Nizou Yamamoto
Personal Info
Know For
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-06-27 (70 years old)
Deathday
2023-08-19
Place of Birth
Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
Also known As
Ямамото Нидзо
Nizô Yamamoto
Nizo Yamamoto
Nizou Yamamoto
Biography
Nizou Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō) was born on 27 June 1953 in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and was one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan. He was especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Spirited Away (2001).
Acting
2020
Production
1997
as Art Direction
1986
as Art Direction
2006
as Art Direction
1989
as Art Direction
1981
as Art Direction
2009
as Director
2009
as Storyboard Artist
2009
as Art Direction
2012
as Background Designer
2019
as Painter
1988
as Art Direction
1995
as Art Direction
2024
as Art Direction
1979
as Art Direction
1982
as Background Designer
1979
as Background Designer
1991
as Background Designer
1998
as Background Designer
1987
as Art Designer
1987
as Background Designer
2001
as Background Designer
2010
as Background Designer
1995
as Background Designer
1984
as Art Direction
1995
as Art Direction
1993
as Art Direction
1987
as Art Direction
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