Carlo Rambaldi
Carlo Rambaldi (born September 15, 1925 in Vigarano Mainarda , Province of Ferrara , † August 10, 2012 in Lamezia Terme , Calabria ) was an Italian specialist in mask effects in film .
Career
Rambaldi is internationally known for his masks and dolls for the films Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world and ET - The extraterrestrial , for which he won two Oscars for the best visual effects and the Special Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was awarded. He also received the Saturn Award for the effects in ET , as well as a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (Special Award) without a specific film being named.
For the 1986 made film King Kong Lives, however, Rambaldi was nominated for the negative award Golden Raspberry in the worst special effects category.
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: The Revenge of Hercules (La vendetta di Ercole) - Director: Vittorio Cottafavi
- 1962: Germanicus in the Underworld (Maciste contro i mostri) - Director: Guido Malatesta
- 1963: Perseus - the Invincible (Perseo l'invincibile) - Director: Alberto De Martino
- 1965: Scarletto - Castle of the Blood (Il boia scarlatto) - Director: Massimo Pupillo
- 1966: Witch of Love (La strega in amore) - Director: Damiano Damiani
- 1971: Una lucertola con la pelle di donna - Director: Lucio Fulci
- 1971: In Satan's Blood Rush (Reazione a catena / Ecologia del delitto) - Director: Mario Bava
- 1972: La notte dei diavoli - Director: Giorgio Ferroni
- 1972: The Eye of Evil (Casa d'appuntamento) - Director: Ferdinando Merighi
- 1972: Bluebeard (Bluebeard) - Director: Edward Dmytryk
- 1973: Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (Flesh for Frankenstein) - Director: Paul Morrissey
- 1974: Andy Warhol's Dracula (Blood for Dracula) - Director: Paul Morrissey
- 1975: Rosso - Color of Death (Profondo rosso) - Director: Dario Argento
- 1976: King Kong - Director: John Guillermin
- 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child) - Director: Steven Spielberg
- 1979: Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world (Alien) - Director: Ridley Scott
- 1979: Schwingen der Angst (Nightwing) - Director: Arthur Hiller
- 1981: Die Hand (The Hand) - Director: Oliver Stone
- 1981: Possession - Director: Andrzej Żuławski
- 1982: ET the Extra-Terrestrial - Director: Steven Spielberg
- 1984: Conan the Destroyer - Director: Richard Fleischer
- 1984: The Desert Planet (Dune) - Director: David Lynch
- 1985: Cat's Eye (cat's eye) - Director: Lewis Teague
- 1985: The Werewolf of Tarker Mills (Silver Bullet) - Director: Daniel Attias
- 1986: King Kong Lives - Director: John Guillermin
- 1988: Cameron (Cameron's Closet) - Director: Armand Mastroianni
- 1988: Animal Rage (Rage, furia primitiva) - Director: Vittorio Rambaldi
Web links
- Carlo Rambaldi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary in the New York Times (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Associated Press : Carlo Rambaldi, special effects master and three-time Oscar winner who designed 'ET,' dies at 86. In: The Washington Post . August 10, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rambaldi, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian specialist in mask effects in film |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vigarano Mainarda , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2012 |
| Place of death | Lamezia Terme , Italy |