June 5, 2022. Includes filmography.
Contents:
Director's foreword / Bill Kramer -- Hayao Miyazaki's powers of visual memory / Toshio Suzuki -- Hayao Miyazaki : an introduction / Jessica Niebel -- The rise of the Miyazaki medium / Daniel Kothenschulte -- Fantasy in the familiar / Pete Docter -- Hayao Miyazaki : creator / Jessica Niebel -- Selected works -- Filmography -- Selected chronology.
Summary:
For over four decades, Hayao Miyazaki has been enchanting audiences of all ages. His animated films, often featuring children navigating unfamiliar and challenging worlds, offer timeless explorations of youth and what it means to grow up. Celebrated and admired around the globe for his artistic vision, craftsmanship and deeply humanistic values, Miyazaki has influenced generations of artists. The universal appeal of his evocative natural settings and complex characters, many among them strong girls and young women, cuts across cultural boundaries. This book is published on the occasion of the 2021 inaugural exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, in collaboration with Studio Ghibli in Tokyo. It accompanies the first ever retrospective dedicated to the legendary filmmaker in North America and introduces hundreds of original production materials, including artworks never before seen outside of Studio Ghibli's archives. Concept sketches, character designs, storyboards, layouts, backgrounds and production cels from his early career through all 11 of his feature films, including My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001) and Howl's Moving Castle (2004), offer insight into Miyazaki's creative process and masterful animation techniques. Exhibition: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, USA (September 30, 2021-June 5, 2022).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.