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'''{{nihongo|Ryūtarō Nakamura|中村 隆太郎|Nakamura Ryūtarō|April 15, 1955 – June 29, 2013}}''' was a Japanese [[animation director|director]] and [[animator]], best known for directing the landmark anime series ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'', and for his collaboration with [[Masamune Shirow]] and [[Chiaki J. Konaka]] on ''[[Ghost Hound]]''.
==Death==
In 2009, it was announced that he would be working on a new project: ''[[Despera]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-05/lain-head-writer-director-joins-abe-on-despera|title=News: Lain's Head Writer, Director Join ABe on Despera (Updated)|date=15 July 2023 |publisher=Anime News Network}}</ref> Production was put on hold due to Nakamura suffering from an unspecified illness.<ref>http://s826.photobucket.com/albums/zz183/weils82/Miscellaneous/?action=view¤t=desp1.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}{{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715082127/http://s826.photobucket.com/albums/zz183/weils82/Miscellaneous/?action=view¤t=desp1.jpg|date=2011-07-15}}</ref> Following several months of hospitalization due to [[pancreatic cancer]], he died on June 29, 2013. His death was announced nearly a month after.<ref>{{cite web|title=Serial Experiments Lain Director Ryutaro Nakamura Passes Away|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-25/serial-experiments-lain-director-ryutaro-nakamura-passes-away|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=July 22, 2014|date=July 25, 2013}}</ref>
==Filmography==
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