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|caption =Yamazaki in 2019 | |caption =Yamazaki in 2019 | ||
|occupation =[[:Category:Directors|Director]], [[:Category:Writers|screenwriter]] | |occupation =[[:Category:Directors|Director]], [[:Category:Writers|screenwriter]],<br>[[:Category:VFX supervisors|visual effects supervisor]] | ||
|birthday =June 12, [[1964]] | |birthday =June 12, [[1964]] | ||
|birthplace =[[wikipedia:Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto, Nagano]], [[Japan]] | |birthplace =[[wikipedia:Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto, Nagano]], [[Japan]] | ||
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'''Takashi Yamazaki''' {{Nihongo|山崎 貴|Yamazaki Takashi}} is a [[Japan]]ese | {{Quote|My childhood dreams are coming true one after another… If I could tell my younger self, I would definitely cry tears of joy from the overwhelming happiness.|Takashi Yamazaki, on getting to work on both ''Godzilla'' and ''Ultraman'' projects<ref name="SFJ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scifijapan.com/news/ultraman-the-ride-opens-at-seibuen-amusement-park-on-july-14th|title="Ultraman The Ride" Opens At Seibuen Amusement Park On July 14th|date=13 June 2023|work=[[SciFi Japan]]}}</ref>}} | ||
'''Takashi Yamazaki''' {{Nihongo|山崎 貴|Yamazaki Takashi}} is a [[Japan]]ese film director, writer, and visual effects artist. Inspired to enter the movie business after seeing ''[[wikipedia:Encounter with the Unknown|Encounter with the Unknown]]'' (1972) and ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977) at the age of 13,<ref name="Zakzak">{{cite web|url=https://www.zakzak.co.jp/people/news/20131220/peo1312200720000-n1.htm|title=【山崎貴】「永遠の0」こだわったリアリティー 映像効果の第一人者が大事にする“重なり” (1/2ページ)|date=20 December 2013|work=zakzak|publisher=Yukan Fuji|accessdate=20 July 2022}}</ref> Yamazaki began his career in the late 1980s, working in the special effects department at [[Shirogumi]]. His earliest jobs included [[wikipedia:Juzo Itami|Juzo Itami]]'s ''[[wikipedia:A Taxing Woman's Return|A Taxing Woman's Return]]'' (1988) and [[wikipedia:Kiyoshi Kurosawa|Kiyoshi Kurosawa]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Sweet Home (1989 film)|Sweet Home]]'' (1989). He made his directorial debut in [[2000]] with the science fiction film ''[[wikipedia:Juvenile (2000 film)|Juvenile]]''. | |||
Yamazaki is married to fellow | Yamazaki's third film, ''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street|Always: Sunset on Third Street]]'' (2005), won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Picture and was followed by two sequels. [[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|The first of them]], released in [[2007]], featured [[Godzilla (Always: Sunset on Third Street 2)|Godzilla]] in an imaginary sequence. In [[2021]], he directed the short film ''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'' for a motion simulator ride at the [[wikipedia:Seibu-en|Seibuen]] amusement park. Yamazaki was finally selected to helm a mainline ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' film with ''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'', which was released in [[2023]]. He also wrote and directed the [[2022]] fantasy film ''[[yokaipedia]]''. | ||
Yamazaki is the [[:Category:VFX supervisors|VFX supervisor]] of all of his own movies, continuing to work through Shirogumi to this day. He also works frequently with production company [[ROBOT|ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS]], which has been involved with shooting/animating all but one of his films, and [[Toho]], which has (co-)financed all but one of his films and distributed all of them. Yamazaki is married to fellow filmmaker [[wikipedia:Shimako Satō|Shimako Sato]], with whom he had previously collaborated on ''[[wikipedia:K-20: Legend of the Mask|K-20: Legend of the Mask]]'' (2008) and ''[[wikipedia:Space Battleship Yamato (2010 film)|Space Battleship Yamato]]'' (2010). | |||
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==Selected filmography== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
*''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|Always: Sunset on Third Street 2]]'' (2007) - | ===Director=== | ||
*''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'' (2021) - | *''[[wikipedia:Returner|Returner]]'' (2002) | ||
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) - | *''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|Always: Sunset on Third Street 2]]'' (2007) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[wikipedia:Space Battleship Yamato (2010 film)|Space Battleship Yamato]]'' (2010) | ||
*''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'' (2021)<ref name="CGWorld">{{cite web|url=https://cgworld.jp/article/202212-291-godzilla.html|title=高解像度ドームスクリーンで魅せる60fpsの大迫力映像〜ライドアトラクション『ゴジラ・ザ・ライド大怪獣頂上決戦』VFXメイキング|author=Miyake, Tomoyuki|date=19 December 2022|work=CGWORLD}}</ref> | |||
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) | |||
