Golden Globes 2024: Hayao Miyazaki takes home first Golden Globe award at 82

At the age of 82, legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki took home his first Golden Globe Award for his recent directorial The Boy and the Heron. A semi-autobiographical fantasy, the film won in the animated feature category. 

While the film straightaway marks the first Golden Globe for Miyazaki, it is also the first for Studio Ghibli, co-founded by him. It is also the first Golden Globe for an animated feature made in a language other than English. 

For Miyazaki, who won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars for his 2001 film Spirited Away, The Boy and the Heron is billed to be his last film. Previously, in 2013, The Wind Rises helmed by Miyazaki bagged him a nomination at the Golden Globe, but it failed to get the award. 

Other contenders in the Animated Feature category include Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Elemental, The Super Mario Bros., Suzume and Wish. Miyazaki is also known for films such as Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro and Ponyo.