Norman England

	Norman England
	Norman England
Born	April 24, 1959; San Mateo, California, USA
Occupation	Director, writer, photographer
First work	Evil Dead Trap (1988)
Notable work	The iDol (2006)

Norman England (ノーマン・イングランド, Nōman Ingurando) is an American photographer, film reporter and independent filmmaker who has been primarily based in Tokyo, Japan since 1992.

Selected filmography

Set photographer

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
Gamera the Brave (2006)
Death Kappa (2010)

English subtitle writer

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008)
Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
The Great Buddha Arrival (2018)
Nezura 1964 (2020)
The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021)^[1]
Brush of the God (2024)^[2]
Gamera the Giant Monster/Gamera vs. Barugon/Gamera vs. Gyaos 4K restorations (2025)^[3]

Actor

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) as Kyoto Station extra [uncredited]
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) as man running from Millennian [uncredited]
Pyrokinesis (2000) as restaurant patron [uncredited]
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) as Sergeant Woodyard
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy (TV 2004) as restaurant customer [episode 3; uncredited]
Ultraseven X (TV 2007) as drunk man [episode 1; uncredited]
The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) as news reporter
Nezura 1964 (2020) as Schmidt^[4]
Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024) as Dr. Asimov Jr. [uncredited]^[5]

Miscellaneous

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) - Director / associate producer [with Yasu Inoue]
Brush of the God (2024) - Wire operation helper [one scene]^[2]

Selected bibliography

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Super Complete Works (2002) - Special thanks
Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters (2007) - Author ["Eiji's Creations: 50 Years On"]
Behind the Kaiju Curtain (2021) - Author
Ring of Fear (2023) - Author

Gallery

England (right) with Shusuke Kaneko on the set of Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
England (second from right) with GMK director Kaneko and stars Chiharu Niiyama and Ryudo Uzaki
England (right) with Masaaki Tezuka on the set of Godzilla
Against Mechagodzilla
England with a Maser prop on the set of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
England with the Kiryu suit on Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla's hangar set
England on the set of Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
England in Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
England on the set of Godzilla Final Wars

Videos

2021 Kaiju Masterclass panel

Trivia

England inspired a miniature billboard reading, 英会話NOMAN ("English School Noman") which was created for Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and reused in Godzilla: Tokyo SOS and Kill Bill: Volume 1.^[6]

External links

References

This is a list of references for Norman England. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

↑ England, Norman (21 July 2021). "For pals in the NYC area: I recently subtitled "The Great Yokai War: Guardians," the latest from director Takashi Miike. I completely loved the film and am proud of the work I did on it. Highly recommended!". Twitter. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 England, Norman (30 April 2024). "It's official! "Brush of the God" will be distributed by Toho Cinema in July. The film's feature is its lack of CGI, which has destroyed the once-great method of miniatures & suitmation Japan was known for. I contributed English subtitles & helped with wireworks in one scene". X.
↑ England, Norman (16 December 2025). "I completely forgot about the Showa Gamera films with English-subtitled screenings in Yurakucho. My love of kaiju cinema is well known, so being asked to redo the subs of these classics was something I took very seriously. Now you can all kiss "Pee Wee" goodbye! 🐢😉". X.
↑ @nezura1964 (3 October 2020). "映画『#ネズラ1964』の10月撮影一日目！ネズラに襲われる小野ひまわりさんのイメージ撮影や佐藤昇さん演じるムラオカ組による朗読シーン、またシュミット役で新たにキャスティングされたノーマン・イングランドさんのシーンを撮影しました！出演者の皆様ありがとうございました！". Twitter. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020.
↑ England, Norman (3 November 2024). "Every year I hang with pals at Gojira Fes; this year I've joined my wife at a comic event in Lucca, Italy. However, I'm at the Godzilla event in spirt playing "Dr Asimov jr" in the latest Godzilla short. This marks my 4th time in a Godzilla film (5 if you count my elbow in GMK)". X.
↑ England, Norman (3 December 2025). "I see "Kill Bill" is getting re-released in the US this Friday. I guess this is as good a time as any to whip out my "cameo" in the film. I "appear" via the "Norman's English School" sign that the Toho art staff made and used in "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" & "Tokyo SOS."". X.

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[England_Guardians-1] England, Norman (21 July 2021). "For pals in the NYC area: I recently subtitled "The Great Yokai War: Guardians," the latest from director Takashi Miike. I completely loved the film and am proud of the work I did on it. Highly recommended!". Twitter. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021.

[Brush-2] 2.0 ^2.1 England, Norman (30 April 2024). "It's official! "Brush of the God" will be distributed by Toho Cinema in July. The film's feature is its lack of CGI, which has destroyed the once-great method of miniatures & suitmation Japan was known for. I contributed English subtitles & helped with wireworks in one scene". X.

[3] England, Norman (16 December 2025). "I completely forgot about the Showa Gamera films with English-subtitled screenings in Yurakucho. My love of kaiju cinema is well known, so being asked to redo the subs of these classics was something I took very seriously. Now you can all kiss "Pee Wee" goodbye! 🐢😉". X.

[NormanEngland-4] @nezura1964 (3 October 2020). "映画『#ネズラ1964』の10月撮影一日目！ネズラに襲われる小野ひまわりさんのイメージ撮影や佐藤昇さん演じるムラオカ組による朗読シーン、またシュミット役で新たにキャスティングされたノーマン・イングランドさんのシーンを撮影しました！出演者の皆様ありがとうございました！". Twitter. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020.

[5] England, Norman (3 November 2024). "Every year I hang with pals at Gojira Fes; this year I've joined my wife at a comic event in Lucca, Italy. However, I'm at the Godzilla event in spirt playing "Dr Asimov jr" in the latest Godzilla short. This marks my 4th time in a Godzilla film (5 if you count my elbow in GMK)". X.

[6] England, Norman (3 December 2025). "I see "Kill Bill" is getting re-released in the US this Friday. I guess this is as good a time as any to whip out my "cameo" in the film. I "appear" via the "Norman's English School" sign that the Toho art staff made and used in "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" & "Tokyo SOS."". X.

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