Goro Miyazaki

Career overview

Goro Miyazaki is a Japanese film director and landscaper born in Tokyo on January 21, 1967. He is the son of animators Hayao Miyazaki and Akemi Ōta. Growing up, he and his younger brother Keisuke found sketches of their parents' work. As a high school student, Goro believed he would never reach the level his father attained. Initially, he was reluctant to follow his father's career in the film business and instead pursued landscape architecture. After graduating from Shinshu University, Faculty of Agriculture, he started his career as a construction consultant, working as a landscaper for many years and designing parks and public institutions to avoid being compared to his world-famous filmmaker father. His notable landscape projects include the Ghibli Museum and Ghibli Park.

Eventually entering the film industry, Goro Miyazaki has directed three films. His directorial credits include Tales from Earthsea released in 2006, From Up on Poppy Hill released in 2011, and Earwig and The Witch released in 2020. He has also directed the television series Ronja. Throughout his career, he has established himself as both an animation director and a landscape architect with contributions to major cultural projects associated with Studio Ghibli, which was co-founded by his father.