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Height. 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) Robin R. Bottin [1] (born April 1, 1959) is an American special make-up effects creator. Known for his collaborations with directors John Carpenter, Paul Verhoeven and David Fincher, Bottin worked with Carpenter on both The Fog and The Thing, with Verhoeven on RoboCop, Total Recall and Basic Instinct, and with Fincher ...
- 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
- April 1, 1959 (age 64), El Monte, California, United States
- 1976–2014
- Special make-up effects creator
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Rob Bottin is a renowned makeup and special effects artist who worked on films such as RoboCop, Total Recall and Se7en. He was born in 1959 in California and was nominated for an Oscar for his work on The Thing (1982).
- Rob Bottin
- April 1, 1959
Bottin started his career at 14, the protege of special effects artist Rick Baker who, impressed by a carefully rendered drawing enclosed with a fan’s autograph request, invited the boy over to ...
- John Carpenter’s The Thing. “Okay, kid…go nuts!” That’s apparently what John Carpenter said to Rob Bottin when he gave him the job of creating the special make-up effects for his re-imaging of the classic alien tale.
- The Howling. Following their successful collaboration on Piranha, Bottin once again joined forces with Joe Dante. This time the concept was updating the werewolf mythos — and the transformation of man into beast — for modern audiences.
- Total Recall. Rob Bottin’s second teaming with director Paul Verhoeven was even more over the top than Robocop. This time out Bottin designed an entire city of Mars mutants, the stand-out being the three-boobed hooker.
- Robocop. Director Paul Verhoeven exploded onto American movie screens with this outrageous celebration of over-the-top violence in which Detroit police officer Murphy (Peter Weller), after being gunned down in the line of duty, is transformed into the future of law enforcement.
Rob Bottin. Makeup Department: RoboCop. Rob Bottin was born on 1 April 1959 in El Monte, California, USA. He is known for RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and Se7en (1995).
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