Carlo Rambaldi Receives Posthumous Walk of Fame Star
Guillermo del Toro honored the late special effects master in a video message as the star was unveiled at 1611 Vine Street.
Carlo Rambaldi received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1611 Vine Street in Hollywood on Thursday, according to Variety. The ceremony was attended by Cinecittà studios president Antonio Saccone, members of Rambaldi's family and Matt Winston, son of special effects artist Stan Winston.
Guillermo del Toro recorded a video message paying tribute to Rambaldi. The filmmaker called him a worldwide Maestro of magic and said he changed the world of special effects, makeup and puppetry.
Rambaldi designed the title character of Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. He won three Academy Awards for special effects, for King Kong (1976), Alien (1979) and E.T. (1983).
Before E.T., Rambaldi had collaborated with Spielberg on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and he later worked with David Lynch on Dune. His career also included collaborations with Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Marco Ferreri, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, John Huston, Ridley Scott and Oliver Stone.
Born in Vigarano Mainarda, near Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna, Rambaldi graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 1951 and entered cinema in 1956 when he was asked to create a dragon for a low-budget science fiction movie. He died in 2012 at age 86.
Quick answers
Where is Carlo Rambaldi's Walk of Fame star located?
The star is at 1611 Vine Street in Hollywood.
Who paid tribute to Carlo Rambaldi at the ceremony?
Guillermo del Toro recorded a video message calling him a worldwide Maestro of magic who changed the world of special effects, makeup and puppetry.
What films did Carlo Rambaldi win Academy Awards for?
He won three Academy Awards for special effects, for King Kong (1976), Alien (1979) and E.T. (1983).