円谷英二
- Efectos visuales
- 7 de julio de 1901 · 日本,京都府
- 25 de enero de 1970
Biografía
Eiji Tsuburaya ranks alongside Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen as one of the great visionary SFX masters of twentieth-century fantasy cinema. Best remembered as the amazing special effects genius behind the "Godzilla" series of monster films commencing in 1954, he also contributed effects to a host of other Japanese monster / fantasy / science fiction / drama / propaganda films for over four decades. Eiji Tsuburaya had a keen interest in the cinema from a young age, and legend has it that he acquired a second-hand movie projector when he was only ten years old, and pulled it apart and put it back together with relative ease. He began work as a cinematographer in Kyoto around 1919 and then enhanced his skills to include camera work throughout the 1920s, at which time his eye for detail was in high demand from many studios. Around 1938, he became head of Special Visual Techniques at Toho Studios, and during the Second World War, he was involved in the production of several Japanese propaganda films. He went freelance after the war, and in 1954 he collaborated with director Ishirô Honda on the monster epic Gojira (1954) (aka "Godzilla"). The film was an enormous hit in Japan, and additional scenes were filmed with US actor Raymond Burr and then inserted strategically to give the movie western appeal. "Godzilla, King Of The Monsters" was then released in the USA to strong box office takings, and Godzilla has since appeared in over two dozen films spanning over fifty years, becoming a key cult icon of Japanese culture!! The incredibly talented Tsuburaya went on to be the SFX director behind dozens of Japanese monster & science fiction classics including Sora no daikiju Radon (1956) (aka "Rodan"), Bijo to ekitai ningen (1958) (aka "The H-Man"), Densô ningen (1960) (aka "The Telegian"), Mosura (1961) (aka "Mothra"), Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962) (aka "King Kong versus Godzilla"), Varan the Unbelievable (1962), Matango (1963), Furankenshutain tai chitei kaiju Baragon (1965) (aka "Frankenstein Conquers the World"), and Kaiju soshingeki (1968) (aka "Destroy All Monsters" ). Tsuburaya had also established his own production company in 1963 (Tsuburaya Productions), creators of the highly popular "Ultraman" character, and subsequent TV shows and films. On January 25, 1970, while vacationing in Shizuoka Prefecture, Tsuburaya suffered a sudden, fatal heart attack. His incredible film & SFX production company is still active today under the guidance of his grandson, Kazuo Tsuburaya.
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Filmografía
- ウルトラマンテオ · Original Concept
- Shin Ultraman · Historia
- 三大怪獣グルメ · Historia
- 钢铁飞龙之奥特曼崛起 · Original Concept
- ウルトラマンR/B · Creación
- 钢铁飞龙之再见奥特曼 · Original Concept
- ネオ・ウルトラQ · Creación
- Ultraman - The Alien Invasion · Historia
- ウルトラマン 恐怖のルート87 · Producción, Production Supervisor
- 実相寺昭雄監督作品ウルトラマン · Producción ejecutiva
- 飛天怪鷲 · Special Effects
- Godzilla · Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
- Katango's War · Special Effects
- 怪獣大奮戦 ダイゴロウ対ゴリアス · Producción
- Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Batalla decisiva · Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor
- La isla de los monstruos · Special Effects Supervisor, Special Effects
- Latitud cero (Donde el mundo acaba) · Special Effects
- クレージーの大爆発 · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- ウルトラマン・ウルトラセブン モーレツ大怪獣戦 · Producción, Production Supervisor
- Motta, het Vligiende Dracula-Monster · Special Effects
- 怪奇大作戦 · Producción, Production Supervisor
- Invasión extraterrestre · Special Effects Supervisor, Special Effects
- マイティジャック · Creación
- El hijo de Godzilla · Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor
- Ultra Siete · Production Supervisor, Producción
- King Kong escapa · Visual Effects, Special Effects
- Ultraman · Production Supervisor, Creación
- がんばれ！ゴジラ · Special Effects, Dirección
- Los monstruos del mar · Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor
- La batalla de los simios gigantes · Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
- Ultraman · Production Supervisor, Producción
- ゼロ・ファイター 大空戦 · Special Effects
- ウルトラマン 誕生 · Creación
- 現代の主役 ウルトラQのおやじ
- La espada del mal · Special Effects
- ウルトラQ · Production Supervisor, Producción
- Los monstruos invaden la Tierra · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- 大冒険 · Special Effects
- Frankentein conquista el mundo · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- 太平洋奇跡の作戦 キスカ · Special Effects
- सिंदबाद, अलीबाबा और अलादीन · Special Effects
- Todos eran valientes · Visual Effects Director
- Godzilla contra Ghidorah, el dragón de tres cabezas · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- Dogora, el Monstruo del Espacio · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- Godzilla contra los monstruos · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- 今日もわれ大空にあり · Special Effects
- El gran torbellino · Special Effects Supervisor
- Agente 04 del imperio sumergido · Special Effects Coordinator
- Matango · Visual Effects, Special Effects
- King Kong contra Godzilla · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- 青島要塞爆撃命令 · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- Escuadrón de ataque · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- Varan the Unbelievable · Visual Effects, Special Effects
- 47 Ronin · Special Effects
- King Kong contra Godzilla · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- Gorath · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- El valle de los dragones · Special Effects
- 世界大戦争 · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- 紅の海 · Special Effects
- Mothra · Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
- 大阪城物語 · Special Effects Supervisor
- The Human Vapor · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- De Pearl Harbor a Midway · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- 電送人間 · Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
- Batalla en el Espacio Exterior · Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
- 日本誕生 · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- 潜水艦イ-57降伏せず · Special Effects Supervisor
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster · Visual Effects, Special Effects
- 孫悟空 · Special Effects Supervisor
- La fortaleza escondida · Visual Effects
- 大怪獣バラン · Visual Effects, Special Effects
- Panda y la Serpiente Mágica · Visual Effects
- 美女と液体人間 · Visual Effects
- 花嫁三重奏 · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- Los Bárbaros invaden La Tierra · Special Effects, Visual Effects
- Tokyo 1960 · Historia, Special Effects
- Rodan! The Flying Monster · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- 獣人雪男 · Visual Effects, Special Effects
- Godzilla, le Monstre de L'Océan Pacifique · Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
- 極楽島物語 · Visual Effects