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Carlo Rambaldi

1925 - 2012

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Carlo Rambaldi (September 15, 1925 – August 10, 2012) was an Italian special effects and makeup effects artist. He was the winner of three Academy Awards: one Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1977 for the 1976 version of King Kong and two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 1980 and 1983 for, respectively, Alien (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). He is most famous for his work in those two last mentioned films, that is for the mechanical head-effects for the creature in Alien and the design of the title character of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. In 2017, he was inducted into the Visual Effects Society Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Rambaldi is the 28th most popular pirate (up from 29th in 2019), the 2,897th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,821st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Pirate.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 28 out of 29Before him are Edward England, Thomas Tew, Jean Lafitte, Roche Braziliano, Cheung Po Tsai, and Edward Low. After him are Awilda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 228Before him are Cathy Berberian, Robert Jonquet, José Freire Falcão, Armand Razafindratandra, Hermano da Silva Ramos, and Art Pepper. After him are Giovanni Coppa, Alberto Grimaldi, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Jacques Fatton, Jimmy Smith, and Philippe Jaccottet. Among people deceased in 2012, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 190Before him are Gevork Vartanian, Takeshi Urata, Genichi Taguchi, Georges Mathieu, Avraham Adan, and Roald Aas. After him are Marvin Hamlisch, Ramaz Shengelia, Maurice Sendak, Claude Miller, Michel Duchaussoy, and Paavo Berglund.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 2,897 out of 5,161Before him are Sandro Salvadore (1939), Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1914), Marco Verratti (1992), Alessandro Fortis (1842), Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus (-300), and Gisulf I of Friuli (600). After him are Maria Caterina Brignole (1737), Giancarlo Minardi (1947), Gigi Proietti (1940), Rosalinda Celentano (1968), Carlo Agostoni (1909), and Gianluigi Donnarumma (1999).

Among PIRATES In Italy

Among pirates born in Italy, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 2Before him are Sextus Pompey (-67).