Ron Cobb – Filmography


Filmography
1955
Graduated from
Burbank Excessive Faculty
1956
WALT DISNEY
STUDIOS
(additionally in Burbank, California)
Labored as an inbetweener
and breakdown artist
on the animated function
“SLEEPING BEAUTY”

1974
Idea Artist
Characteristic movie
“Darkish Star”
Designed Area Ship exterior

1975
Conceptual Designer
Unfinished function movie
“Jodorowsky’s Dune”
In 1975 Dan O’Bannon (the Co-creator of “Darkish Star”) was in Paris supervising particular results for Alexandro Jodorowsky’s very early
try to provide and direct a movement image of Frank Herbert’s “Dune”. Dan employed H.R.Giger and me for designs.
That is my submission for an Ornithoptor. Alexandro, I’m instructed, didn’t look after my designs. He thought they had been too American, too “NASA”

1977
Characteristic movie
Uncredited
“Star Wars”
Designed a few of the extra elaborate aliens within the cantina scene

1978
Idea Artist
Characteristic movie
“Alien”
Contributed to the outside (miniature) look of the earthship, Nostromo, whereas designing lots of the spacecraft’s inside units

1981
Manufacturing Artist
Characteristic movie
“RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK”
Designed the Nazi Flying Wing

1981
Manufacturing artist
Characteristic movie
“CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND” The Particular Version
Designed Stranded Tanker sequence and Mom Ship inside

1982
Conceptual Artist
Proposed function movie
“HALF THE SKY”

1982
Manufacturing Designer
Characteristic movie
“CONAN THE BARBARIAN”
Designed Conan’s world, armour, structure and weapons. Additionally, uncredited director of further second unit pictures

1982
Story, slated Director
Proposed function movie
“NIGHT SKIES”
Steven Spielberg proposed a sequel to “Shut Encounters of the Third Variety”. And provided me the oppotunity to direct. I originated the story, my selection for screenplay author was John Sayles. Projections of the consequences price range proved problematic. (Spielberg was producing.)
After a rewrite NIGHT SKIES was shelved. The venture grew to become Spielberg’s
“E.T.”

1982
Artwork Director
Tv Mini-series
“HITCH HIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY”
Designer for a U.S. ABC miniseries primarily based on the unique BBC radio and tv variations. The community cancelled the venture. The pilot was too costly. Better of all, I met and have become an excellent, very long time good friend of Douglas Adams

1982
Artist
“NASA”
One in all ten artists invited by NASA to doc the 4th launch and touchdown of the Area Shuttle, Columbia.
Two work had been accomplished for the Smithsonian Aerospace museum

1982
Artwork Director
Superior pc simulation
“DIGITAL PRODUCTIONS”
With the assistance of a ‘Cray’ tremendous pc and quite a lot of geeks, succeeded in creating the primary photoreal simulations for movement footage.
See The Final Star Fighter

1984
Manufacturing Designer
Characteristic movie
“THE LAST STARFIGHTER”
(Directed by Nick Citadel)
Designed the planet Rylos, the Starfighter, the Starcar, aliens, costumes and enemy spacecraft. Labored extensively with Digital Productions with a view to good and advance photoreal pc simulation as a substitute for conventional particular results (particularly the usage of miniatures)

1985
Idea artist
Characteristic movie
“REAL GENIUS”
Designed laser know-how and laser weapon system

1985
Characteristic movie
Uncredited
“MY SCIENCE PROJECT”
Design submitted for the alien spaceship pilots

1985
DeLorean time journey guide
Characteristic movie
“BACK TO THE FUTURE”
Created the preliminary design (inside & exterior) of the
De Lorean time machine

1986
One in all two Title designers
TV sequence
Steven Spielbergs’s
“AMAZING STORIES”
Designed the title brand
Co-designed the computer-simulated opening sequence
(with James Bissell)
Directed the dwell motion segments

1986
Artwork Director
Rock video
“ROUGH BOYS”, Z Z TOP
Designed area station/carwash set and a few props
Gained the 1986, MTV award for greatest artwork route in a music video

1986
Idea artist
Characteristic movie
“ROBOT JOXS”
(Directed by Stewart Gordon)
(Creator of “Re-Animator”)
Designed the 180 ft. excessive, multi-mode robots (in and out) together with their assist methods and the world they battle in, plus vehicles, coaching units and costumes

1987
Idea artist
Characteristic movie
“ALIENS”
(Directed by Jim Cameron)
Designs for inside/exterior units and automobiles of the earth colony advanced on the alien planet. Designs for the “Drop ship”, the armored personnel service and a few of the weapons

