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Robert Short(I)

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Robert Short is known for Beetlejuice (1988), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and Cocoon (1985).
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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Stanley Newton's photo of the September 12, 1996 Dick Smith Tribute (all rows from left): Front - Greg Nicotero of KNB EFX Group, Robert Short, Bob Burns, Harry Thomas (d. 1996), Abe Haberman (d. 1998). Middle - Estelle Shay of CINEFEX, Kevin Haney, Don Post, Jr., Bill Malone, Rick Baker, Dick Smith, Forrest J. Ackerman, Todd Tucker. Back - Don Shay of CINEFEX, Craig Reardon, Stuart Ziff, Kate Studley, Alec Gillis of ADI, Tom Woodruff of ADI

Known for

Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton, and Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice (1988)
Beetlejuice
7.5
  • Additional Crew
  • 1988
Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Elizabeth Debicki in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.2
  • Visual Effects(BlueBolt)
  • 2015
Cocoon (1985)
Cocoon
6.7
  • Additional Crew
  • 1985
Ray Stevenson in Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Punisher: War Zone
5.9
  • Visual Effects
  • 2008

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Nameless
    • Post-production
  • Dan Stevens in Legion (2017)
    Legion
  • Exit Strategy (2015)
    Exit Strategy
  • Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, and Elizabeth Debicki in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • David Arquette, Tom Skerritt, and Jason Isaacs in Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
    Field of Lost Shoes
  • Chloë Sevigny in Those Who Kill (2014)
    Those Who Kill
  • To Have and to Hold (2014)
    To Have and to Hold
  • BlackBoxTV (2010)
    BlackBoxTV
  • Outsourced (2010)
    Outsourced
  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
    Hawaii Five-0
    • (uncredited)
  • Ray Stevenson in Punisher: War Zone (2008)
    Punisher: War Zone
  • Parasomnia (2008)
    Parasomnia
  • Sublime (2007)
    Sublime
  • Sean Bean in Faceless (2006)
    Faceless
  • Vanished (2006)
    Vanished
    • (uncredited)
  • Victor Garber, Kerr Smith, Eamonn Walker, and Rebecca Mader in Justice (2006)
    Justice
    • (uncredited)

Additional Crew

  • Lindsay Lohan and Herbie in Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
    Herbie Fully Loaded
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
    The Wonderful World of Disney
  • Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  • Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992)
    Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
  • Intruders (1992)
    Intruders
  • Super Force (1990)
    Super Force
  • Dane Farwell and John Wesley Shipp in The Flash (1990)
    The Flash
  • Super Force (1990)
    Super Force
  • Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
    Joe Versus the Volcano
  • Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)
    MacGyver
  • Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton, and Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice (1988)
    Beetlejuice
  • Cocoon (1985)
    Cocoon
  • Creature (1985)
    Creature
  • Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)
    The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair

Special Effects

  • Alan Gray and Shae Smolik in Pearl (2016)
    Pearl
  • Lindsay Lohan and Herbie in Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
    Herbie Fully Loaded
  • Steve Martin, Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Joe Alaskey, and Bugs Bunny in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
    Looney Tunes: Back in Action
    • (uncredited)
  • On the Air (1992)
    On the Air
  • Super Force (1990)
    Super Force
  • Nightflyers (1987)
    Nightflyers
  • Chopping Mall (1986)
    Chopping Mall
  • Creature (1985)
    Creature
  • Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah in Splash (1984)
    Splash
  • Henry Thomas in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Scared to Death (1980)
    Scared to Death
  • Up from the Depths (1979)
    Up from the Depths
  • Piranha (1978)
    Piranha
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    • (1980 special version, uncredited)
  • Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
    Hollywood Boulevard

Personal details

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  • Contributed to Francesco Borseti's book "It Came from the 80s!" Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. (2016) ISBN-10: 1476666040, ISBN-13: 978-1476666044
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    • 2 Interviews

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