Yoshiaki Nishimura(I)

Yoshiaki Nishimura(Born in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese lead film producer formerly of Studio Ghibli and founder and producer of the animation company Studio Ponoc. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2014 for The Tale of Princess Kaguya and received a consecutive Oscar nomination at the 88th Academy Awards for When Marnie Was There in the same category. Producer of Studio Ponoc's debut feature-length animated film Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017), the studio's short-film anthology Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1 (2018), and Tomorrow's Leaves (2021), an animated short film created in collaboration with the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage. The Imaginary (2023), a feature-length animated film, is his upcoming film.