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023) | |||
*"[[Foodlossla: What Should Humanity Do!?]]" (2024) | |||
===Screenwriter=== | |||
*''[[wikipedia:Returner|Returner]]'' (2002) | |||
*''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|Always: Sunset on Third Street 2]]'' (2007) [with Ryota Kosawa] | |||
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) | |||
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023) | |||
===Visual effects supervisor=== | |||
*''[[wikipedia:Returner|Returner]]'' (2002) | |||
*''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|Always: Sunset on Third Street 2]]'' (2007) | |||
*''[[wikipedia:Space Battleship Yamato (2010 film)|Space Battleship Yamato]]'' (2010) | |||
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) | |||
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023) | |||
*"[[Foodlossla: What Should Humanity Do!?]]" (2024) | |||
===Miscellaneous=== | |||
*''[[wikipedia:K-20: Legend of the Mask|K-20: Legend of the Mask]]'' (2008) - Associate writer / VFX associate | |||
*''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'' (2021) - Storywriter / designer{{R|CGWorld}} | |||
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) - Storywriter / character designer | |||
*''Ultraman the Ride: The Great Duel of the Century'' (2023){{R|SFJ}} | |||
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023) - Godzilla designer [with Kosuke Taguchi] | |||
==Selected bibliography== | |||
===Author=== | |||
*''[[Novel: yokaipedia]]'' (2022) | |||
*''[[Novel Version: Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023) | |||
==Gallery== | |||
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File:F6MMfPkXEAAbPWf.jpg|Takashi Yamazaki and [[Shinji Higuchi]] | |||
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File:F7MQtJdbsAA0B0l.jpg|Takashi Yamazaki and [[Keizo Murase]] | |||
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File:F9cUI2JaQAABjE7.jpg|Takashi Yamazaki and [[Hideaki Anno]] | |||
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File:14859AB4-0B1B-4314-BE39-52B100701EED.jpeg|Takashi Yamazaki and [[Gareth Edwards]] | |||
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File:Minus and New.jpg|Takashi Yamazaki and [[Adam Wingard]] | |||
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File:Yamazaki Takashi by Dick Thomas Johnson.jpg|Yamazaki on the red carpet of the 2023 Tokyo International Film Festival | |||
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File:Yamazaki & Spielberg.jpg|Takashi Yamazaki and Steven Spielberg | |||
File:2024 Oscars Nominees Luncheon Class Photo.png|Yamazaki (second-to-last row, second from left) holding a Godzilla figure in the Oscars nominees luncheon class photo | |||
File:Minus One VFX team, their Oscars, and their Godzillas.jpg|Yamazaki (second from left) with Masaki Takahashi, [[Kiyoko Shibuya]], Tatsuji Nojima, and their Oscar statuettes | |||
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==Videos== | |||
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{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">L0jHNXlEpo8</youtube>|Conversation with [[Adam Wingard]] and Takashi Yamazaki}} | |||
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">cvZZybIDchw</youtube>|Takashi Yamazaki and [[Gareth Edwards]]}} | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Yamazaki has named [[Shusuke Kaneko]]'s ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' as his favorite ''Godzilla'' movie.<ref name="GMK favorite">{{cite web|url=https://www.scifijapan.com/godzilla-toho/gmk-and-b-w-shin-godzilla-announced-as-final-takashi-yamazaki-selection-godzilla-screenings|title= GMK and B&W (!) SHIN GODZILLA Announced as Final "Takashi Yamazaki Selection Godzilla Screenings"|date=4 October 2023|work=SciFi Japan}}</ref> | |||
*In 2008, Yamazaki told [[Kadokawa|Kadokawa Shoten]] that he intended to direct a remake of ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]'', though the project has yet to come to fruition.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bessatsu Kadokawa Special Issue: "Ponyo"|series=Kadokawa Mook|volume=279|date=10 September 2008|publisher=[[Kadokawa|Kadokawa Shoten]]|page=61}}</ref> | *In 2008, Yamazaki told [[Kadokawa|Kadokawa Shoten]] that he intended to direct a remake of ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]'', though the project has yet to come to fruition.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bessatsu Kadokawa Special Issue: "Ponyo"|series=Kadokawa Mook|volume=279|date=10 September 2008|publisher=[[Kadokawa|Kadokawa Shoten]]|page=61}}</ref> | ||
*Takashi Yamazaki is the first director since Stanley Kubrick in [[1969]] to receive an Oscar for visual effects, with no other director even nominated in the category during that span. | |||
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My childhood dreams are coming true one after another… If I could tell my younger self, I would definitely cry tears of joy from the overwhelming happiness.
