FILM DIRECTOR

Makoto Shinkai

1973 - Today

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Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠, Niitsu Makoto, born February 9, 1973), known as Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠, Shinkai Makoto), is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. He is known for his anime feature films produced with studio CoMix Wave Films. Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) She and Her Cat (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Makoto Shinkai has received more than 6,023,503 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Makoto Shinkai is the 293rd most popular film director (up from 337th in 2019), the 417th most popular biography from Japan (up from 469th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 6.0M

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  • 64.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Makoto Shinkai ranks 293 out of 2,041. Before him are Just Jaeckin, Roger Corman, Michael Bay, Barbet Schroeder, Sven Nykvist, and Rouben Mamoulian. After him are Michael Cacoyannis, Mike Nichols, Stanley Kramer, Márta Mészáros, Shin Sang-ok, and Ousmane Sembène.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Makoto Shinkai ranks 23. Before him are Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Larry Page, Ryan Giggs, Sergey Brin, Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. After him are Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, Kate Beckinsale, Jim Parsons, Jay-Jay Okocha, Vera Farmiga, and Ruslana.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Makoto Shinkai ranks 417 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Ninmyō (808), Sadao Araki (1877), Michiyo Taki (null), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Tasuku Honjo (1942), and Masuzo Madono (null). After him are Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), Ii Naomasa (1561), Hirohiko Araki (1960), Emperor Daigo (885), and Mōri Terumoto (1533).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Makoto Shinkai ranks 13. Before him are Shohei Imamura (1926), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Hideaki Anno (1960), and Franklin J. Schaffner (1920). After him are Mamoru Oshii (1951), Satoshi Kon (1963), Mikio Naruse (1905), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Ishirō Honda (1911), and Kaneto Shindo (1912).

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