Shinichiro Watanabe is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and music producer who was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1965.  Formerly an employees at Sunrise, Watanabe supervised the episode direction and storyboards of may Sunrise anime. He made his directorial debut as co-director of Macross Plus.  

As a director, he has worked on such titles as Macross Plus, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope, Space Dandy, Terror in Resonance, Carole & Tuesday, and most recently, Lazarus. As music producer he has worked with titles such as Lupin The 3rd- A Woman Called Fujiko Mine, Michiko To Hatchin, Genius Party, and Mind Game.