 Specific works that have influenced Miyazaki include "Animal Farm" (1945), "The Snow Queen" (1957), and "The King and the Mockingbird" (1980).When animating young children, Miyazaki often takes inspiration from his friends' children, as well as memories of his own childhood.Miyazaki has frequently been cited as an inspiration to numerous animators, directors and writers around the world, including Guillermo del Toro, Pete Docter, Glen Keane, John Lasseter, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Mamoru Hosoda, Makoto Shinkai, Henry Selick, Travis Knight, Dean DeBlois, Jennifer Lee, and Nick Park.