Occupation Visual effects artist Children Raymond Robinson Role Visual effects | Name Glen Robinson Years active 1936-1984 | |
Born September 20, 1914 ( 1914-09-20 ) Idaho, USA Died March 27, 2002, Woodland Hills, California, United States Awards Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement, Special Achievement Academy Award Similar People Albert Whitlock, L B Abbott, Matthew Yuricich, Carlo Rambaldi, Mark Robson | ||
Thomas Glenn Robinson, better known as Glen Robinson (September 20, 1914 – March 27, 2002), was an American special and visual effects artist, winner of six Academy Awards: two Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and four Special Achievement Academy Awards. As a special effects artist his career spans over six decades from the mid-1930s to the mid-1980s, having worked literally on dozens of films.
Contents
- Biography
- Selected filmography
- Two Academy Awards for Technical Achievement
- Four Special Achievement Academy Awards
- References
Biography
Glen Robinson was born Thomas Glenn Robinson in Idaho on September 20, 1914. When aged twelve his family moved to Los Angeles city and in 1932, at the age of 18, he graduated from Venice High School. In 1936 he was hired by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer company, where he became the studio's top special effects coordinator.
Alongside his special effects career, Robinson was an engineer of roller coaster and double Ferris wheel attractions at amusement parks including Magic Mountain (Golden, Colorado; Valencia, California), Wakefield Park (Massachusetts) and Space City USA (near Huntsville, Alabama, but that latter never was completed).
Glen Robinson died of natural causes on March 27, 2002 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. He was aged 87 and at the moment of his death he was survived by five children (two sons and three daughters), fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.