Born in Tokyo, 1967. After graduating Shinshu University’s School of Agriculture in Forest Science, Goro Miyazaki worked as a construction consultant, taking part in landscape planning/design of parks and urban forestry projects. From 1998, he undertook the overall design of Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, and acted as the Museum’s managing director from 2001 to June 2005. In 2004, he was awarded the Minister of Education’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists in the field of art promotion. His debut as a director came with the animated feature film Tales from Earthsea (2006)
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
