Takashi Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki 山崎 貴 Yamazaki Takashi born June 12 1964 is a Japanese filmmaker and visual effects supervisor Known for his blockbusters featuring advanced visual effects he is considered a leading figure in the Japanese film industry Yamazaki receives multiple accolades including an Academy Award eight Japanese Academy Awards five Nikkan Sports Film Awards two Hochi Film Awards and an Asian Film Award His films have collectively grossed over 523 million worldwide Yamazaki found employment at the visual effects and animation studio Shirogumi in 1986 and has remained there throughout his career His first directorial features were the science fiction films Juvenile2000 and Returner 2002 for which he became known as the Japanese James Cameron He later gained further notice in Japan by directing film adaptations of popular anime novels and manga including Always Sunset on Third Street 2005 Space Battleship Yamato 2010 The Eternal Zero 2013 and Stand by Me Doraemon 2014 the latter two films both earned a total of nine awards at the 38th Japan Academy Film Prize Yamazakis career advanced with The Great War of Archimedes Dragon Quest Your Story Lupin III The First 2019 and Stand by Me Doraemon 2 2020 His 2023 kaiju epic Godzilla Minus One became the most successful Japanese Godzilla film of all time and one of his highestgrossing films Yamazaki and the visual effects team also became the first Japanese crew to receive the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects In 2024 Yamazaki was included in Gold Houses annual list of 100 Most Impactful Asians Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Yamazaki licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia