Robert Short
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Robert Short's four decades of outstanding technical, creative and artistic achievement in the field visual effects and make-up effects have brought to life many of the screens most indelible character icons.  Academy Award winner, Robert Short has fostered a unique blend of styles and techniques in the design and creation of his characters. From the outrageous "Beetlejuice" afterlife inhabitants to the enchanting mermaid from "Splash" to the man eating sharks of "Lethal Weapon 4", to the inspirational heart light of “E.T.” and development of the terrorizing design of "The Predator".
 
Short won his best make-up Oscar for the high-spirited innovative creature effects in"Beetlejuice" which redefined the boundaries of horror and humor. He was also nominated for two BAFTA Awards in best achievement in make-up and best achievement in special effects for "Beetlejuice".
 
His latest projects include VFX producing/co-supervising for "Legion" on FX,  compositing for Warner's "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and visual effect supervision for the feature, Creature design and animation for The X-Files (2016) “To Have and To Hold”, based on Mary Johnston’s epic novel of the first settlement in America. Visual effects supervision for the Lionsgate feature film “Punisher; War Zone”, On set VFX supervision in Shanghai and Los Angeles for the Fox network pilot “Exit Strategy” directed by Antione Fuqua, on set VFX supervision in Mumbai India for NBC’s comedy “Outsourced” and digital characters for CBS’ “Hawaii 5-0”. He also supervised the on set VFX for NBC’s Emmy nominated series “SURFACE” and directed and VFX supervised “Shine On Me”, the music video named “Best music video of 2008” by New Yorker magazine.
 
On the horror front Short provided digital VFX for the feature “Parasomnia” and supervised VFX and make-up effects for the indie feature “Knucklebones”, while on the fantasy front he supervised Herbie the Love Bug’s on set performance in Disney’s “Herbie Fully Loaded” and helped I.L.M. reinvent E.T.’s heart light for the  enhanced 20th anniversary release of E.T. the Extraterrestrial. His storyboard and visual effects consultant contributions include the Fox Network series “Vanished”, “Justice” and the Raw Feed/Warner Bros. feature film “Sublime”.
 
Some of Short's previous credits include Cocoon, Kindergarten Cop, Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, Cocoon the Return, Little Monsters, Masters of the Universe and The Flash TV series.
 
In 1983 he created Robert Short Productions Inc. after independently supervising creature effects for a host films and TV projects including Alligator, Piranha, Close Encounters of the Third Kind Special Edition and The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.. Through Robert Short Productions design, fabrication and supervision services Short has realized the visions of filmmakers like Ron Howard, James Cameron, Tim Burton, David Lynch, Steven Spielberg, Joel Silver, Tom Shadyak, John Mctiernen, John Davis, Richard Donner and Zach Snyder.
 
Short has also pioneered interactive location based entertainment with the creation of the Halloween seasonal live event shows such as Montreal's "Chateau Greystoke" and PHA's "Terrordome" and served as a creative director for Timberwolf's production of Montreal's "Hollywood Halloween".
 
As a WGA writer Short created the  story for the Disney Channel Movie of the Week “The Scream Team” starring Eric Idle, Cathy Ngimy and Kat Dennings. His screenwriting credits include "Scared to Death", which won a Saturn Award for best low budget film, "Rage of Honor", the ninja action film starring Sho Kosugi, "Return of the Swamp Thing" and episodes of ABC's The Renegades and CBS's Gavilan which starred Robert Urich and Patrick Macnee. As a DGA director Short helmed multiple episodes of the syndicated live action series "Super Force" and the American sequences of TWE's "Programmed to Kill", which he also wrote.
 
Short’s unique background also brought him to the attention of the Universal Studio’s Florida theme park where he and his work were featured daily at the “The Gory Gruesome & Grotesque Horror Make-up Show”. Short is a frequent guest lecturer on film making and visual f/x at University and College film schools around the country and a return lecturer to the Tokyo International Film Festival in Japan, the BKSTS in England and several international film festivals. He lives in Malibu, California with his wife and business partner Barbara Slifka.
 
