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    Eiji Tsuburaya

    Japanese film director

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  1. Eiji Tsuburaya (Japanese: 円谷 英二, Hepburn: Tsuburaya Eiji, July 7, 1901 – January 25, 1970) was a Japanese special effects director, filmmaker, and cinematographer. A co-creator of the Godzilla and Ultraman franchises, he is considered one of the most important and influential figures in the history of cinema.

  2. Feb 2, 2024 · Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二, Tsuburaya Eiji), born Eiichi Tsumuraya (圓谷 英一, Tsumuraya Eiichi), was a Japanese special effects director and cameraman. Tsuburaya rose to fame primarily due to his work on Toho's war, kaiju, and science fiction films between the 1940s and 60s, when he pioneered various tokusatsu (special effects ...

  3. Eiji Tsuburaya. Writer: Ultra Q. Eiji Tsuburaya ranks alongside Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen as one of the great visionary SFX masters of twentieth century fantasy cinema.

  4. Jul 9, 2021 · Eiji Tsuburaya was first exposed to film in 1911, when he saw documentary footage of a volcanic eruption. This sparked an interest in motion pictures in the then 10-year old boy. He was fascinated with the technical aspects of the film and was even inspired to build his own film projector.

  5. Eiji Tsuburaya was a Japanese special effects director, filmmaker, and cinematographer. A co-creator of the Godzilla and Ultraman franchises, he is considered one of the most important and influential figures in the history of cinema.

  6. Jul 7, 2015 · Eiji Tsuburaya made Godzilla come alive — and it changed film forever. by Phil Edwards. May 31, 2019, 7:10 AM PDT. Eiji directs effects in Godzilla Raids Again (1955). Chronicle Books. Phil...

  7. Eiji Tsuburaya (1901–1970) was a Japanese special effects director and filmmaker who worked on roughly 250 films throughout his five-decade career. Having pioneered and popularized the special effects sector of the Japanese film industry, he is popularly known as the "Father of Tokusatsu ".

  8. Eiji Tsuburaya - The Godzilla Cineaste. Cameraman, handyman, pilot, director, inventor, and special effects wizard who brought the kaiju eiga genre into being and nurtured it throughout the 50s and 60s.

  9. Eiji Tsuburaya. Writer: Ultra Q. Eiji Tsuburaya ranks alongside Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen as one of the great visionary SFX masters of twentieth century fantasy cinema.

  10. Nov 23, 2021 · The pioneering force behind those world-renowned effects was Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970), a man revered as Japan’s “father of special effects.” This year marks the passage of 120 years since his birth. Tsuburaya was born in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture.

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