Nizou Yamamoto
Nizou Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō) was born on 27 June 1953 in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and was one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan. He was especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Spirited Away (2001).
Crew

Princess Mononoke
Art Direction

Castle in the Sky
Art Direction

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Art Direction

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Art Direction

Chie the Brat
Art Direction

Miyori's Forest
Director, Storyboard Artist

The River's Light
Art Direction

Rainbow Fireflies
Background Designer

Weathering with You
Painter

Grave of the Fireflies
Art Direction

Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Art Direction

Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Art Direction

Future Boy Conan
Art Direction

Drifting Clouds
Background Designer

Whisper of the Heart
Background Designer

The Castle of Cagliostro
Background Designer

Spirited Away
Background Designer

Perfect Blue
Background Designer

Robot Carnival
Art Designer, Background Designer

Only Yesterday
Background Designer

Welcome to the Space Show
Background Designer

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
Art Direction

Open the Door
Art Direction

Coo of the Far Seas
Art Direction

The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
Art Direction