Robert Swarthe
Robert Swarthe | |
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| Born | September 6, 1942 |
| Occupation | Special effects artist |
| Years active | 1960-1983 |
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.[1][2]
- 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.[3]
Preservation
The Academy Film Archive preserved Kick Me and The Unicycle Race by Swarthe.[4]
Filmography
As director
- Don’t Panic (1960)[5]
- Attack of the Sea Beast (1962)[5]
- Uncle Walt (1964)[6][7]
- Minor Discrepancies (1964)[5]
- Vamos Al Cine (1965)[5]
- Inglewood Sniper (1966)[5]
- The Oil Refinery (1966)[8]
- The Unicycle Race (1966)
- One Eye (1967)[5]
- K-9000: A Space Oddity (1968)[9] with Robert Mitchell[10]
- The Thrilling Adventures of the Chameleon in Color (1969)[11]
- The Boss (1971)[5]
- Radio Rocket Boy (1973) with John Mayer[12]
- The Lone Dragnet (1973)[13]
- Kick Me (1975)[14]
- Ink, Paint, Scratch (1979)[15][16]
- Double Suicide (1982)[5]
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
References
- ^ "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1975 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Search - Arena - academycollection.org". Arena. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
- ^ Mouseplanet - Disney Cartoons That Aren't Disney by Wade Simpson
- ^ Lost Short Film “Uncle Walt” Found And Sold On eBay.|Pirates & Princesses
- ^ "The Oil Refinery » Alternative Projections". www.alternativeprojections.com. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1968 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ Robert Mitchell on IMDB
- ^ "The Thrilling Adventures of the Chameleon in Color » Alternative Projections". www.alternativeprojections.com. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
- ^ Cinefantastique (1978). Cinefantastique Vol 07 No 3 & 4 (Fall 1978).
- ^ "The Lone Dragnet » Alternative Projections". www.alternativeprojections.com. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
- ^ Kick Me (1975) · Letterboxd
- ^ "Ink, Paint Scratch » Alternative Projections". www.alternativeprojections.com. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
- ^ Ink, Paint, Scratch on Internet Archive