Atsuko Ishizuka
Biography
Atsuko Ishizuka is a female director born on September 3, 1981, in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan. Her stage name is written in Japanese characters as いしづかあつこ, and she is also known by the name 石塚 敦子. Known in the industry for directing, she holds seventeen known credits on The Movie Database. During her education at art school, she created a number of short animated films for her own enjoyment, often set to music, including a film titled Gravitation. This film was later featured at the 2005 Tehran International Short Film Festival and caught the attention of both the Japanese broadcasting giant NHK and the studio Madhouse, leading to subsequent career opportunities in animation and production.
Career overview
Atsuko Ishizuka is known for directing, with seventeen known credits on the Movie Database. Born on September 3, 1981, in Okazaki, Aichi, Japan, Ishizuka is also known by the stage name いしづかあつこ and the name 石塚 敦子.
During her education at art school, Ishizuka made a number of short animated films for her own enjoyment, often set to music. One of these films, Gravitation, was later featured at the 2005 Tehran International Short Film Festival. The film caught the attention of both the Japanese broadcasting giant NHK and Madhouse. NHK contacted Atsuko with an offer to have her animate a music video segment for the popular and long running short film program Minna no Uta, which translates to Everyone's Songs and was designed to highlight upcoming independent animators and musicians.
However, by this time Ishizuka had already been hired by Madhouse as a production assistant, and feeling that it would not be right to proceed otherwise, her career path aligned with the studio.
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Career timeline
Full filmography
- ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION (2023) as Self - Director
- Goodbye, Don Glees! (2022) Storyboard Artist
- Goodbye, Don Glees! (2022) Second Unit Director
- Goodbye, Don Glees! (2022) Screenplay
- Goodbye, Don Glees! (2022) Director
- A Place Further than the Universe (2018) Series Director
- A Place Further than the Universe (2018) Director
- A Place Further than the Universe (2018) Storyboard Artist
- A Place Further than the Universe (2018) Opening/Ending Animation
- No Game No Life: Zero (2017) Storyboard Artist
- No Game No Life: Zero (2017) Second Unit Director
- No Game No Life: Zero (2017) Director
- Prince of Stride: Alternative (2016) Director
- No Game No Life (2014) Series Director
- No Game No Life (2014) Director
- No Game No Life (2014) Storyboard Artist
- HaNaYaMaTa (2014) Director
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012) Storyboard Artist
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012) Series Director
- The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012) Director
- Chihayafuru (2011) Storyboard Artist
- Chihayafuru (2011) Director
- Chihayafuru (2011) Key Animation
- Supernatural: The Anime Series (2011) Director
- Aoi Bungaku Series (2009) Writer
- Top Secret: The Revelation (2008) Storyboard Artist
- Top Secret: The Revelation (2008) Director
- The Piano Forest (2007) Assistant Director
- NANA (2006) Key Animation
- NANA (2006) Director
- NANA (2006) Storyboard Artist
- Gravitation (2005) Director
- Gravitation (2005) Animation
- Monster (2004) Storyboard Artist
- The Moon Waltz (2004) Director