Mamoru Oshii

Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animation and live-action film writer and director. Presently, Oshii lives in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan with his dogs – a basset hound named Gabriel and a mutt named Daniel.

Filmography

Director

Anime films

• ' (1983)
• ' (1984)
• ' (1989)
• Maroko (1990): edited movie version of Gosenzosama Banbanzai! OVA
• ' (1993)
• Ghost in the Shell (1995)
• ' (2004)

Live action films

• The Red Spectacles aka Jigoku no banken: Akai megane (1987)
• ' (1991)
• Talking Head (1992)
• Avalon (2001)
• Killers: .50 Woman segment (2003)

OVA

• Dallos (1983)
• Angel's Egg aka Tenshi no Tamago (1985)
• Twilight Q Episode 2: Meikyu Bukken File 538 (1987)
• ' (1988)
• Gosenzosama Banbanzai! (1989)

TV series

• Urusei Yatsura (1981 - 1984)
• Patlabor (1989 - 1990)

Writer

• Todo no Tsumari ("When All's Said and Done") (1984)
• Kenrou Densetsu ("Legend of Wolf-Dog") (1988)
• Seibu Shinjuku Sensen Ijou Nashi ("All's Quiet on the Seibu Shinjuku Front") (1994)
• Seraphim (1995)
• ' (2000)
• ' (2002)

Producer

• ' (2000)

Live performance

• Mezame No Hakobune (2005)