Mamoru Hosoda

Mamoru Hosoda
Mamoru Hosoda
細田守
	Hosoda in 2016
Born	September 19, 1967 (age 57); Kamiichi, Toyama, Japan
Other names	Hashimoto, Katsuyo (橋本カツヨ); Sodama, Moruho (遡玉洩穂); Shirai, Chiaki (白井千秋);
Alma mater	Kanazawa College of Art
Occupations	Animator; film director; filmmaker; screenwriter; storyboard artist; novelist;
Years active	1991–present
Employers	Toei Animation (1991–2005); Studio Chizu (2011–present);
Notable work	Digimon Adventure (1999); Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (2000); The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006); Summer Wars (2009); Wolf Children (2012); The Boy and the Beast (2015); Mirai (2018); Belle (2021);

Mamoru Hosoda (細田守, Hosoda Mamoru, born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese film director and animator.^[1] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his seventh film Mirai (2018).^[2]

He is also best known for the short films that made up Digimon: The Movie (2000), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009).