Carlo Rambaldi

(1925-2012)

Italian special effects designer

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Carlo Rambaldi (September 15, 1925 – August 10, 2012) was an Italian special effects and makeup effects artist. He was the winner of three Academy Awards: 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. In 2017, he was inducted into the Visual Effects Society Hall of Fame.

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Born	Carlo Rambaldi 15 September 1925 Vigarano, Mainarda, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Died	10 August 2012 (aged 86) Lamezia Terme, Calabria, Italy
Zodiac	Virgo
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