Robert Swarthe

Robert Swarthe (born September 6, 1942) is an American special effects artist who started out directing short films. He has two Academy Award nominations.

Academy Award nominations 48th Academy Awards – Nominated in the category of Best Animated Short, Kick Me, lost to Great. 52nd Academy Awards – Nominated in the category of Best Visual Effects, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, nomination shared with John Dykstra, Grant McCune, David K. Stewart, Douglas Trumbull and Richard Yuricich. Lost to Alien.

Preservation The Academy Film Archive preserved Kick Me and The Unicycle Race by Swarthe.

Filmography

As director Don’t Panic (1960) Attack of the Sea Beast (1962) Minor Discrepancies (1964) The Unicycle Race (1966) One Eye (1967) with Robert Mitchell The Thrilling Adventures of the Chameleon in Color (1969) The Boss (1971) The Lone Dragnet (1973) Kick Me (1975) Ink, Paint, Scratch (1979) Double Suicide (1982)

As special effects artist Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) One from the Heart (1982) The Outsiders (1983)