Robert Short

supervisor/designer

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Punisher War Zone

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VISUAL EFFECTS

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS

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2ND UNIT DIRECTING

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UNDERWATER SPECIALIST
 

PROMO REEL


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RS PROMO 2 MIN.

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NEWS




"EXIT STRATEGY"
Pilot - Fox Network

PIXOMONDO
Visual Effects Supervisor
Shanghai - Los Angeles






[ OUTSOURCED ]

NBC TELEVISION


PIXOMONDO

LOCATION
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
MUMBAI, INDIA








HAWAII 5-0

CBS TELEVISION SERIES

DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT AND DESIGN FOR CORPSE
OF ROASTED POLICE OFFICER.









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LACMA & MOMA
The Tim Burton Exhibition
at the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles,
and previously at MOMA in New York,
is featuring several of Short's creations
from "Beetlejuice".





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HOLLYWOOD HALLOWEEN
An interactive location based
Halloween haunted attraction event.

Short served as a creative director for the project providing
logos, maze designs, costume designs and actor direction for the project
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PUNISHER

WAR ZONE



It looks great, it hurtles through its paces and is well-acted.
The special effects are state of the art. Its only flaw is that it's disgusting.

Roger Ebert



VISUAL EFFECTS
SUPERVISOR




http://www.punishermovie.com/





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Chris Dane Owen's
"Shine On Me"
ARRA

of the
3rd Kingdom



Manga/Anime Concept
Music Video
Special Project
Directed by Robert Short




Read the ROLLING STONE magazine
interview with Chris Dane Owens here
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Get your Swag here:
http://www.zazzle.com/angelswitches/gifts




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PARASOMNIA



As part of the digital effects team, Short provided several gruesome
death scenes including the demise of actor Jeff Combs.





What are they saying about
PARASOMNIA?
Read the Jo-Blow review here:

http://www.jo-blow.com/arrow/index.php?id=15852



SUBLIME

This Warner Bros. Raw Feed original DVD feature utilized
Short as it's visual effects consultant and storyboard
artist under the guidence of director Tony Krantz.








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For the Emmy nominated NBC series “Surface” Short was given the assignment to supervise the North Carolina/on set special visual effects. After contributing to the designs of the creature named Nim, Short interfaced for 7.5 months on set with the series directors and Los Angeles based visual effects supervisor Mitch Suskin in designing the visual effects shots. Short also supervised the more complex special make-up effects throughout the series.



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Surface Clip:Bonding with Nim (Hi Res.)
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Surface Clip: Bonding with Nim (low Res.)
 
 
 
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This year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Short to participate in their newest 4th floor museum exhibit: IT’S ALIVE; “Bringing Animatronic Characters To Life”. The interactive display of past and present industry iconic creatures showcases several of Short’s projects including “Beetlejuice”, “Predator” and “Herbie Fully Loaded”. The exhibit runs through August 20, 2006 http://www.oscars.org/events/animatronics/index.html
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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In order to bring Herbie to life, visual effects supervisor John Van Vliet called in Short to oversee the mechanical Herbie’s performance. Working with special effects supervisor Matt Sweeney’s team of technicians he supervised and choreographed the character’s action along side the films stars Lindsay Lohan and Justin Long.




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Behind the scenes with Herbie