1987
Idea artist
Proposed function movie
“China Marines”
Early designs

1987
Author
TV Sequence New
Twilight Zone
“SHELTER SKELTER”
Created the unique story and co-wrote the teleplay (with Robin Love) for a half hour dramatic phase staring Joe Montegna

1987
Idea Designer
Characteristic movie
uncredited
“THE RUNNING MAN”
A close to future survival recreation present

1988
Author, Designer
Unfinished Characteristic movie
“MARS-1”
A venture mounted by Apple pc,
Jet Propulsion Lab and MCA. Meant to
create public assist for a manned, joint
US/Soviet mission to Mars
Co-wrote the script (with Mike Backes)
Designed the Mars expedition spacecraft,
(accredited by JPL).
Cancelled upon the collapse of
the Soviet Union

1989
Manufacturing Designer
Characteristic movie
“LEVIATHAN”
A science fiction, underwater epic.
(Directed by George (RAMBO) Cosmatos)
Labored intently with Steve Berg.
Designed all the underwater know-how together with the “shack” and
the arduous fits for the “Silt Hogs”.

1989
Idea Designer
Characteristic movie
“THE ABYSS”
(Directed by Jim Cameron)
Submitted Inside/exterior designs for the large,
underwater oil drilling platform, “Deep Core02”.
Designed two full sized, operable research-style submersibles.
Designed the scuba gear and helmets utilized by Deep Core’s crew,
in addition to the liquid respiration swimsuit

1989
Conceptual Design
Characteristic movie
“TOTAL RECALL”
(Directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Created the general search for the Mars colony and mine advanced,
together with, operable taxi cabs,
full sized “mole” mining machines,
the Marsliner spaceship, a squad automotive and a robotic taxi, for the earth sequence.
Additionally designed the “RECALL” machine

1990
Idea Design
Characteristic movie
“TRUE LIES”
(Directed by Jim Cameron)
Designed the OMEGA SECTOR crest,
some company logos and 4
Russian hydrogen bombs
(30 kiloton, MIRV sort re-entry cones),
utilized by terrorists to threaten Miami.
Additionally designed the bomb carrying frames,
instances and detonation console.

1991
Director
Characteristic movie
“GARBO”
An all Australian comedy about rubbish collectors
and a rubbish truck named “Greta”.
(shot completely in and round Melbourne, Australia)

1991
Characteristic movie
Uncredited
“ROCKETEER”
(Directed by Joe Johnson)
Contributed an early design for
the rocket powered backpack.

1991
Designer
Brief movie
“ENERTOPIA”
A brief movie on the historical past of vitality for
the Korean world’s honest.
Designed a complete Korean metropolis of the long run,
full with transportation
(air, land and water), structure and
agricultural know-how.
Filmed as a pc simulation for a
two minute fly over

1992
Designer
Brief movie
“THE DAY THE WORLD CHANGED”
A spoof of the fifties Sci-Fi film,
“Invasion From Mars”
Created costumes, weapons and transportation
for the clumsy alien invaders
A brief, dramatized movie for INTEL within the
IMAX format

1996
Idea artist
Characteristic movie
“SPACE TRUCKERS”
(Directed by Stewart Gordon)
(Creator of “Re-Animator”)
Contributed spacecraft designs

1997
Conceptual Artist
Animated Characteristic movie
“TITAN A.E.”
Contributed alien character and creature designs
in addition to ideas
for planetary landscapes and spacecraft designs

1998
Conceptual Artist
Recreation
Michael Crichton’s
“TIMELINE”
Designed the medieval world, villages, castles, (exteriors and interiors).
Plus a mill advanced, characters and costumes for an interactive pc recreation,
developed by the VIRTUS Company.
Based mostly on Crichton’s time journey novel of the identical identify

1999
Assistant Artwork Director
Characteristic movie
“THE sixth DAY”
Designed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Convertacopter”
or Whispercraft and far of the cloning know-how.

2000
Conceptual Artist
Uncredited
Characteristic movie
“CATS AND DOGS”
Designed cat and canine applied sciences

2002
Idea artist
Tv mini-series
“FIREFLY”
Designed two alien spacecraft

2005
Conceptual Artist
Characteristic movie
“SOUTHLAND TALES”
Designed a close to future Dirigible
and the Hummer-like SUV for Richard (Donnie Darko) Kelly’s, social satire

2009
Conceptual Artist
Characteristic movie
Uncredited
“DISTRICT 9”
Early designs for the extraterrestrial race

2012
Conceptual Artist
Characteristic movie
Uncredited
“JOHN CARTER ON MARS”
Designs for Martian life and know-how

2015
Conceptual Artist
Scott Foster’s Affable Leisure.
Engaged on varied tasks
