Shigeru Miyamoto

Production

Born: 1952-11-16
From: Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.6

Also Known As

Miyamoto Shigeru宮本 茂

Biography

Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本 茂, Hepburn: Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he has served as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in video games, he is the creator of some of the most acclaimed and best-selling game franchises of all time, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Pikmin. More than 1 billion copies of games featuring franchises created by Miyamoto have been sold. Born in Sonobe, Kyoto, Miyamoto graduated from Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts. He initially sought a career as a manga artist until developing an interest in video games. With the help of his father, he joined Nintendo in 1977 after impressing the president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, with his toys. He helped create art for the arcade game and was later tasked with designing a new one, leading to the 1981 game Donkey Kong. Miyamoto's games Super Mario Bros. (1985) and The Legend of Zelda (1986) helped the Nintendo Entertainment System dominate the console game market. His games have been flagships of every Nintendo video game console, from the arcade machines of the late 1970s to the present day. He managed Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis & Development software division, which developed many Nintendo games. He played an essential role in creating other influential games such as Pokémon Red and Blue (1996) and Metroid Prime (2002). Following the death of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in July 2015, Miyamoto became acting president alongside Genyo Takeda until he was formally appointed "Creative Fellow" a few months later. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shigeru Miyamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations10 won · 0 nominated

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Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities

2012
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BAFTA Fellowship

2010
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Digital Content Expo Asiagraph Award Tsumugi Prize

2009
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The Jim Henson Celebration Honor

2008
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Japan Game Awards Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award

2008
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CEDEC Awards - Special Award

2008
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Game Developers Choice Award - Lifetime Achievement

2007
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Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

2006
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AMD Award - Best Producer/Director

1997
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Japan Inter-Design Prize

1990