Hiroshi Shimizu Information

Animator / Director
Japan

Biography:
Hiroshi Shimizu has had his hand in Japanese animation since 1985! He may be more well-known to Western audiences for being the key animator of 1989′s "Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland." Other well-known titles that he has been involved with include "Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine," (chief animation director and key animator), Hayao Miyazaki's "Porco Rosso" and insanely popular "Princess Mononoke" (key animator), Satoshi Kon's masterpiece "Millennium Actress" (key animator), and "Michiko and Hatchin" (chief animation director and character designer), as well as many others.