Robert Swarthe (born September 6, 1942) is an American special effects artist who started out directing short films. He has two Academy Award nominations.
Academy Award nominations 48th Academy Awards – Nominated in the category of Best Animated Short, Kick Me, lost to Great. 52nd Academy Awards – Nominated in the category of Best Visual Effects, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, nomination shared with John Dykstra, Grant McCune, David K. Stewart, Douglas Trumbull and Richard Yuricich. Lost to Alien.
Preservation The Academy Film Archive preserved Kick Me and The Unicycle Race by Swarthe.
Filmography
As director Don’t Panic (1960) Attack of the Sea Beast (1962) Uncle Walt (1964)Mouseplanet - Disney Cartoons That Aren't Disney by Wade SimpsonLost Short Film “Uncle Walt” Found And Sold On eBay.|Pirates & Princesses Minor Discrepancies (1964) Vamos Al Cine (1965) Inglewood Sniper (1966) The Oil Refinery (1966) The Unicycle Race (1966) One Eye (1967) K-9000: A Space Oddity (1968) with Robert MitchellRobert Mitchell on IMDB The Thrilling Adventures of the Chameleon in Color (1969) The Boss (1971) Radio Rocket Boy (1973) with John Mayer The Lone Dragnet (1973) Kick Me (1975)Kick Me (1975) · Letterboxd Ink, Paint, Scratch (1979)Ink, Paint, Scratch on Internet Archive Double Suicide (1982)
As special effects artist Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) One from the Heart (1982) The Outsiders (1983)
See also
Norman Mclaren Drawn on film
References
External links
The Lost "Uncle Walt" Short Was Almost Found Swarthe's 1964 short Uncle Walt on Internet Archive