Rob Bottin

Rob Bottin

  • Birthday: 1959-04-01
  • Place of birth: El Monte, California, USA
  • Also know as: Robin Bottin

Biography

Robin R. Bottin is an American special make-up effects creator. Known for his collaborations with directors John Carpenter, Paul Verhoeven and David Fincher, Bottin worked with Carpenter on both The Fog and The Thing, with Verhoeven on RoboCop, Total Recall and Basic Instinct, and with Fincher on Se7en and Fight Club. His many other film credits include The Howling, Legend, Innerspace and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Well respected in his field of prosthetic makeup (better known as special make-up effects), and described in 2013 as a "special effects genius", Bottin was nominated for an Oscar in 1986 for Best Makeup, and was awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award at the 1991 Academy Awards. He has two BAFTA nominations, and won two Saturn Awards with five further nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Bottin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Production

Mistress of the Apes

1979

As Makeup Artist

Tanya's Island

1980

As Makeup Artist

Legend

1985

As Makeup Effects Designer

RoboCop

1987

As Makeup Effects Designer

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

As Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Howling

1981

As Makeup Effects Designer

Explorers

1985

As Makeup Effects Designer

The Fury

1978

As Assistant Makeup Artist

Airplane!

1980

As Makeup Artist

The Thing

1982

As Makeup Effects Designer

Innerspace

1987

As Makeup Effects Designer

Basic Instinct

1992

As Makeup Effects Designer

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

As Makeup Designer

Total Recall

1990

As Makeup Effects Designer

Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979

As Makeup Effects Designer

Piranha

1978

As Special Effects Makeup Artist

Se7en

1995

As Makeup Effects Designer

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

As Makeup Effects Designer

The Great Outdoors

1988

As Makeup Effects

Tanya's Island

1980

As Special Effects

RoboCop

1987

As Makeup Effects

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

As Makeup Effects

Mission: Impossible

1996

As Makeup Effects

The Thing

1982

As Makeup Effects

King Kong

1976

As Makeup Effects

The Fog

1980

As Makeup Effects

Bugsy

1991

As Makeup Effects

Fight Club

1999

As Makeup Effects

Charlie's Angels

2000

As Makeup Effects

Mr. Deeds

2002

As Makeup Effects

The Devil's Advocate

1997

As Visual Effects Design Consultant

Maniac

1980

As Makeup Effects

The Howling

1981

As Associate Producer

Humanoids from the Deep

1980

As Creature Design

RoboCop

1987

As Visual Effects

Deep Rising

1998

As Creature Design

Silver Bullet

1985

As Visual Effects

Mimic

1997

As Creature Design

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