Carlo Rambaldi Walk of Fame Star to Be Unveiled Oct. 15
A posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star honoring three-time Oscar winner Carlo Rambaldi will be unveiled at 1611 Vine Street.
A posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star honoring Carlo Rambaldi will be unveiled on Oct. 15 at 1611 Vine Street in Hollywood, according to Variety. The ceremony is scheduled for Thursday morning.
Cinecittà studios president Antonio Saccone and several of Rambaldi's family members will attend. Actor Matt Winston, son of special-effects artist Stan Winston, is also set to take part in the ceremony.
The star is being unveiled during the centennial of Rambaldi's birth. Rambaldi died in 2012 at age 86.
He was a three-time Academy Award winner for special effects, winning Oscars for King Kong (1976), Alien (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983). Before E.T., he had collaborated with Steven Spielberg on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and he later worked with David Lynch on Dune.
Rambaldi's career spanned collaborations with directors including Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Ridley Scott and Oliver Stone. Born in Vigarano Mainarda, outside Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 1951, and in 1956 he was asked to create a dragon for a low-budget science fiction movie.
Quick answers
When will Carlo Rambaldi's Hollywood Walk of Fame star be unveiled?
The star will be unveiled on Oct. 15. The ceremony is scheduled for Thursday morning.
Where is the ceremony taking place?
At 1611 Vine Street in Hollywood.
What films did Carlo Rambaldi win Oscars for?
He won three Academy Awards for special effects, for King Kong (1976), Alien (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983).