Hayao Miyazaki Tribute Photos

John Lasseter, Hayao Miyazaki, and Matt Groening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ presentation of "The 13th Marc Davis Celebration of Animation: Hayao Miyazaki," on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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Hayao Miyazaki

June Foray, Leonard Maltin

Ron Clements, John Musker

Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter

Hayao Miyazaki Tribute

As part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ three-month celebration of anime, a screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s 2002 Oscar-winning animated feature Spirited Away will take place on Friday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m., at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Then, on Tuesday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m., Oscar-winning animator and Academy governor John Lasseter will host "A Tribute to Animation Master Hayao Miyazaki" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Both evenings will include extended gallery hours for the Academy’s ongoing exhibition "ANIME! High Art – Pop Culture."

The quirky Spirited Away is my favorite among the Miyazaki features I’ve seen. The tale of a young girl [...]

Asian Film Awards 2009

2009 Asian Film Awards
2009 Asian Film Award nominations: Jan. 21, 2009
2009 Asian Film Award winners: March 23, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

In Kyoshi Kurosawa’s best Asian Film Award winner Tokyo Sonata, a middle-class worker (Teruyuki Kagawa) loses his job (it’s outsourced to China), but can’t get himself to tell his family about his predicament. Slowly, however, both his ruse and the family itself begin to disintegrate.
 

Best Film
Forever Enthralled, China
The Good, the Bad, the Weird, South Korea
Ponyo on the Cliff, Japan
The Rainbow Troops, Indonesia
Red Cliff, China
* Tokyo Sonata, The Netherlands / Japan / Hong Kong
Best Director
FENG Xiao-gang, If You Are the One, China
KIM Jee-woon, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, South Korea
* KOREEDA Hirokazu, Still Walking, Japan
Brillante MENDOZA, Service, [...]

New York Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2005 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 12, 2005
 

Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
 

Best Film: Brokeback Mountain
Best Foreign-Language Film: 2046 directed by Wong Kar Wai
Best Non-Fiction Film: Grizzly Man and The White Diamond directed by Werner Herzog
Best Animated Film: Hauru no ugoku shiro / Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor: William Hurt, A History of Violence
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Best Screenplay: Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
Best Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, and Kwan Pun Leung, 2046
Best First Film: Bennett Miller, [...]