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Filmography
1955
Graduated from
Burbank High School
1956
WALT DISNEY
STUDIOS
(also in Burbank, California)
Worked as an inbetweener
and breakdown artist
on the animated feature
"SLEEPING BEAUTY"
[A-9501-on-Scene_2082-sb]
1974
Concept Artist
Feature film
"Dark Star"
Designed Space Ship exterior
[441-on-Ship-ds]
GALLERY
1975
Conceptual Designer
Unfinished feature film
"Jodorowsky's Dune"
In 1975 Dan O'Bannon (the Co-creator of "Dark Star") was in Paris
supervising special effects for Alexandro Jodorowsky's very early
attempt to produce and direct a motion picture of Frank Herbert's
"Dune". Dan hired H.R.Giger and me for designs.
This is my submission for an Ornithoptor. Alexandro, I am told, did
not care for my designs. He thought they were too American, too
"NASA"
[A-101d-on-Unused_Design_Ornithopter_Jodorowsky_Dune-d]
GALLERY
1977
Feature film
Uncredited
"Star Wars"
Designed some of the more elaborate aliens in the cantina scene
[B-141-on-Aquatic_Air_Breather-starwars]
GALLERY
1978
Concept Artist
Feature film
"Alien"
Contributed to the exterior (miniature) look of the earthship,
Nostromo, while designing many of the spacecraft's interior sets
[OB156-on-Original_Nostromo_Tug_Design-alien]
GALLERY
Nostromo - The story behind the design
1981
Production Artist
Feature film
"RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK"
Designed the Nazi Flying Wing
[BA-651-off-Nazi_Plane_Onset_Photo-raid]
GALLERY
1981
Production artist
Feature film
"CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND" The Special Edition
Designed Stranded Tanker sequence and Mother Ship interior
[301-on-Shipwreck-ce]
GALLERY
1982
Conceptual Artist
Proposed feature film
"HALF THE SKY"
[A-102b-on-Unused_Design_Close_Encounter_With_A_Grizzly-hs]
GALLERY
1982
Production Designer
Feature film
"CONAN THE BARBARIAN"
Designed Conan's world, armour, architecture and weapons. Also,
uncredited director of additional second unit photography
[BF-355-on-Arnold_As_Conan-conan]
GALLERY
1982
Story, slated Director
Proposed feature film
"NIGHT SKIES"
Steven Spielberg proposed a sequel to "Close Encounters of the Third
Kind". And offered me the oppotunity to direct. I originated the
story, my choice for screenplay writer was John Sayles. Projections
of the effects budget proved problematic. (Spielberg was producing.)
After a rewrite NIGHT SKIES was shelved. The project became
Spielberg's
"E.T."
[A-103a-on-Unused_Design_Alien_HooDoo-ns]
GALLERY
1982
Art Director
Television Mini-series
"HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY"
Designer for a U.S. ABC miniseries based on the original BBC radio
and television versions. The network cancelled the project. The pilot
was too expensive. Best of all, I met and became a good, long time
friend of Douglas Adams
[C-107c-on-Vogon_Poetry_Reading-tv-hgg]
GALLERY
1982
Artist
"NASA"
One of ten artists invited by NASA to document the 4th launch and
landing of the Space Shuttle, Columbia.
Two paintings were completed for the Smithsonian Aerospace museum
[165a-on-Shuttle-nasa]
GALLERY
1982
Art Director
Advanced computer simulation
"DIGITAL PRODUCTIONS"
With the help of a 'Cray' super computer and a lot of geeks,
succeeded in creating the first photoreal simulations for motion
pictures.