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— Takashi Yamazaki, on getting to work on both Godzilla and Ultraman projects[1] |
Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴 is a Yamazaki Takashi)Japanese film director, writer, and visual effects artist. Inspired to enter the movie business after seeing Encounter with the Unknown (1972) and Star Wars (1977) at the age of 13,[2] Yamazaki began his career in the late 1980s, working in the special effects department at Shirogumi. His earliest jobs included Juzo Itami's A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Sweet Home (1989). He made his directorial debut in 2000 with the science fiction film Juvenile.
Yamazaki's third film, Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Picture and was followed by two sequels. The first of them, released in 2007, featured Godzilla in an imaginary sequence. In 2021, he directed the short film Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle for a motion simulator ride at the Seibuen amusement park. Yamazaki was finally selected to helm a mainline Godzilla film with Godzilla Minus One, which was released in 2023. He also wrote and directed the 2022 fantasy film yokaipedia.
Yamazaki is the VFX supervisor of all of his own movies, continuing to work through Shirogumi to this day. He also works frequently with production company ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS, which has been involved with shooting/animating all but one of his films, and Toho, which has (co-)financed all but one of his films and distributed all of them. Yamazaki is married to fellow filmmaker Shimako Sato, with whom he had previously collaborated on K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008) and Space Battleship Yamato (2010).
Selected filmography
Director
- Returner (2002)
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
- Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021)[3]
- yokaipedia (2022)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023)
- "Foodlossla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024)
Screenwriter
- Returner (2002)
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) [with Ryota Kosawa]
- yokaipedia (2022)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Visual effects supervisor
- Returner (2002)
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
- yokaipedia (2022)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023)
- "Foodlossla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024)
Miscellaneous
- K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008) - Associate writer / VFX associate
- Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) - Storywriter / designer[3]
- yokaipedia (2022) - Storywriter / character designer
- Ultraman the Ride: The Great Duel of the Century (2023)[1]
- Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Godzilla designer [with Kosuke Taguchi]
Selected bibliography
Author
- Novel: yokaipedia (2022)
- Novel Version: Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Gallery
Takashi Yamazaki and Shinji Higuchi
Takashi Yamazaki and Keizo Murase
Takashi Yamazaki and Hideaki Anno
Takashi Yamazaki and Gareth Edwards
Takashi Yamazaki and Adam Wingard
Yamazaki (second from left) with Masaki Takahashi, Kiyoko Shibuya, Tatsuji Nojima, and their Oscar statuettes
Videos
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Trivia
- Yamazaki has named Shusuke Kaneko's Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack as his favorite Godzilla movie.[4]
- In 2008, Yamazaki told Kadokawa Shoten that he intended to direct a remake of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, though the project has yet to come to fruition.[5]
- Takashi Yamazaki is the first director since Stanley Kubrick in 1969 to receive an Oscar for visual effects, with no other director even nominated in the category during that span.
References
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