One of the cofounders of Studio Ghibli, along with director Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki, Hayao Miyazaki has forged a singular path as a storyteller. Feats of meticulous, hand-drawn mastery, Miyazaki’s films teem with visual imagination and profound stories that explore themes of self-discovery, pacifism, environmentalism, and humanity’s capacity for both invention and destruction.
In celebration of the final months of the exhibition Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Museum is screening seven key films by the director. All will screen on English-subtitled 35mm prints, most newly-struck by the Academy Film Archive.
Programmed by Bernardo Rondeau
Notes by Bernardo Rondeau and Kiva Reardon
This program is made possible in part by the Japan Foundation.
Hayao Miyazaki is presented by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in collaboration with Studio Ghibli. It is organized by Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Exhibition Curator Jessica Niebel and Assistant Curator J. Raúl Guzmán. Technology solutions generously provided by Christie, and major support comes from FotoKem, the Arthur and Gwen Hiller Memorial Fund, and GKIDS. This exhibition also is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. In-kind airfare provided by All Nippon Airways. Special thanks to the Japan Foundation for their partnership.
