A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing an oriented film of a liquid
crystal device holding a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates
facing each other, includes: a film formation chamber; an evaporation
section evaporating an oriented film material on the substrate by a
physical vapor deposition, and forming the oriented film in the film
formation chamber; a shielding plate formed between the evaporation
section and the substrate, having an elongated opening for selectively
evaporating the oriented film material, and covering an area of the
substrate on which the oriented film is not formed; and a cleaning
section providing a cleaning medium for removing the oriented film
material adhered on the shielding plate, toward the opening of the
shielding plate, and on the side of the shielding plate that faces the
evaporation section.