Kiyoko Shibuya
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Kiyoko Shibuya (渋谷 紀世子 Shibuya Kiyoko) is a Japanese visual effects director and producer. Inspired to work in effects by Star Wars (1977) and Back to the Future (1985), she joined Shirogumi as a miniature builder before debuting as a compositor on Juzo Itami's The Last Dance (1993).[1]
Shibuya is a frequent collaborator of director Takashi Yamazaki, and has received four VFX-JAPAN awards for her work on his films Always: Sunset on Third Street 3 (2012), The Eternal Zero (2013), Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (2016), and Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017).[2] She has also been involved with all three of Yamazaki's projects involving Godzilla: Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2012), Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021), and Godzilla Minus One (2023). Shibuya, along with Yamazaki and other staff from Shirogumi, won Best Visual Effects for Godzilla Minus One at the 96th Academy Awards, making her the first woman of color to be nominated for or win the category.[3]
Selected filmography
Visual effects director
- Returner (2002)
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
- K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
- yokaipedia (2022)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Miscellaneous
- Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) - VFX producer[4]
Trivia
- Shibuya is the first woman to direct for a Godzilla film.
External links
- Interview with Kiyoko Shibuya for Adobe (in Japanese; published circa 2006, archived)
- Roundtable discussion with Kiyoko Shibuya and other Shirogumi members (in Japanese; published 12/7/2022)
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