Hayao’s last directorial venture was the film titled ‘The Wind Rises’, which released in 2013
This iconic director then worked on the screenplay of the movie ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’, which reached the audiences during mid-2010
This feature-length film, which was released in 2008, was well-received and grossed approximately $200 million at the box-office
Miyazaki has a son named Goro, who also ventured into direction through the 2006 film titled 'Tales From Earthsea'
Although Miyazaki had retired by the end of the decade, he returned to direction in 2004 through the fantasy film ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’
Even during the 1990’s Hayao mesmerized lovers of manga through his works
Hayao next worked on the project ‘Laputa: Castle in the Sky’, which released in the year 1986
The year 1984 saw the release of the animated film ‘Nausicaa of the Valley of the wind’
He even worked on the animated manga series titled ‘Lupin III’ in 1971
During the rest of the 1970s, Hayao worked on projects like ‘Panda! Go Panda’, ‘Heidi, Girl of The Alps’ as well as ‘Future Boy Conan’ and ‘Anne of Green Gables’
Miyazaki got the opportunity to work on the 1968 animated project ‘Hols: Prince Of The Sun’, for which he essayed the role of the chief animator and scene designer
The young man started pursuing his dream, of making a career in animation, in 1963, when he joined the Japanese animation giant, ‘Toei Animation Pvt Ltd’
Hayao was born on January 5, 1941 at Bunkyo ward, located in Japan’s capital city, Tokyo
After five years of immense planning, projecting, fund raising and execution, the grand opening of Disneyland Theme Park took place on July 17, 1955
The first to release was ‘Cinderella’ in 1950, which was followed by ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Peter Pan’, ‘Treasure Island’, ‘Lady in the Tramp’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘101 Dalmatians’
Simultaneously, the short staff continued to work on the characters of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto cartoon seriesIn 1939, he opened the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank
The film was a blockbuster at the box office and went on to become the most successful film of 1938
In 1935, he created history by launching ‘Flowers and Trees’, then one of the most popular cartoon shorts, in color
After a successful training schedule, his high-profile leap of a feature film titled, ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’, went into production in 1934
In 1933, he created his most memorable cartoon short, ‘The Three Little Pigs’
In 1929, he released a series of musical shorts, titled ‘Silly Symphonies’, which featured Mickey’s friends, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto and Mickey’s girlfriend Minnie Mouse
The dream-run for Disney ended in 1928 when he realized that Universal Pictures had bought the trademark for Oswald and that most of his creative designers, except Iwerk, had forsaken him for the Universal Pictures
In 1925, he recruited ink-and-paint artist Lillian Bound, little knowing then that the two would become lifelong partners
However, financial debt caused the closure of the studio in 1923
In 1920, he found employment with Kansas City Film Ad Company
Moving back to Kansas City in 1919, started working at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, as ad-writer
Moving to Chicago in 1917, he enrolled himself at the McKinley High School
The family moved to Kansas City in 1911 where he received his early education
Most of the cartoon characters that we reckon today, Micky Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and so on are the brain-child of this international icon, who became a major figure in the American animation industry in 20th century
