Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects · Special Effects Coordinator · Special Effects · Original Concept
Born Jul 7, 1901 · 日本,京都府
Active 1926–1970
Eiji Tsuburaya ranks alongside Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen as one of the great visionary SFX masters of twentieth-century fantasy cinema.
Filmography
Ultraman Teo (2026) — Original ConceptThrone of Blood (1957) — Visual EffectsGodzilla (1954) — Story · Visual Effects Director · Visual Effects · Special EffectsThe Hidden Fortress (1958) — Visual EffectsThe Sword of Doom (1966) — Special EffectsShin Ultraman (2022) — Original StoryMothra vs. Godzilla (1964) — Special Effects · Visual Effects Director · Visual EffectsKing Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) — Special Effects · Visual Effects Director · Visual EffectsGhidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — Special Effects · Visual Effects · Visual Effects DirectorDestroy All Monsters (1968) — Special Effects SupervisorUltraseven (1967) — Production Supervisor · ProducerSamurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) — Visual EffectsInvasion of Astro-Monster (1965) — Special Effects · Visual Effects · Visual Effects DirectorMothra (1961) — Visual Effects · Visual Effects Director · Special EffectsA Page of Madness (1926) — Assistant CameraKing Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) — Special Effects · Visual Effects · Visual Effects DirectorGodzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) — Story · Visual Effects Director · Special Effects · Visual EffectsUltraman (1966) — Production Supervisor · ProducerSon of Godzilla (1967) — Special Effects · Special Effects Supervisor · Visual Effects SupervisorGodzilla Raids Again (1955) — Visual Effects Director · Special Effects · Visual EffectsRodan (1956) — Visual Effects · Visual Effects Director · Special EffectsEbirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) — Special Effects · Special Effects Supervisor · Visual EffectsSound of the Mountain (1954) — Special EffectsMatango (1963) — Visual Effects · Special Effects · Visual Effects Director