Robert Short

 

 

 

 

 

This is Phoenix Dust and her side kick "Victor". You may not be familiar with her yet but you will be. She is the nihilist lead character of PHOENIX DUST, a screenplay by William Malone (director of “House on Haunted Hill”) and Robert Short. the project, which is In development, will take the audience into a futuristic dark world ruled by corruption, championed by passion and ultimately betrayed by love.

 

 

 

 

What started as almost an afterthought in the labs of Don Post Studios would become one of the most iconic images in all horror. As part of the team headed by William Malone, Short had no idea that their efforts to disguise a reject Captain Kirk mask would become part of horror history, the Michael Meyers mask from the original “Halloween” film.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ghostly "Scream Team" must help a young brother and sister save their departed Grandfather's soul while battling a terrifying flame throwing poltergiest.

 

Review from IMDB

Okay, maybe I should worry about Nora and the fire thing. But the movie was very good, very well written and a cut above most tv fare. Having Melissa Hart's company behind it obviously helped propel it to a much higher standard. This movie quickly became a Halloween favorite with our family. Way to go, Disney, and the 'team' behinnd the 'scream'! Hopefully, the DVD is forthcoming...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short pioneered large scale interactive haunted houses, in association with Timberwolf Prods, with the creation of Halloween seasonal live event shows such as Montreal's "Chateau Greystoke" and PHA's "Terrordome". Located in malls and sports arenas these haunted attractions featured state of the art sets, lighting, sound F/X, animatronics, costumes and special effects.

Music Videos
DIRECTION / VISUAL EFFECTS

"Shine On Me"
Directed by
Robert Short

Named the Best
Music Video of 2008
By The New Yorker

Storyboarding

 

 

Short has always supported his supervision duties with his storyboarding skills in order for all parties involved to be on “the same page”. As a natural progression from this he has conceptualized and boarded general sequences for directors such as Ron Howard and Joe Carnahan. He was a regular contributor to television series such as NBC’s “Surface, Fox’s “Vanished” and WarnerBros.  horror feature film series from Raw Feed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 SCARE-U

 

Designed and Developed by Short, the "Scare-U" line of  Halloween products premiered at Spencer Gifts "America's Halloween Headquarters." The "Instantly Haunt Your House"  selection of products includes gravestone boxes filled with Bats, Spiders,  Webs, Monster Footprints, Scare Scene Caution Tape and Atmos-fear Soundtracks. Licensed brands included Scooby-Do, The Universal Studio Monsters, WWF Wrestling  and Warner's Looney Tunes

 

 

 

Short’s longstanding relationship with the Lucas company brought his Yoda hand puppet prototype to the attention of Kenner Toys. They quickly licensed Short’s concept for the hand puppet which then become one of their hottest sellers.

 

 

 

 

STUDIOS 

 

As the assistant lab manager for Don Post Studios, Short developed his sculpting skills while creating dozens of characters for the famous halloween mask making studio. As a special project he helped create Forrest J Ackerman’s replica of the robot from “Metropolis”. Along with manager William Malone and Don Post Jr. he was responsible for developing the first ever world wide merchandise deal with George Lucas on the, then in production, film STAR WARS.

 

 

 

 

 

For a special edition of Rolling Stone magazine Short provided a merman tail for Jim Carrey to wear. The extraordinary double page layout commentary about polluting the oceans was photographed by the renown photographer Herb Ritts. The photo is also featured in the Herb Ritts book “Works”.

 

 

 

 

For over a decade Short has been featured daily at the Universal Florida theme park show “The Gruesome, Gory, Horror Make-up Show”. As part of the host’s favorite make-up artist list, Short’s work on “Beetlejuice” is presented along with Dick Smith and Rick Baker’s work on “The Exorcist” and “American Werewolf in London”.

 

 

 

 

 

AND SCIENCES

In 2006 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”.

 

 

 

 

CMSI 

 

Short’s work started on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry as part of “Action”, an interactive exhibit on how films are made, and continued on as part of the touring road show version of the exhibit.