Shinji Mikami is a director.
is a Japanese video game director and producer . Starting his career at Capcom in 1990 , he went on to direct many of the company 's biggest titles . He directed the first installment of the survival horror series Resident Evil in 1996 and the first installment of Dino Crisis in 1999 . He returned to direct third person shooter Resident Evil 4 in 2005 . He then worked with PlatinumGames to direct the third person shooter Vanquish in 2010 .