Carlo Rambaldi(1925-2012)

Carlo Rambaldi was born on 15 September 1925 in Vigarano Mainarda, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is known for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Alien (1979) and King Kong (1976). He was married to Bruna Basso. He died on 10 August 2012 in Lamezia Terme, Calabria, Italy.

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7.9

8.4

6.0

7.6

Primal Rage
5.4
- special effects
- 1988
Cameron's Closet
5.1
- creature constructor
- creature creator
- 1988
King Kong Lives
4.0
- creatures constructor
- creatures creator
- 1986
Silver Bullet
6.4
- werewolf suit creator
- 1985
Cat's Eye
6.3
- creatures
- 1985
Dune
6.2
- creature creator
- 1984
Conan the Destroyer
5.9
- creature designer: Dagoth
- 1984
The NeverEnding Story
7.3
- special effects (uncredited)
- 1984
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7.9
- creator: E.T.
- 1982
Possession
7.2
- special effects: the creature
- 1981
The Hand
5.5
- special effects
- 1981
Alien
8.4
- creator: 'Alien' head effects
- 1979
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.6
- realization of "extraterrestrial"
- 1977
King Kong
6.0
- the producer wishes to acknowledge that Kong has been designed / engineered / constructed by (as Carlos Rambaldi)
- 1976
Savage Man Savage Beast
5.4
- special effects (uncredited)
- 1975

Trivia
Visual effects wizard, famous for designing 'E.T.' and the mechanical head effects for the creatures in "Alien".

Quotes
They use all the movements, but the head cuts are so quick, and the action is framed so predominantly in extreme closeup, that frequently it's impossible to tell what you are seeing! In my opinion, I gave the director 100 possibilities, and he used but 20. (on his Alien (1979) head effects innovations experience)