See The Last Star Fighter
[Cray-dp]
1984
Production Designer
Feature film
"THE LAST STARFIGHTER"
(Directed by Nick Castle)
Designed the planet Rylos, the Starfighter, the Starcar, aliens,
costumes and enemy spacecraft. Worked extensively with Digital
Productions in order to perfect and advance photoreal computer
simulation as a replacement for traditional special effects
(especially the use of miniatures)
[H-554-on-Starcar_Landing_Color-lsf]
GALLERY
1985
Concept artist
Feature film
"REAL GENIUS"
Designed laser technology and laser weapon system
[B-702-on-B1_Bomber_With_Laser-rg]
GALLERY
1985
Feature film
Uncredited
"MY SCIENCE PROJECT"
Design submitted for the alien spaceship pilots
[101-on-Alien-msp]
GALLERY
1985
DeLorean time travel consultant
Feature film
"BACK TO THE FUTURE"
Created the initial design (interior & exterior) of the
De Lorean time machine
[251-on-Delorian_Rear_Left-bttf]
GALLERY
1986
One of two Title designers
TV series
Steven Spielbergs's
"AMAZING STORIES"
Designed the title logo
Co-designed the computer-simulated opening sequence
(with James Bissell)
Directed the live action segments
[AmazingStories18]
1986
Art Director
Rock video
"ROUGH BOYS", Z Z TOP
Designed space station/carwash set and some props
Won the 1986, MTV award for best art direction in a music video
[102-Rough_Boys_Dont_Walk-fc-zz]
GALLERY
1986
Concept artist
Feature film
"ROBOT JOXS"
(Directed by Stewart Gordon)
(Creator of "Re-Animator")
Designed the 180 ft. high, multi-mode robots (inside and out) along
with their support systems and the world they battle in, plus
automobiles, training devices and costumes
[C-755-on-Opponent_Robot-2-rj]
GALLERY
1987
Concept artist
Feature film
"ALIENS"
(Directed by Jim Cameron)
Designs for interior/exterior sets and vehicles of the earth colony
complex on the alien planet. Designs for the "Drop ship", the armored
personnel carrier and some of the weapons
[L-212-on-Acheron_Colony-alienS]
GALLERY
1987
Concept artist
Proposed feature film
"China Marines"
Early designs
[111-on-Monastry_Buddah-cm]
GALLERY
1987
Writer
TV Series New
Twilight Zone
"SHELTER SKELTER"
Created the original story and co-wrote the teleplay (with Robin
Love) for a half hour dramatic segment staring Joe Montegna
[Twilight-Zone-New]
1987
Concept Designer
Feature film
uncredited
"THE RUNNING MAN"
A near future survival game show
[A-851-on-Dynamo-rm]
GALLERY
1988
Writer, Designer
Unfinished Feature film
"MARS-1"
A project mounted by Apple computer,
Jet Propulsion Lab and MCA. Meant to
create public support for a manned, joint
US/Soviet mission to Mars
Co-wrote the script (with Mike Backes)
Designed the Mars expedition spacecraft,
(approved by JPL).
Cancelled upon the collapse of
the Soviet Union
[405-on-Mar_Spacecraft_Design-m1]
GALLERY
1989
Production Designer
Feature film
"LEVIATHAN"
A science fiction, underwater epic.
(Directed by George (RAMBO) Cosmatos)
Worked closely with Steve Berg.
Designed all of the underwater technology including the "shack" and
the hard suits for the "Silt Hogs".
[101-on-Deep_Thermal_Vent_Miner-lev]
GALLERY
1989
Concept Designer
Feature film
"THE ABYSS"
(Directed by Jim Cameron)
Submitted Interior/exterior designs for the huge,
underwater oil drilling platform, "Deep Core02".
Designed two full sized, operable research-style submersibles.
Designed the scuba gear and helmets used by Deep Core's crew,
as well as the liquid breathing suit
[C-120-on-Deep_Core_2_View_From_Above-abyss]
GALLERY
1989
Conceptual Design
Feature film
"TOTAL RECALL"
(Directed by Paul Verhoeven)
Created the overall look for the Mars colony and mine complex,
including, operable taxi cabs,
full sized "mole" mining machines,
the Marsliner spaceship, a squad car and a robotic taxi, for the
earth sequence.
