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Robert Skotak

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  • Special Effects
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Robert Skotak is known for Aliens (1986), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Escape from New York (1981).
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  • Won 2 Oscars

Known for

Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)
Aliens
8.4
  • Visual Effects
  • 1986
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
8.6
  • Visual Effects(4-Ward Productions)
  • 1991
Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)
Escape from New York
7.1
  • Visual Effects(as Bob Skotak)
  • 1981
The Abyss (1989)
The Abyss
7.5
  • Visual Effects(Los Angeles surface unit)
  • 1989

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Harbinger Down (2015)
    Harbinger Down
  • Shot on the Spot (2012)
    Shot on the Spot
  • SP: The Motion Picture II (2011)
    SP: The Motion Picture II
  • Cosmic Origins (2011)
    Cosmic Origins
  • SP: The Motion Picture I (2010)
    SP: The Motion Picture I
  • Road to Nowhere (2010)
    Road to Nowhere
  • The Hole (2009)
    The Hole
  • Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock, and Boris Kodjoe in Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
    Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
  • Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
    Charlie Wilson's War
  • Willem Dafoe in Anamorph (2007)
    Anamorph
  • Trapped Ashes (2006)
    Trapped Ashes
  • Tahmoh Penikett and Tygh Runyan in Stanley's Girlfriend (2006)
    Stanley's Girlfriend
  • Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker in Failure to Launch (2006)
    Failure to Launch
  • Nicole Kidman in The Stepford Wives (2004)
    The Stepford Wives
  • Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
    Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

Special Effects

  • Splatogasm 2 (2019)
    Splatogasm 2
  • The Sun Devil and the Princess (2014)
    The Sun Devil and the Princess
  • Tahmoh Penikett and Tygh Runyan in Stanley's Girlfriend (2006)
    Stanley's Girlfriend
  • Dark Universe (1993)
    Dark Universe
  • Nancy Allen, Louise Fletcher, Wallace Shawn, Paul Le Mat, Michael Lerner, and Diana Scarwid in Strange Invaders (1983)
    Strange Invaders
  • The Demon Lover (1976)
    The Demon Lover

Additional Crew

  • This Island Earth: 2 1/2 Years in the Making
  • Shoestring Space Opera
  • The Sky Is Falling: Making 'the War of the Worlds' (2005)
    The Sky Is Falling: Making 'the War of the Worlds'
  • Brinke Stevens and Kenneth Tobey in The Naked Monster (2005)
    The Naked Monster
  • The Star Dreamer (2002)
    The Star Dreamer
  • Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976)
    Northville Cemetery Massacre
    • (as Bob Skotack)

Personal details

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    • Elaine Edford
    • Dennis Skotak(Sibling)
  • Biography: "Ib Melchior: Man of Imagination", BearManor Media.

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Is also a noted film historian who has written dozens of articles for "Famous Monsters", "Filmfax" and is the author of a biography of science fiction writer/director Ib Melchior.
  • Quotes
    [Talking about developing illustrations of sets and creatures for "Galaxy of Terror"] The ideas in the script were very esoteric. The terrors were all psychological. We spent a lot of time getting the project shaped up so that Roger (Corman) would make it, including reworking the horrific and visual ideas in the script. Jim and I spent a couple of days more or less locked up in a room, brainstorming the kinds of things we found frightening.

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