Tomohiko Itō is a director and writer who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.
Tetsurō Araki is a Japanese animator and director born in 1976 who directed the Death Note television anime at Madhouse, later becoming known for helming Attack on Titan across its first three seasons.
Eiko Nishi is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.
Mitsuhiro Yoneda is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.
Hisato Shimoda is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.
Masato Bessho is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.
Naoyasu Hanyū is a director who worked on Death Note.
Oyunamu is a director who worked on Death Note.
Shinji Osamura is a director who worked on Death Note.
Shusuke Kaneko is a Japanese film director best known for reviving the Gamera kaiju series, who also directed the live-action Death Note films starring the battle between Light Yagami and L.
Takahiro Sato is a producer who worked on Death Note.
Hideki Inoue is a Japanese animator and animation director who worked on the Death Note anime, produced by Madhouse, contributing key animation and serving as animation director on several episodes.
Hideki Itō is a Japanese animator and director who served as episode director and animation director on an episode of the Death Note anime, produced by Madhouse.
Hideo Nakata is a Japanese film director best known for the horror film Ring, who directed the 2008 Death Note spin-off L: Change the World.
Hironobu Aoyagi is a Japanese episode director who directed an installment of the Death Note anime, produced by Madhouse, as part of a long career directing episodes across Japanese television anime.
Kei Tsunematsu is a Japanese episode and unit director who worked on the Death Note anime, produced by Madhouse, contributing storyboard and episode direction work early in the series.
Masao Maruyama is a veteran Japanese anime producer and co-founder of Madhouse, the studio that produced the Death Note anime, where he served as producer.
Mitsuyuki Masuhara is a Japanese anime director who joined Madhouse in 1999 and contributed to the studio's production of Death Note before going on to direct titles of his own.
Naoto Hashimoto is a director who worked on Death Note.
Ryōsuke Nakamura is a director who worked on Death Note.
Seiji Okuda is a producer who worked on Death Note.
Shinsuke Sato is a Japanese director and screenwriter recognized for live-action adaptations of manga and anime, including his 2016 film Death Note: Light Up the New World.
Takayuki Hirao is a Japanese anime director best known for his work with Ufotable, and he is credited as a director on Death Note.
Tetsuhito Saitō is a director who worked on Death Note.
Tomio Yamauchi is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.
Yukio Okazaki is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.
Adam Wingard is an American filmmaker who directed Netflix's live-action Death Note film in 2017, one entry in a career built largely around horror, action, and franchise blockbusters.
Dan Lin is a Taiwanese-American film producer and Netflix Films chairman who produced Adam Wingard's 2017 live-action Death Note film for Netflix.
Jason Hoffs is a producer who worked on the Death Note franchise.
Manabu Tamura is a producer who worked on Death Note.
Masi Oka is a Japanese-born actor and producer working in the United States, known for digital effects work behind the camera as well as roles in front of it; he produced and briefly appears in Netflix's 2017 live-action Death Note film.
Nobuhiro Iizuka is a producer who worked on Death Note.
Roy Lee is an American film producer and founder of Vertigo Entertainment who produced the 2017 live-action Death Note film for Netflix.
Tadashi Tanaka is a Japanese film producer whose credits include two entries in the live-action Death Note franchise, the spinoff L Change the World and the sequel Light Up the New World.
Takahiro Kobashi is a Japanese film producer who worked on the original 2006 live-action Death Note film and its 2008 follow-up, Death Note: L Change the World.
Ted Sarandos, an American media executive, leads Netflix as co-CEO, a role he has held since 2020, and holds a producer credit on the company's 2017 live-action Death Note film.
Toshio Nakatani is a Japanese anime producer at Nippon Television who oversaw production of the Death Note anime television series and its Relight recap specials.
Toyoharu Fukuda is a Japanese film producer who worked on the first two live-action Death Note films in 2006, producing the original and serving as executive producer on its sequel, The Last Name.
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