Makoto Kamiya

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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 director and visual effects supervisor. His career in kaiju eiga began in 1989, when he worked as an assistant director to Koichi Kawakita on Godzilla vs. Biollante. After serving as the 1st AD to Shinji Higuchi on Shusuke Kaneko's Heisei Gamera trilogy, Kaneko recruited him as director of special effects for Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Kamiya later reunited with Higuchi for the latter's 2006 film Sinking of Japan, and has also directed effects for Toho et al.'s Gantz, Gantz: Perfect Answer, and I Am a Hero. 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 VFX supervisor for many of Shinsuke Sato's films.

Selected filmography

Assistant director of special effects

• Gunhed (1989)
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Gridman (TV 1993-1994) [about 8 episodes; uncredited]
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) [uncredited]

First assistant director of special effects

• Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995)
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

Director of special effects

• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
• Sinking of Japan (2006)
• Gantz (2011)
• Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
• I Am a Hero (2016)
• Ultraman Taiga (TV 2019) [episodes 1-3]

Director

• Ultraman R/B (TV 2018) [episodes 18-19]
• Ultraman Taiga (TV 2019) [episodes 7-8]

Actor

• GAMERA1999 (1999) as himself, interviewee
• Sakuya (2000)
• Returner (2000) as wounded soldier
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) as refugee
• Ultraman Mebius (TV 2006-2007) as Alien Valky [voice, episode 16]
• Sinking of Japan (2006)
• Neo Ultra Q (TV 2013) as Sedegan [voice, episode 6] / Purana [voice, episode 9]
• Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015) as mysterious voice

Miscellaneous

• Ultra Seven (DVD 1998) - Special thanks [episode 3]
• Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster (2009) - Special thanks
• Inuyashiki (2018) - VFX supervisor [with Atsushi Doi]
• Ultraman R/B the Movie (2019) - VFX director

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