Using honorifics in an essay?

[Kuroi42]

Hi everyone, I'm finishing up an essay for my Japanese class due in a few hours and I realized that I had a slight issue, I don't know if I should be using honorifics for people within my essay or which honorifics to use. A quick couple of google search produced no results on this question. Does anyone know the answer?

My essay is about Miyazaki Hayao, so my first instinct is to write 宮崎さま but I'm not sure if that is reserved for speech or used in essays as well. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Mike Cash]

When in doubt, try 氏

 

[Kuroi42]

will do. ありがとうございました。