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Rob Bottin Biography (1959?-)

Surname is pronounced "Bo-teen"; born 1959 (some sources cite 1958); father,a foreman for a van and storage company. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Makeup artist, special effects designer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Special Makeup Effects
• Apprentice, King Kong, Paramount, 1976
• Apprentice, Star Wars, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
• Designer and model maker, Piranha, New World, 1978
• Design assistant, Mistress of the Apes, Cineworld, 1979
• Designer, The Fog (also known as John Carpenter's The Fog),Avco-Embassy, 1980
• Designer, Maniac, 1980
• Designer, The Howling, Avco-Embassy, 1981
• Designer, Tanya's Island, International Film Exchange/Fred Baker,1981
• Designer, The Thing (also known as John Carpenter's The Thing), Universal, 1982
• (With Craig Reardon and Michael McCracken) Designer, "It's a Good Life,"Twilight Zone--The Movie, Warner Bros., 1983
• Designer, Explorers, Paramount, 1985
• (With Peter Robb-King) Designer, Legend, Universal, 1986
• Designer, Innerspace, Warner Bros., 1987
• Creator and designer of Robocop, Robocop, Orion, 1987
• Creator and designer, The Witches of Eastwick, Warner Bros., 1987
• Designer, The Great Outdoors, Universal, 1988
• Robocop designer, Robocop 2, Orion, 1990
• Designer, Total Recall, TriStar, 1990
• Designer, Bugsy, TriStar, 1991
• Designer, Basic Instinct, TriStar, 1992
• Designer, Robocop 3, Orion Pictures, 1993
• (With Jean Ann Black) Designer, Se7en, New Line Cinema, 1995
• Designer, Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996
• Designer and creature designer, Deep Rising, Buena Vista, 1998
• Designer of demon "lounge lizard" makeup effects, Fear and Loathing inLas Vegas, MCA/Universal, 1998
• Supervisor, Fight Club, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Special makeup effects artist, Charlie's Angels (also known as 3 Engel fuer Charlie), Columbia, 2000
• Other Special Effects
• Giant mouse designer, Rock 'n' Roll High School (also known as Girls' Gym), New World, 1979
• Creator and designer of humanoids, Humanoids from the Deep (also known as Humanoids of the Deep, Monster, and Monsters), New World, 1980
• (With Rick Baker) Designer, Tanya's Island, International Film Exchange/Fred Baker, 1981
• Designer of special character effects for Alsatia, Toys, TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1992
• Creature designer, Mimic, Miramax Films/Dimension Films, 1997
• Other
• Associate producer, The Howling, Avco-Embassy, 1981
• Robocop costume designer, Robocop 2, Orion, 1990
• Film Appearances
• Piranha victim, Piranha, New World, 1978
• Captain Blake, The Fog (also known as John Carpenter's The Fog), Avco-Embassy, 1980
• Humanoid, Humanoids from the Deep (also known as Humanoids of the Deep, Monster, and Monsters), New World, 1980
• Television Work
• Specials
• Special effects designer, Manbeast! Myth or Monster, syndicated, 1978
• Episodic
• Designer of the Greibble, Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Cinefantastique, Volume 11, number 1, 1981, pp. 4-5; Volume 13, numbers 2- 3, 1982, pp. 48-74