As Hollywood acknowledges the growing importance of affordable high quality visual and special make-up effects, Short’s versatility in digital and traditional effects, combined with his background as a writer and director, gives him a unique expertise in delivering the quality and vision demanded by today’s filmmakers.
 

 
 
 


Credits / Awards


VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISION
 
FEATURES
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD                                                ENTHUSE FILMS
PUNISHER: WAR ZONE                                                  LIONSGATE           
PARASOMNIA                                                                   RISING STORM PRODS.
KNUCKLEBONES                                                             WHG PRODS.
WHEELMEN                                                                       TIMBERWOLF PRODS.
 
TELEVISION
LEGION  (2018)                                                                 FX
EXIT STRATEGY                                                                FOX
OUTSOURCED                                                                 CBS
SURFACE                                                                            NBC
 
WEBISODES
EXECUTION STYLE                                                          ANTHONY ZUIKER /
                                                                                                BLACKBOXTV
 
COMMERCIALS / MUSIC VIDEO
HONDA PRELUDE                                                           THE END PRODS.
SHINE ON ME                                                                   OWENS PRODS.
LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING                                     OWENS PRODS.
 
VISUAL EFFECTS COMPOSITING / ANIMATION / CONSULTING / STORY BOARDING
 
FEATURES
​THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.                                           WARNER BROS.
SUBLIME                                                                             WARNER BROS.
 
TELEVISION
EVIL  (2022)                                                                       Paramount+
​THE X-FILES (2016)
THOSE WHO KILL
HAWAII 5-0                                                                       CBS
NIP/TUCK                                                                            FX NETWORK
VANISHED                                                                           FOX
JUSTICE                                                                                 FOX
 
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS / PUPPETEERING
 
FEATURES
 
KNUCKLEBONES                                                            WHG PRODS
HERBIE FULLY LOADED                                               DISNEY PICTURES
LOONEY TUNES BACK IN ACTION                            WARNER BROS.
E.T. 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITIION                            UNIVERSAL
LETHAL WEAPON 4                                                       WARNER BROS.
ACE VENTURA PET DETECTIVE                                  WARNER BROS.
ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES                                            PARAMOUNT
KINDERGARTEN COP                                                    UNIVERSAL
CLIFFORD                                                                          ORION
JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO                                       WARNER BROS.
LITTLE MONSTERS                                                         MGM/UA
ENID IS SLEEPING                                                          VESTRON
COCOON:THE RETURN                                                 20th CENTURY FOX
BEETLEJUICE                                                                    WARNER BROS.
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE                                     CANNON FILMS INC.
ROBO-WARRIORS                                                          VIACOM/REPUBLIC
MUNCHIES                                                                         NEW HORIZONS
NIGHTFLYERS                                                                   VISTA FILMS ORG.
PREDATOR                                                                         20th CENTURY FOX
COCOON                                                                            20th CENTURY FOX
PROGRAMMED TO KILL                                                 TWE ENT.
KILLBOTS                                                                            NEW HORIZONS
RAGE OF HONOR                                                             TWE ENT.
QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD       CANNON FILMS INC.
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S EUROPEAN VACATION  WARNER BROS.
SPLASH                                                                               DISNEY/TOUCHSTONE
CREATURE                                                                         TWE ENT.
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL                                      UNIVERSAL
SWORDKILL                                                                        EMPIRE INT.
FIREFOX                                                                               WARNER BROS.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND             WARNER BROS.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK                                           20th CENTURY FOX
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE                             PARAMOUNT
1941                                                                                        COLUMBIA
GALAXY OF TERROR                                                        NEW WORLD PICTURES
ALLIGATOR                                                                          GROUP ONE PRODS.
PIRANHA                                                                             NEW WORLD PICTURES
COMA                                                                                    MGM
ORCA                                                                                     PARAMOUNT
THE SLAYER                                                                        21st CENTURY FILMS
HALLOWEEN
 
