Robert Skotak

Biography

Career Overview

Robert Skotak has 21 screen credits in a career dating back to 1981. Their work spans 11 cinematic universes — most prominently The Arrival Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Titanic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Visual Effects

Gender

male

Known Credits

21

Birth Date

1945-05-17 00:00:00

Birth Place

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Known For

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  Titanic
• 

  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• 

  Aliens
• 

  Batman Returns
• 

  Escape from New York
• 

  Tremors

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 11 universes

• The Arrival Collection (1 titles)
• DCEU (1 titles)
• Batman Burton-Schumacher Series (1 titles)
• Batman Collection (1 titles)
• Terminator (1 titles)
• Darkman (1 titles)
• Tremors Collection (1 titles)
• Alien (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Jenette Goldstein (3 collaborations)
• Bill Paxton (2 collaborations)
• Van Ling (2 collaborations)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (1 collaborations)
• Kate Winslet (1 collaborations)
• Billy Zane (1 collaborations)
• Kathy Bates (1 collaborations)
• Frances Fisher (1 collaborations)
• Gloria Stuart (1 collaborations)
• Bernard Hill (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (2 credits)

  • Timespace

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here

    director

    directing
    1988

• actors (5 credits)

  • Digging the Dirt: The Visual Effects of Tremors

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Star Dreamer

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Making of ‘Tremors’

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998

• visual effects (12 credits)

  • Harbinger Down

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2015
  • Titanic

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1997
  • The Arrival

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1996
  • The Alien Within

    visual effects

    visual effects
    1995
  • Tank Girl

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1995
  • Batman Returns

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1992
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1991
  • Darkman

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1990
  • Tremors

    visual effects director

    visual effects
    1990
  • Lords of the Deep

    visual effects

    visual effects
    1989
  • Aliens

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1986
  • Escape from New York

    matte painter

    visual effects
    1981

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Stepford Wives

    visual effects art director

    crew
    2004

• art (1 credits)

  • Galaxy of Terror

    production design

    art
    1981