is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and
manga artist. Through a career that has spanned five decades, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of
anime feature films and, along with
Isao Takahata, co-founded
Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio. The success of Miyazaki's films has invited comparisons with American animator
Walt Disney, and American directors
Steven Spielberg and
Orson Welles.