Kenji Kamiyama

Kenji Kamiyama (神山健治, Kamiyama Kenji^?), born on March 20, 1966 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese anime director. He has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise, Production I.G, such as his work on Jin-Roh, Patlabor, Blood: The Last Vampire, and for whom he has directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime television series, which was followed on into a second season, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG and a TV movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society.

After working as a background artist for productions such as Akira and Kiki's Delivery Service, he joined Team Oshii at Production I.G, contributing the screenplay of Blood: The Last Vampire and working as animation director for Jin-Roh. In 2002 he made his directorial debut with MiniPato, followed by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. In 2007, after almost 6 years of work on the Stand Alone Complex world, he directed the TV series Guardian of the Sacred Spirit.

[edit] Filmography

Burn Up! (1991) (Art director)
Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (1990-1991, 1993-1995) Art director
Roujin Z (1991) (Assistant Art Director)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998) (Animation director)
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) (Screenplay, Planning Assistance)
Mini Pato (2002) (Director)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002-2003) (Director, Series Composition, Script, Storyboard, Chief Writer)
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004-2005) (Director, Series Composition, Script, Storyboard, Chief Writer)
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society (2006) (Director, Script, Storyboard)
Guardian of the Sacred Spirit (2007) (Director)