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Carlo Rambaldi

Artist / Theatrical Makeup | * 09/15/1925 († 86, 08/10/2012) | Vigarano Mainarda, Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
Carlo Rambaldi (September 15, 1925 – August 10, 2012) was an Italian special effects artist, winner of three Oscars: one Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1977 for the 1976 version of King Kong and two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 1980 and 1983 for, respectively, Alien (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). He is most famous for his work in those two last mentioned films, that is for the mechanical head-effects for the creature in Alien and the design of the title character of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Adventure | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliot, his brother, and his little ...

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

PG

1982 | 3.8/5 | 1h 55min
Science Fiction, Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy
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In this remake of the 1933 classic, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him. ...

King Kong

PG

1976 | 3.1/5 | 2h 14min
Adventure, Fantasy
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After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen. ...

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

PG

1977 | 3.7/5 | 2h 15min
Science Fiction, Drama
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During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs ...

Alien

R

1979 | 4.1/5 | 1h 57min
Horror, Science Fiction
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Awards & Nominations for Carlo Rambaldi

Special Achievement Academy Award 2x Academy Award for Best Visual Effects 2x Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Visual Effects
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Movies with Carlo Rambaldi as Actor(3)

as himself2005 Shedding the Skin
as himself2003 The Beast Within: Making 'Alien'
1989 Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood

Movies with Carlo Rambaldi as Crew(42)

Crew/Animatronics Designer1993 Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1993 Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Crew/Special Effects1988 Primal Rage
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1988 Primal Rage
Visual Effects/Creature Design1988 Cameron's Closet
Visual Effects/Creature Design1986 King Kong Lives
Visual Effects/Creature Design1985 Cat's Eye
Visual Effects/Creature Design1984 Conan the Destroyer
Visual Effects/Creature Design1984 Dune
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1984 The NeverEnding Story
Crew/Special Effects1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Crew/Special Effects1981 Possession
Visual Effects/Creature Design1981 Possession
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1979 Alien
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1979 Nightwing
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Crew/Special Effects1977 The White Buffalo
Crew/Special Effects1975 Deep Red
Crew/Special Effects1975 The Baron's Mazurka
Visual Effects/Special Effects Supervisor1975 The Baby Sitter
Crew/Special Effects1974 The Way of the Baboons
Crew/Special Effects1974 Blood for Dracula
Crew/Special Effects Coordinator1974 White Fang to the Rescue
Crew/Special Effects1974 Lover of the Monster
Crew/Special Effects1973 Flesh for Frankenstein
Crew/Makeup Effects1972 Baron Blood
Crew/Special Effects1972 Tragic Ceremony
Crew/Special Effects1972 The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive
Crew/Special Effects1972 Night of the Devils
Crew/Special Effects1972 The French Sex Murders
Crew/Special Effects1971 Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Crew/Special Effects1971 A Bay of Blood
Crew/Special Effects1971 A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Crew/Special Effects1969 The Laughing Woman
Crew/Special Effects1966 The Witch
Crew/Special Effects1965 Planet of the Vampires
Costume & Make-Up/Special Effects Makeup Artist1965 Bloody Pit of Horror
Crew/Makeup Effects1965 Bloody Pit of Horror
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1963 Colossus of the Stone Age
Crew/Makeup Effects1963 Colossus of the Stone Age
Crew/Special Effects1963 Son of Hercules vs. Medusa

Full Name: Carlo Rambaldi
Citizenship: Italy
Born: Tuesday, 09/15 1925 (September) in Vigarano Mainarda, Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
Died: Friday, 08/10 2012 (August) in Lamezia Terme (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Educated at: Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
Carlo Rambaldi frequently works together with these people:
Mario Bava (9x, Crew)
Dario Argento (6x, Crew)
Dino De Laurentiis (6x, Crew)
Roberto Arcangeli (6x, Crew)
Ronald Shusett (5x, Crew)
Antonio Margheriti (5x, Crew)
Luigi Kuveiller (5x, Crew)
Amedeo Mellone (5x, Crew)
Steven Spielberg (4x, Crew)
Sergio Canevari (4x, Crew)
Nicoletta Elmi (4x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:512167, Added: 10/05/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024