Ron Cobb's Designs for Star Wars, Alien, Conan, etc.
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- Graduated from Burbank High School in 1955.
- Worked at Walt Disney Studios in 1956 as an inbetweener and breakdown artist on 'Sleeping Beauty'.
- Concept Artist for 'Dark Star' in 1974, designing the Space Ship exterior.
- Conceptual Designer for the unfinished 'Jodorowsky's Dune' in 1975, submitted an Ornithoptor design.
- Uncredited work on 'Star Wars' in 1977, designing elaborate aliens for the cantina scene.
- Concept Artist for 'Alien' in 1978, contributing to the Nostromo's exterior and interior sets.
- Production Artist for 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in 1981, designing the Nazi Flying Wing.
- Production artist for 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Special Edition, designing the Stranded Tanker sequence and Mother Ship interior.
- Production Designer for 'Conan the Barbarian' in 1982, designing Conan's world, armor, and weapons.
- Story and slated Director for the proposed 'Night Skies', which later inspired 'E.T.'.
- Art Director for the canceled 'Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' miniseries in 1982.
- Artist for NASA in 1982, documenting the Space Shuttle Columbia's launch and landing.
- Art Director for 'Digital Productions', advancing photoreal computer simulations for films like 'The Last Starfighter'.
- Production Designer for 'The Last Starfighter' in 1984, designing Rylos, Starfighter, and aliens.
- Concept artist for 'Real Genius' in 1985, designing laser technology and weapons.
- Uncredited work on 'My Science Project' in 1985, designing alien spaceship pilots.
- DeLorean time travel consultant for 'Back to the Future' in 1985, designing the time machine.
- Title designer for Steven Spielberg's 'Amazing Stories' TV series in 1986.
- Art Director for ZZ Top's 'Rough Boys' music video, winning an MTV award in 1986.
- Concept artist for 'Robot Jox' in 1986, designing robots and their world.
- Concept artist for 'Aliens' in 1987, designing sets, vehicles, and weapons.
- Writer for 'The New Twilight Zone' episode 'Shelter Skelter' in 1987.
- Concept Designer for 'The Running Man' in 1987, uncredited.
- Writer and Designer for the unfinished 'Mars-1' project in 1988, designing Mars expedition spacecraft.
- Production Designer for 'Leviathan' in 1989, designing underwater technology.
- Concept Designer for 'The Abyss' in 1989, designing submersibles and diving gear.
- Conceptual Design for 'Total Recall' in 1989, creating the Mars colony look.
- Concept Design for 'True Lies' in 1990, designing Russian hydrogen bombs and logos.
- Director for the Australian comedy 'Garbo' in 1991.
- Uncredited work on 'Rocketeer' in 1991, designing the rocket-powered backpack.
- Designer for the short film 'Enertopia' in 1991, creating a futuristic Korean city.
- Designer for the IMAX short 'The Day the World Changed' in 1992, spoofing '50s sci-fi.
- Concept artist for 'Space Truckers' in 1996, contributing spacecraft designs.
- Conceptual Artist for 'Titan A.E.' in 1997, designing aliens and spacecraft.
- Conceptual Artist for Michael Crichton's 'Timeline' game in 1998, designing medieval settings.
- Assistant Art Director for 'The 6th Day' in 1999, designing the 'Convertacopter'.
- Uncredited Conceptual Artist for 'Cats and Dogs' in 2000, designing pet technologies.
- Concept artist for 'Firefly' in 2002, designing alien spacecraft.
- Conceptual Artist for 'Southland Tales' in 2005, designing a dirigible and SUV.
- Uncredited Conceptual Artist for 'District 9' in 2009, early alien designs.
- Uncredited Conceptual Artist for 'John Carter on Mars' in 2012, designing Martian life.
- Conceptual Artist for Scott Foster’s Affable Entertainment in 2015, working on various projects.