Tomoyuki Itamura (Japanese: 板村 智幸) is a Japanese animator, director, and storyboard artist. He joined OLM, Inc. in 2005 as an in-between animator and left in 2007 to join Shaft. Itamura took over the Monogatari series from Tatsuya Oishi as his television directorial debut with Nisemonogatari. With Akiyuki Simbo, Itamura directed all subsequent installments until Owarimonogatari II, with the only exception being Oishi's Kizumonogatari trilogy. Itamura left Shaft in 2017. Source: Wikipedia