Kiyoko Shibuya

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Kiyoko Shibuya
渋谷 紀世子
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • Visual effects director
  • film producer
  • digital compositor
Years active1993–present
EmployerShirogumi
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
4 VFX-Japan Awards[1]

Kiyoko Shibuya (渋谷 紀世子, Shibuya Kiyoko, born 1970) is a Japanese visual effects director and film producer. She has worked on all of acclaimed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki's films to date and has received four VFX-Japan Awards for her efforts, along with an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Godzilla Minus One (2023), making Shibuya the first woman of color to win in this category.[2]

Life and career

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Shibuya was born in 1970 in Tokyo.[3] After watching Star Wars (1977) and Back to the Future (1985), she became engrossed in the production of special effects, which would later lead to her employment at the animation and visual effects studio Shirogumi.[3] In 1993, Shibuya began working in digital compositing on the Juzo Itami-directed film The Last Dance.[3] Thereafter, she has participated in the creation of visual effects for various advertisements and movies at Shirogumi's studio in Chōfu, Tokyo.[3]

Shibuya has worked on every film directed by Takashi Yamazaki, notably serving as the visual effects director for Juvenile (2000),[3] Returner (2002),[3][4] Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005),[3][5] Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007),[3] Space Battleship Yamato (2010),[3] Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012),[3] The Eternal Zero (2013),[3] Parasyte: Part 1 (2014),[3] Parasyte: Part 2 (2015),[3] A Man Called Pirate (2016)[3][6] and Godzilla Minus One (2023).[7] She also produced Yamazaki's animated features Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki (2011),[8] Stand by Me Doraemon (2014), Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019), and Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020).

Filmography

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As visual effects director

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As producer

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Awards

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Shibuya has received four VFX-JAPAN Awards, for her work on Takashi Yamazaki's Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), The Eternal Zero (2013), A Man Called Pirate (2016), and Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017).[1] She also won Best Visual Effects at the North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards and Seattle Film Critics Society Awards for her work on Godzilla Minus One (2023).[20][21] She has also won, alongside Yamazaki, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima, the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards for her work on Godzilla Minus One.

References

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  1. ^ a b "過去のアワード". VFX-JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Godzilla Minus One Wins Academy Award for Best Visual Effects". Godzilla.com. March 10, 2024. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "白組・Fudeトップクリエイター特別インタビュー". Wacom. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Returner : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  5. ^ a b "ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  6. ^ a b "海賊とよばれた男 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  7. ^ a b "「ゴジラ-1.0」ポスタービジュアル [画像・動画ギャラリー 5/9]". Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "フレンズ もののけ島のナキ : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  9. ^ "Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (live-action movie) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  10. ^ "K-20 怪人二十面相・伝 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  11. ^ "SPACE BATTLESHIP ヤマト : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  12. ^ "Always: Sunset on Third Street 3 (live-action movie) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  13. ^ "DESTINY 鎌倉ものがたり : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  14. ^ "アルキメデスの大戦 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  15. ^ "ゴーストブック おばけずかん : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  16. ^ "STAND BY ME ドラえもん : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  17. ^ "ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  18. ^ "ＳＴＡＮＤ ＢＹ ＭＥ ドラえもん２ - 作品情報・映画レビュー -KINENOTE（キネノート）". www.kinenote.com. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  19. ^ "高解像度ドームスクリーンで魅せる60fpsの大迫力映像〜ライドアトラクション『ゴジラ・ザ・ライド大怪獣頂上決戦』VFXメイキング". CG・映像の専門情報サイト | CGWORLD.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  20. ^ "North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) Awards: 'Oppenheimer' Wins 10". AwardsWatch. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  21. ^ "The 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Winners". Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
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