Carlo Rambaldi

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film technician human special effects artist

Carlo Rambaldi was an Italian special effects artist best known for creating iconic cinematic creatures, including the alien in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and the 1976 version of King Kong.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film technician → human → special effects artist →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Visual Effects → Saturn Award → Special Achievement Academy Award →
causeOfDeath	illness →
countryOfBirth	Italy →
countryOfCitizenship	Italy →
countryOfDeath	Italy →
dateOfBirth	1925-09-15 →
dateOfDeath	2012-08-10 →
employer	Hollywood film industry →
ethnicGroup	Italian →
familyName	Rambaldi →
fieldOfWork	cinema → special effects → visual effects →
genre	fantasy film → horror film → science fiction film →
givenName	Carlo →
knownFor	creating the E.T. animatronic puppet → designing the 1976 King Kong creature → mechanical creature effects →
languageSpoken	English → Italian →
name	Carlo Rambaldi →
notableWork	Alien → Close Encounters of the Third Kind → Dune (1984 film) → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → King Kong (1976 film) →
occupation	mechanical effects designer → special effects artist → visual effects artist →
placeOfBirth	Vigarano Mainarda →
placeOfDeath	Lamezia Terme NERFINISHED →
receivedFor	Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Alien → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → Special Achievement Academy Award for King Kong (1976) →
residence	Italy → Los Angeles →
sexOrGender	male →
workedOn	Alien → Close Encounters of the Third Kind → Dune (1984 film) → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → King Kong (1976 film) → Possession (1981 film) → Silver Bullet →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carlo Rambaldi →	name
King Kong (1976 film) →	specialEffectsBy