Makoto Kamiya

Makoto Kamiya Born October 6, 1965 Tokyo, Japan Occupation Special effects director, visual effects supervisor, director First work Another Way (1988) Notable work Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)

Makoto Kamiya (神谷 誠,   Kamiya Makoto) is a Japanese special effects director, visual effects supervisor, and director. His career in kaiju eiga began in 1989, when he served as an assistant special effects director for Godzilla vs. Biollante under Koichi Kawakita. After performing the same role on the Heisei Gamera trilogy directed by Shusuke Kaneko, Kaneko recruited him as director of special effects for Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Kamiya remains active in the Japanese film industry, having directed the CG animated movies Resident Evil: Degeneration and Resident Evil: Damnation, and acting as the visual effects supervisor for many of Shinsuke Sato's films.

Selected Filmography

Director

• Gunhed (1989) - Assistant director of special effects
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - Assistant director of special effects
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) - Assistant director of special effects
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) - Assistant director of special effects
• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) - Assistant director of special effects
• Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996) - Assistant director of special effects
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) - Assistant director of special effects
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) - Director of special effects
• Ultraman R/B (TV 2018) - Director [episodes 18-19]

Actor

• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) as Refugee
• Ultraman Mebius (TV 2006-2007) as Alien Valky [voice, episode 16]
• Neo Ultra Q (TV 2013) as Purana [voice, episode 9]
• Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)