Aug 8, 1951 - Tokyo, Japan
Mamoru Oshii (押井 守, Oshii Mamoru, born 8 August 1951) is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984), Angel's Egg (1985), Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993), and Ghost in the Shell (1995).
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| Movie | 1995 | Ghost in the Shell: Production Report | Self | |
| Movie | 2023 | Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Making of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | Rewind This! | Self | |
| Movie | 2021 | Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist | Self | |
| Movie | 2021 | We Made a Beautiful Bouquet | Mamoru Oshii | |
| Movie | 2008 | Film director Mamoru Oshii: Turning fantasies into reality | ||
| TV Show | 2021 | THE ANIME STUDIO | Self - Ghost in the Shell Director | 1 |
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| Movie | 2001 | Avalon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | The Red Spectacles | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | The Red Spectacles | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1995 | Ghost in the Shell | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2008 | Ghost in the Shell 2.0 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Assault Girls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2009 | Assault Girls | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Patlabor: The Movie | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | Patlabor 2: The Movie | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | The Sky Crawlers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | Angel's Egg | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1984 | Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1984 | Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2006 | Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | Kill | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | Beautiful Dreamer | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1983 | Urusei Yatsura: Only You | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1992 | Talking Head | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1992 | Talking Head | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | 28½ | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | 28½ | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | MAROKO | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1990 | MAROKO | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2010 | Je t'aime | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2008 | Ani*Kuri15 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | Angel's Egg | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Garm Wars: The Last Druid | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | MAROKO | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | The Women of Fast Food | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2007 | The Women of Fast Food | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | Nowhere Girl | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | Dallos | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | Dallos | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Patlabor: The Movie | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | Garm Wars: The Last Druid | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2022 | Blood Friends | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1995 | Ghost in the Shell | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| Movie | 1983 | Urusei Yatsura: Only You | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| Movie | 1983 | Urusei Yatsura: Only You | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | CONNECTED... | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1985 | Dallos Special | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | Dallos Special | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Twilight Q | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Twilight Q | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Supervising Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2000 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Creator | Crew |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 2 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1 | General Manager | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 2 | General Manager | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3 | General Manager | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4 | General Manager | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 5 | General Manager | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 5 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 6 | General Manager | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 6 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7 | General Manager | Production |
| Movie | 2015 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7 | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Female Fast Food Grifter: Foxy Croquette Ogin ~Mortal Struggle in Palestine~ | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2006 | Female Fast Food Grifter: Foxy Croquette Ogin ~Mortal Struggle in Palestine~ | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1999 | Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1999 | Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2008 | Ani*Kuri15 | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2008 | Out-of-range Woman (Director's Cut) | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2009 | Keita's First Dream of the New Year (Director's Cut) | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2018 | Illang: The Wolf Brigade | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2006 | Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2007 | The Women of Fast Food | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | 009: The Reopening | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | The Red Spectacles | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2000 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2006 | Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven | Story | Writing |
| Movie | N/A | Chimera | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | The Wonderful Adventures of Nils | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1992 | Patlabor: One Day of Noa | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2006 | Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2020 | CONNECTED... | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2003 | Tokyo Scanner | Supervising Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1985 | Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| Movie | 2003 | Killers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | Halo Legends | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | In the Aftermath | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2008 | Out-of-range Woman (Director's Cut) | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1985 | Angel's Egg | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Patlabor: The Movie | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1993 | Patlabor 2: The Movie | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2002 | Patlabor WXIII The Movie | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2012 | Blood-C: The Last Dark | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 2003 | Tokyo Vein | Supervising Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1981 | The Fullmoon Tradition: Indra | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | The Fullmoon Tradition: Indra | Storyboard | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | The Fullmoon Tradition: Indra | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | G.R.M.: The Record Of Garm War | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2001 | G.R.M.: The Record Of Garm War | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2016 | G2.5 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | G2.5 | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2005 | Open Your Mind | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Next Generation: Patlabor | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1983 | Dallos | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Next Generation: Patlabor | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 2010 | Halo Legends | Supervising Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2004 | Windy Tales | Supervising Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1988 | Patlabor: Early Days | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2021 | Vlad Love | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1987 | Twilight Q | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2017 | Sand Whale and Me | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2007 | Ani*Kuri15 | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Fire Hunter | Series Composition | Writing |
| TV Show | 1987 | Zillion | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2021 | Vlad Love | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2021 | Vlad Love | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 1980 | The Wonderful Adventures of Nils | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Fire Hunter | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2002 | MiniPato | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Original Series Creator | Writing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Series Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 2002 | MiniPato | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Patlabor: The TV Series | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Next Generation: Patlabor | Original Series Creator | Writing |
| TV Show | 1990 | Patlabor: The New Files | Author | Writing |
| TV Show | 2002 | MiniPato | Original Series Creator | Writing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Patlabor: The TV Series | Author | Writing |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Fire Hunter | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2008 | Cellphone Investigator 7 | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2008 | Cellphone Investigator 7 | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 2005 | Blood+ | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Next Generation: Patlabor | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 2021 | Vlad Love | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 2002 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1987 | Twilight Q | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 1987 | Twilight Q | Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1987 | Twilight Q | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 2021 | Vlad Love | Series Composition | Writing |
| TV Show | 1983 | Dallos | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1983 | Dallos | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 1983 | Dallos | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1983 | Dallos | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Next Generation: Patlabor | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2017 | Sand Whale and Me | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2002 | MiniPato | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2021 | Vlad Love | Creator | Creator |
