Famous animation film director Hayao Miyazaki was a strong influence on the work of Kung Fu Panda director Mark Osborne. During his masterclass at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa last Tuesday, he said that was him1999 Movie The Little Prince , adapted from The classic children’s book of the same name by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry . “I love Miyazaki’s films because he always uses female characters, which is very inspiring,” he said. “But I’m thinking about him too, because I know he loves the book and it would be horrible to make him mad at me if I made a bad movie. So I’ve been thinking about making something he’ll appreciate ” However, as far as Osborne knew, Miyazaki had not seen his films. Osborne said he had tried to reach Miyazaki but never heard a response. “It’s well known that he doesn’t watch other people’s movies, which I’m glad,” he commented. “Even though I did my best with this movie, and I loved it, I got really nervous watching it.” Hayao Miyazaki cited The Little Prince as his top One of the children’s books. A 1999 NHK documentary shows He traveled to France and the Sahara Desert to follow in the footsteps of the writer Antoine de Saint-Empery. Osborne’s film adaptation is a French-American production which combines stop motion animation and CG. According to 2016 interviews, the Pilot House was particularly inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s work. Source: Deadline (Litz Shackleton)
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