About
Naoko Yamada (山田 尚子) is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the K-On! and Tamako Market anime series, and the anime films A Silent Voice and Liz and the Blue Bird. Yamada intended to work in film after university, but she decided to join Kyoto Animation after seeing an advertisement. Her first assignment at KyoAni was drawing inbetween frames for Inuyasha. She was eventually promoted to a key animator for Air.
Filmography
The Colors Within2024 · Director, Storyboard Artist, Second Unit Director
Garden of Remembrance2022 · Director, Screenplay
Modern Love Tokyo: He's Playing Our Song2022 · Director, Storyboard
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll2019 · Second Unit Director
Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day2019 · Key Animation, Second Unit Director
Liz and the Blue Bird2018 · Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!2017 · Series Director, Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
A Silent Voice: The Movie2016 · Storyboard Artist, Director
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band2016 · Second Unit Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist
Tamako Love Story2014 · Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist, Original Story
K-ON! The Movie2011 · Director, Second Unit Director, Storyboard Artist
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya2010 · Second Unit Director, Key Animation
The Last War of the Heavenliods and Akutoliods2009 · Key Animation
Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time2005 · Animation