Hiroyuki Okiura (沖浦啓之, Okiura Hiroyuki, born October 13, 1966 in Katano, Osaka) is a Japanese animation director and animator working for Production I.G.
Okiura left high school at the age of 16 and went into the animation industry as a member of the studio Anime R, where he studied under Moriyasu Taniguchi and which Taniguchi superintended. He is known for his detailed effects animation in, for example, the chopper attack scene in Patlabor 2: The Movie and his highly realistic character animation in works such as the opening credits to Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and several Production I.G features. His debut work as a director, Jin-Roh, completed in 1998, was the recipient of the Minami Toshiko Award at the 11th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2000.
Okiura's next written and directed feature film, A Letter to Momo, premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, about 11 years after his first film. It was in development for seven years.
Known For
Your Name.
(2016)
Key Animation
Akira
(1988)
Key Animation
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
(2017)
Key Animation
Paprika
(2006)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell
(1995)
Character Designer, Animation Supervisor, Key Animation, and Animation Director
When Marnie Was There
(2014)
Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
(2012)
Key Animation
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
(2001)
Opening/Ending Animation
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
(1999)
Character Designer and Key Animation
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
(2005)
Key Animation
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
(2018)
Key Animation
Modest Heroes
(2018)
Key Animation
Roujin Z
(1991)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
(2004)
Character Designer, Key Animation, and Animation Director