TELEVISION
SURFACE                                                                            NBC
THE PARTY MACHINE                                                    TERMITE ART       
UP UP AND AWAY                                                           DISNEY CHANNEL
SABRINA DOWN UNDER                                             ABC
STAR TREK:VOYAGER                                                    PARAMOUNT/UPN
INTRUDERS                                                                      CBS
THE FLASH                                                                        WARNER BROS./CBS
TWIN PEAKS                                                                      LYNCH/FROST/ABC
ON THE AIR                                                                        LYNCH/FROST/ABC
SUPER FORCE                                                                   PREMIERE LTD./VIACOM
THE LITTLE MERMAID’S ISLAND/pilot                       DISNEY CHANNEL
MACGYVER                                                                         PARAMOUNT
MARS BASE ONE/pilot                                                    CBS
PEE WEE’S PLAYHOUSE                                                 CBS
THE JIM HENSON HOUR                                                 NBC
CAPTAIN POWER AND THE                                          LANDMARK ENT.
SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE
STEVEN SPIELBERG’S AMAZING STORIES               AMBLIN’ ENT./NBC
RETURN OF THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.                    VIACOM/CBS
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE                                                  NBC
MORK AND MINDY                                                           PARAMOUNT
WONDER WOMAN                                                           WARNER BROS.
NUTS AND BOLTS/Pilot                                                   DAVID GERBER PRODS.
REVENGE OF THE SAVAGE BEES                                   ALAN LANDSBURG PRODS
SAVAGE SWARM                                                                 ALAN LANDSBURG PRODS
 
GAMES
BLUE STINGER                                                                     SEGA
TATTOO ASSASSINS                                                          DATA EAST PINBALL
 
SPECIAL PROJECTS/COMMERCIALS
CVS PHARMACY                                                             BELIEVE/MEDIA
PLANET HOLLYWOOD THEME RESTURANTS      KEITH BARISH PRODS.
THE McDONALD’S MERMAID(SUPERBOWL 84)   McDONALD’S.
1984 OLYMPICS ALIEN                                                  DAVID WOLPER PRODS.
YODA HAND PUPPET (STAR WARS TOY)                KENNER TOYS.
THE COCA-COLA DOLPHINS                                     GIBSON LEFEBVRE  GARTNER
ESTRANGED ROCK VIDEO                                          GUNS AND ROSES
 
DIRECTOR CREDITS
 
FEATURES
PROGRAMMED TO KILL/USA Scenes                         TRANS WORLD ENT.
MUNCHIES/Second Unit                                                 NEW HORIZONS.
RAGE OF HONOR/Presentation reel                             TRANS WORLD ENT.
 
 
TELEVISION
SUPER FORCE                                                                     PREMIERE LTD./VIACOM
(Multiple episodes)
 
 
LOCATION BASED ENTERTAINMENT
 
TERRORDOME/HAUNTED ATTRACTION                 BALDWIN/COHEN ENT.
CHATEAU GREYSTOKE/HAUNTED ATTRACTION MONSTER WORLD ENT
HOLLYWOOD HALLOWEEN/
HAUNTED ATTRACTION                                                 TIMBERWOLF EVENTS
 
 
WRITER CREDITS
 
FEATURES
STICKIES                                                                             FAST CARRIER PICTS.
A-I (Artificial Intelligence)                                                BATFILMS/LIGHTYEAR
PROGRAMMED TO KILL                                                 TRANS WORLD ENT.
RAGE OF HONOR                                                             TRANS WORLD ENT.
SCARED TO DEATH                                                          LONESTAR PRODS.
 
TELEVISION
THE SCREAM TEAM  (MOW)                                        DISNEY CHANNEL
GAVILAN                                                                             NBC
THE RENEGADES                                                             NBC
 
GAMES
BESIEGED (CD-Rom)                                                       GROLIER INTERACTIVE
 
AWARDS
 
ACADEMY AWARD
BEETLEJUICE-BEST MAKE-UP
 
BRITISH ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION (BAFTA)
BEETLEJUICE-BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
 
BRITISH ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION (BAFTA)
BEETLEJUICE-BEST MAKE-UP
 
SATURN AWARD
BEETLEJUICE-BEST MAKE-UP
 
SATURN AWARD NOMINATION
SPLASH-BEST MAKEUP
 
GUILDS AND ORGANIZATIONS
 
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
 
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA
 
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
 
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS & SCIENCES
 

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