Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya

male, deceased (1970)
Eiichi Tsuburaya, tokusatsu, Sukagawa, Fukushima, film director, godzilla, Japanese…Special Effects, SpecialEffectsDirector, special effects supervisor
(born Eiichi Tsuburaya on July 7, 1901 - January 25, 1970, in Sukagawa, Fukushima) was the Japanese special effects director responsible for many...

Derek Meddings

male, deceased (1995)
Thunderbirds craft, Thunderbirds Machines, British, For Your Eyes Only, The Man with the Golden Gun, Thunderbirds…Special Effects, miniature special effects supervisor, miniature effects supervisor, miniature effects director, supervising special effects director
Derek Meddings (15 January 1931-10 September 1995) was a British television and cinema special effects expert, initially noted for his work on the...
Shinji Higuchi

Shinji Higuchi

male, 44 years old
Special Effects, Gamera, anime, Japanese, tokusatsu, Gainax…film director, Special Effects Coordinator, Special Effects Assistant, SpecialEffectsDirector, Animation Director
is a storyboard artist (especially in anime) and is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, best known for his work on the Heisei Gamera...
Noriaki Yuasa

Noriaki Yuasa

male
director, film director, Japanese, G-Fest, Gamera, died from stroke…First Assistant Director, Chief Assistant Director, SpecialEffectsDirector, Gammera the Invincible film director
Noriaki Yuasa (born 1933 in Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese director, most notable for his involvement in the Gamera film series. Yuasa was a special...
Mario Bava

Mario Bava

male, deceased (1980)
from the Province of Imperia, horror films, Horror film director, from Liguria, horror movies, B-movie director…film director, director, Italian director, Inferno film director, Giant of Marathon film director
Mario Bava (July 31 1914 - April 27 1980) was an Italian director and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the golden age...
Lightning Bear

Lightning Bear

male, 62 years old
Star Wars, Co-Director, stunt, the towering inferno, American, actor…special effects advisor, film director, SpecialEffectsDirector
Lightning Bear (born 7th October 1947 is an American actor, co-director and stunt man who has worked in film and tv. He is most famous for his...
James Basevi

James Basevi

male, deceased (1962)
British art director, The Gang's All Here, the westerner, Art director, talkie, Best Art Direction Academy Award winner…Special Effects, They Came to Blow Up America art director, Associate Art Director, Wintertime art director, 13 Rue Madeleine art director
James Basevi (1890 - 1962) was a British born art director and special effects expert. He began his career in 1924 with MGM, designing sets for...
Aleksandr Ptushko

Aleksandr Ptushko

male, deceased (1973)
Soviet animation, Lugansk, live-action, stop-motion, Mythology, Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko…Russian and Soviet film director, film director, special effects supervisor, SpecialEffectsDirector, artistic director
Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko ("Александр Лукич Птушко"; in Lugansk, currently Ukraine--March 6, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is a Soviet animation and fantas...
Vincent Guastini

Vincent Guastini

male, 84 years old (Sun Valley, California, United States)
creature/makeup effects designer, modeler/creature designer, simulated silicone human head effects, Puppeteer, actor, designer…special effects creator designer, special makeup effects creator & designer, special makeup effects creator and designer, special makeup effects artist & designer, special makeup effects designer and supervisor
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey on October 7, 1963, he started his own Special Make-up and effects company at the age of 24, specializing in...