Also designed the "RECALL" machine
[A-1207-on-Recall_Machine-tr]
GALLERY
1990
Concept Design
Feature film
"TRUE LIES"
(Directed by Jim Cameron)
Designed the OMEGA SECTOR crest,
some corporate logos and four
Russian hydrogen bombs
(30 kiloton, MIRV type re-entry cones),
used by terrorists to threaten Miami.
Also designed the bomb carrying frames,
cases and detonation console.
[A-1253-on-Omega_Sector_Logo-tl]
GALLERY
1991
Director
Feature film
"GARBO"
An all Australian comedy about garbage collectors
and a garbage truck named "Greta".
(shot entirely in and around Melbourne, Australia)
[1401-on-Disposable_Heroes_Flyer_1-garbo]
GALLERY
1991
Feature film
Uncredited
"ROCKETEER"
(Directed by Joe Johnson)
Contributed an early design for
the rocket powered backpack.
[D-801-on-Rocketeer_Jetpack]
GALLERY
1991
Designer
Short film
"ENERTOPIA"
A short film on the history of energy for
the Korean world's fair.
Designed an entire Korean city of the future,
complete with transportation
(air, land and water), architecture and
agricultural technology.
Filmed as a computer simulation for a
two minute fly over
[Ekranoplan_Passenger-e-ent]
GALLERY
1992
Designer
Short film
"THE DAY THE WORLD CHANGED"
A spoof of the fifties Sci-Fi movie,
"Invasion From Mars"
Created costumes, weapons and transportation
for the clumsy alien invaders
A short, dramatized film for INTEL in the
IMAX format
[101-on-Reducing_Ray-dcw]
GALLERY
1996
Concept artist
Feature film
"SPACE TRUCKERS"
(Directed by Stewart Gordon)
(Creator of "Re-Animator")
Contributed spacecraft designs
[AB-1052-on-Pachyderm_Truck_Co-st]
GALLERY
1997
Conceptual Artist
Animated Feature film
"TITAN A.E."
Contributed alien character and creature designs
as well as concepts
for planetary landscapes and spacecraft designs
[A-104-on-Unused_Design_Surface_Of_Planet_Ice-pi]
GALLERY
1998
Conceptual Artist
Game
Michael Crichton's
"TIMELINE"
Designed the medieval world, villages, castles, (exteriors and
interiors).
Plus a mill complex, characters and costumes for an interactive
computer game,
developed by the VIRTUS Corporation.
Based on Crichton's time travel novel of the same name
[C-1153-on-Castle_Color-tline]
GALLERY
1999
Assistant Art Director
Feature film
"THE 6th DAY"
Designed Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Convertacopter"
or Whispercraft and much of the cloning technology.
[AB-901-on-In_Aero_Flight_Whispercraft_Color-6d]
GALLERY
2000
Conceptual Artist
Uncredited
Feature film
"CATS AND DOGS"
Designed cat and dog technologies
[502-on-Doghouse_Color-dc]
GALLERY
2002
Concept artist
Television mini-series
"FIREFLY"
Designed two alien spacecraft
[EB-1306-on-Alien_Spacecraft_6-tv-ff]
GALLERY
2005
Conceptual Artist
Feature film
"SOUTHLAND TALES"
Designed a near future Dirigible
and the Hummer-like SUV for Richard (Donnie Darko) Kelly's, social
satire
[A-1022-on-JVW_Dirigible_Consruction_Sketch_2-f-slt]
GALLERY
2009
Conceptual Artist
Feature film
Uncredited
"DISTRICT 9"
Early designs for the extraterrestrial race
[455-on-Proposed_Alien_5-d9]
GALLERY
2012
Conceptual Artist
Feature film
Uncredited
"JOHN CARTER ON MARS"
Designs for Martian life and technology
[D-104-on-A_Thoat-jcm]
GALLERY
2015
Conceptual Artist
Scott Foster's Affable Entertainment.
Working on various projects
[A-106-on-Scotts_Crater_Crasher_Closed_1-sf]
GALLERY
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