Guillermo del Toro has paid tribute to special effects pioneer Carlo Rambaldi, who is receiving a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star in Hollywood today. Rambaldi, who designed E.T. and won three Oscars, died in 2012 aged 86.
01Summary
- 01Carlo Rambaldi is being honoured with a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
- 02Guillermo del Toro described Rambaldi as a “worldwide maestro of magic” in a video message shared exclusively with Variety.
- 03Rambaldi designed the title character in Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and won Oscars for “King Kong” (1976), “Alien” (1979) and “E.T.” (1983).
- 04He also worked with Spielberg on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and with David Lynch on “Dune”.
- 05The ceremony is taking place on Thursday at 1611 Vine Street in Hollywood.
02Why it matters
The honour recognises one of cinema’s most influential special effects artists, whose work helped define modern fantasy and science fiction filmmaking. It also underlines del Toro’s admiration for practical creature design at a time when Rambaldi’s legacy is being publicly celebrated again.
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