Eiji Tsuburaya Biyografisi Godzilla filmi dahil bircok bilim kurgu filmine ozel efekt yonetmenliği yapmıştır. Eiji Tsuburaya, Japon ozel efektler direktoru olarak bircok Japon bilim-kurgu filmlerinin sorumlusu oldu.
Eiji Tsuburaya, 7 Temmuz 1901 tarihinde fukuşima, Japonya ’da doğmuştur. Isamu ve Sei Tsuburaya ciftinin ilk cocuğudur. Annesi genc yaşta oldu, babası iş icin Cin'e gitti. Babaannesi ve amcasının yanında buyudu. 1908 yılında Sukagawa Choritsu Dai'ichi Jinjo Koutou Shogakko ilkokuluna başladı. 1915 yılında gittiği havacılık okulu kapatılınca ticaret lisesine devam ederek mezun oldu.

Liseden mezun olduktan sonra Utsumi oyuncak şirketinde calışmaya başladı. 1919 yılında araştırma ve geliştirme departmanından ona yapılan bir teklif ile kameraman kursuna gonderildi. Daha sonra film endustrisinde Nihon Cinematograph şirketinde yonetmen asistanı olarak calışmaya başladı. 1921-1923 askeri yazışma ekibinin bir uyesi olarak gorev yaptı. Ardından Ogasaware Productions şirketine baş kameraman oldu.
1926 yılında Shochiku Kyoto Studios şirketine kameraman olarak katıldı. Burada ilk kamera vinci kullanımı da dahil yenilikci film teknikleri, oluşturmaya başladı. 1938 yılında Toho Tokyo Studios şirketinin ozel gorsel Teknikleri başkanı oldu. Eiji Tsuburaya, 1970 yılında olumune kadar Toho Studios ’da calışmaya devam etti.
Eiji Tsuburaya, 1940'larda kendi evinde ozel efektler laboratuarı kurdu. Daha sonra 1963 yılında Tsuburaya Productions adında gorsel efektler icin kendi studyosunu kurdu . 1954 yılında yapılan, klasik filmler arasına girmiş olan Godzilla filminin kameramanlığını yaptı.
Eiji Tsuburaya, Japon ozel efektler direktoru olarak bircok Japon bilim-kurgu filmlerinin sorumlusu oldu. 50 yıllık kariyeri boyunca, o toplamda yaklaşık 250 film uzerinde calıştı.
İkinci Cin-Japon savaşı ve İkinci Dunya Savaşı sıralarında hukumetinin isteği ile bir dizi propaganda filmleri yaptı. Bu yaptığı filmler arasında KODO Nippon ( Japonya İmparatorluk Yolu ) (1938), Kaigun Bakugeki-tai (1940), The Burning Sky (1940), Hawai Mare oki Kaisen ( Malaya Hawaii Denizde Savaş ) (1942 ), Kararlı Goklerdeki Savaşı ( Kessen-hayır Ōzara-e ) (1943) ve Kato hayabusa'ait Sento-tai (1944) filmleri gosterilebilir.
Eiji Tsuburaya,1930 yılında Araki Masano ile evlendi. 3 oğlu oldu.
Eiji Tsuburaya, 25 Ocak 1970 tarihinde Ito ,Shizuoka , Japonya ’da 69 yaşında kalp krizi neticesinde olmuştur.
