About
Takeshi Yashiro is a director at Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd., a Japanese TV-Commercial production company. In 1993, he graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in design. While he directed numerous commercials, he studied various stop-motion animation techniques on his own, utilizing and perfecting them in his commercial and web movie works until 2012 when he began focusing on creating stop-motion animation. Yashiro’s works have a sense of handmade feelings and is best at story driven movies. His roles include a writer, director, creator of sets and puppets as well as animator.
Filmography
The Spring Herald Fish and the Wanderer2024 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
HIDARI2023 · Sculptor, Concept Artist
Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest2021 · Director
Gyoro Goes to the Theatre2021 · Animation
Gon, the Little Fox2019 · Director, Editor
Arthur et la magie de Noël2018 · Director
Moon of a Sleepless Night2015 · Director
Norman the Snowman: On a Night of Shooting Stars2014 · Director
Firewood, Kanta & Grandpa2013 · Director, Screenplay
Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights2013 · Director, Screenplay
Dear November Boy.2012 · Director, Writer, Animation