Robie Robertson
Born	(1931-06-22)June 22, 1931 United States
Died	March 8, 2019(2019-03-08) (aged 87) United States
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, visual effects artist

Robie Robertson (June 22, 1931 – March 8, 2019) was an American screenwriter and visual effects artist. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Marooned.^[1]

Selected filmography

Marooned (1969)

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Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
1963–1980	Emil Kosa Jr. - Cleopatra (1963) Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske - Mary Poppins (1964) John Stears - Thunderball (1965) Art Cruickshank - Fantastic Voyage (1966) L. B. Abbott - Doctor Dolittle (1967) Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Robie Robertson - Marooned (1969) A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott - Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, and Danny Lee - Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers - The Poseidon Adventure (1972) No award given (1973) Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock - Earthquake (1974) Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson - The Hindenburg (1975) Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer - King Kong (1976) John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack - Star Wars (1977) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic - Superman (1978) H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling - Alien (1979) Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Bruce Nicholson - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1981–2000	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett - Return of the Jedi (1983) Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry - Cocoon (1985) Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne M. Benson - Aliens (1986) Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith - Innerspace (1987) Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak - The Abyss (1989) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke - Total Recall (1990) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Woodruff Jr. - Death Becomes Her (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994) Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox - Babe (1995) Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil - Independence Day (1996) Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, and Michael Kanfer - Titanic (1997) Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, and Kevin Mack - What Dreams May Come (1998) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999) John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey - Gladiator (2000)
2001–2020	Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier - Spider-Man 2 (2004) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor - King Kong (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass (2007) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010) Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning - Hugo (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott - Life of Pi (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould - Gravity (2013) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher - Interstellar (2014) Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst - Ex Machina (2015) Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon - The Jungle Book (2016) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover - Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm - First Man (2018) Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019) Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott R. Fisher - Tenet (2020)
2021–present	Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer - Dune (2021) Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

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