1965年5月24日出生于京都府。在日本SUNRISE担任制作进行（制作进程管理），后来担任演出工作。与河森正治一起监督《MACROSS PLUS》之后，在著名作品《COWBOYBEBOP》中出任监督使他名声大噪。他洒脱不拘、特立独行的实验性制作风格不仅引起业界瞩目，也受到了观众的喜爱。

　　其他作品还有《混沌武士》（硫球狂侍SAMURAI CHAMPLOO）， 以及《黑客帝国动画版》中的《侦探故事》和《少年故事》两个短片，还有《Genius Party》中的短片《BABY BLUE》。

Shinichiro Watanabe (渡辺 信一郎 Watanabe Shin'ichirō, born May 24, 1965) is a Japanese anime television and film director. He is best known for directing the critically acclaimed and commercially successful anime series Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Space Dandy.

Watanabe is known for incorporating multiple genres into his anime creations. In Cowboy Bebop, for example, Watanabe blends classic cowboy western with 1960s/1970s New York City film noir, jazz/blues music, Hong Kong action movies, and sets the entire series in space. In his later work, Samurai Champloo, Watanabe unites the cultures of Okinawa, hip hop, modern-day Japan, and chanbara.

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