Ozel Efektler :
- Atarashiki Tsuchi (1937) – Director Of Special Effects
- Kaigun Bakugeki-tai (1940) – Special Effects
- Moyuru ōzora (1940) – Special Effects
- Enoken no songokū: songokū zenko-hen (1940) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Shiroi Hekiga (1942) – Special Effects
- Nankai No Hanataba (1942) – Special Photographic Effect
- Tsubasa No Gaika (1942) – Special Effects
- Hawai Mare oki kaisen (1942) – Director Of Special Effects
- Ahen senso (1943) – Special Effects
- Ai No Sekai: Yamaneko Tomi No Hanashi (1943) – Special Effects
- Ongaku Dai-Shingun (1943) – Special Effects
- Hyoroku Yume-Monogatari (1943) – Special Effects
- Otoko (1943) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Ano hata o ute (1944) – Special Effects
- Kato hayabusa sento-tai (1944) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Tokyo Gonin Otoko (1945) – Special Effects Supervisor (Credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
- Urashima Taro No Koei (1946) – Special Photographic Effects
- A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Hana Kurabe Tanuki Goten (1949) – Special Effects
- Invisible Man Appears (1949) – Special Effects Supervisor
- The Lady of Musashino (1951) – Special Effects Supervisor
- The Skin of the South (1952) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Ashi Ni Sawatta Onna (1952) – Special Effects Supervisor
- The Man Who Came to Port (1952) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Anatahan (1953) – Specialist (Credited As Tsuburaya)
- Seishun Zenigata Heiji (1953) – Special Effects
- The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) – Director Of Special Effects
- Aijin (1953) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Sound of the Mountain (1954) – Special Effects
- Farewell Rabaul (1954) – Director Of Special Effects
- Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) – Special Effects
- Godzilla (1954) – Special Effects
- Tomei Ningen (1954) – Special Effects Director
- Ginrin (1955) – Special Effects
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) – Director Of Special Effects
- Half Human (1955) – Director Of Special Effects
- Meoto zenzai (1955) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) – Special Effects
- Legend of the White Snake (1956) – Special Effects Director
- Rodan! The Flying Monster (1956) – Director Of Special Effects
- Throne of Blood (1957) – Special Effects
- The Mysterians (1957) – Director Of Special Effects
- Song for a Bride (1958) – Special Effects
- The H-Man (1958) – Director Of Special Effects
- Varan the Unbelievable (1958) – Director Of Special Effects
- The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- Songoku: The Road To The West (1959) – Special Effects Director
- Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959) – Special Effects Director
- The Birth of Japan (1959) – Director Of Special Effects
- Battle in Outer Space (1959) – Special Effects
- The Secret of the Telegian (1960) – Special Effects
- Storm Over the Pacific (1960) – Special Effects Director
- The Human Vapor (1960) – Director Of Special Effects
- Osaka Jo Monogatari (1961) – Director Of Special Effects
- Mothra (1961) – Director Of Special Effects
- Blood On The Sea (1961) – Special Effects Director
- Gen To Fudomyo-O (1961) – Director Of Special Effects
- The Last War (1961) – Special Effects Director
- Gorath (1962) – Special Effects Director
- Kurenai No Sora (1962) – Special Effects Director
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) – Director Of Special Effects
- Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) – Special Effects Director
- Varan the Unbelievable (1962) – Director Of Special Effects
- Attack Squadron! (1963) – Special Effects Director
- Chintao Yosai Bakugeki Meir Ei (1963) – Special Effects Director
- Matango (1963) – Director Of Special Effects
- The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) – Special Effects Director
- Atragon (1963) – Director Of Special Effects
- Shikonmado – Dai Tatsumaki (1964) – Special Effects Director
- Kyomo Ware Ozorami Ari (1964) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) – Director Of Special Effects
- Dogora, the Space Monster (1964) – Director Of Special Effects
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) – Special Effects Director
- None but the Brave (1965) – Special Effects Director: Toho Special Effects Group
- War-Gods of the Deep (1965) – Director Of Special Effects: Footage Taken From The Toho Production Atragon
- Taiheiyo Kiseki No Sakusen: Kisuka (1965) – Director Of Special Effects
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) – Director Of Special Effects
- Crazy Adventure (1965) – Special Effects Director
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) – Director Of Special Effects: Footage Taken From The Toho Production Godzilla Vs. The Thing
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) – Special Effects Director
- Ironfinger (1965) – Special Effects
- War of the Gargantuas (1966) – Director Of Special Effects
- Zero Faita Dai Kusen (1966) – Special Effects Director
- Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966) – Visual Effects Supervisor [3]
- King Kong Escapes (1967) – Director Of Special Effects
- Son of Godzilla (1967) – Visual Effects Supervisor [4]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) – Visual Effects Supervisor
- Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) – Special Effects Director
- Kureji No Daibakuhatsu (1969) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Latitude Zero (1969) – Director Of Special Effects
- The Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) – Special Effects Director
- All Monsters Attack (1969) – Special Effects
- Ultraman (1979) – Special Effects Supervisor (archive material)
- Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle (1979) – Special Effects Supervisor (archive material)