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Mamoru Hosoda

Also Known As: Katsuwo Hashimoto, Katsuyo Hashimoto, Chiaki Shirai

Birth Date

September 19, 1967

(59 years old)

Place of Birth

Nakaniikawa District, Toyama, Japan

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Biography

Mamoru Hosoda (細田守, Hosoda Mamoru, born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese film director and animator. He is known for the short films that made up Digimon: The Movie (2000), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009). He was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Animated Feature Film category at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film Mirai (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mamoru Hosoda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.