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Robert L. Olmstead

  • Special Effects
  • Visual Effects
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Robert L. Olmstead is known for Iron Man (2008), Super 8 (2011) and The Abyss (1989).
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    Known for

    Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008)
    Iron Man
    7.9
    • Special Effects
    • 2008
    Super 8 (2011)
    Super 8
    7.0
    • Special Effects(as Robert Olmstead)
    • 2011
    The Abyss (1989)
    The Abyss
    7.5
    • Special Effects(as Robert Olmstead)
    • 1989
    Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Sebastian Stan in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
    Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    7.7
    • Special Effects(as Robert Olmstead)
    • 2014

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    Special Effects

    • Wesley Snipes, Philip Winchester, and Charity Wakefield in The Player (2015)
      The Player
      6.9
      TV Series
      • special effects pyro foreman
      • 2015
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Sebastian Stan in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
      Captain America: The Winter Soldier
      7.7
      • special effects technician (as Robert Olmstead)
      • 2014
    • Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
      Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
      5.1
      • special effects technician
      • 2014
    • Rose Byrne in Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
      Insidious: Chapter 2
      6.6
      • special effects gang boss
      • 2013
    • Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
      Cowboys & Aliens
      6.0
      • special effects foreperson (as Robert Olmstead)
      • 2011
    • Super 8 (2011)
      Super 8
      7.0
      • special effects technician (as Robert Olmstead)
      • 2011
    • Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, and Chris Hemsworth in Thor (2011)
      Thor
      7.0
      • special effects technician
      • 2011
    • Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau, Faizon Love, and Kali Hawk in Couples Retreat (2009)
      Couples Retreat
      5.5
      • special effects technician (as Robert Olmstead)
      • 2009
    • Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
      Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
      6.2
      • special effects foreman
      • 2008
    • Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008)
      Iron Man
      7.9
      • special effects foreman
      • 2008
    • Steve Carell in Evan Almighty (2007)
      Evan Almighty
      5.4
      • special effects foreman: second unit (as Robert Olmstead)
      • 2007
    • Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III (2006)
      Mission: Impossible III
      6.9
      • special effects foreman (as Robert Olmstead)
      • 2006
    • Nathan Fillion and Summer Glau in Serenity (2005)
      Serenity
      7.8
      • special effects foreman
      • 2005
    • Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Michael Kevin Walker, Ed Vassallo, Michael Arthur, Becky Ann Baker, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, John Michael Bolger, Justin Chatwin, Robert Cicchini, Vito D'Ambrosio, Marianne Ebert, John Eddins, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Franzese, Peter Gerety, Stephen Gevedon, Rick Gonzalez, Jim Hanna, Danny Hoch, Amy Hohn, Tracy Howe, Omar Jermaine, Erika LaVonn, Adam Lazarre-White, Mark Manley, Mariann Mayberry, Sharrieff Pugh, Ana Maria Quintana, Zoe Quist, Ann Robinson, Amy Ryan, Camillia Monet, John Scurti, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Jerry Walsh, Lisa Ann Walter, Christopher Evan Welch, Julie White, Marlon Young, Dan Ziskie, David Harbour, Michael Stanton, Lisa Waters, Michael Brownlee, GoGo Toucette, Rafael Sardina, Stacy Ann Wilkins, Patrick Tierney, Ty Simpkins, Ed Schiff, Channing Tatum, David Conley, Tommy Guiffre, Michael Waldron, Athena Stamos, January LaVoy, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, Mark Valinsky, Lorelei Llee, Daniel Eric Gold, Ellen Barry, Roz Abrams, Kenneth Wright, Nicole Signore, Tasciotti, Johnny Torres, Rochelle Warner, Joseph Benjamin Stewart, Terry Ward, Tracy Lee Staton, Jessica Anne Taylor, Mike Yedwab, and William G. Stowell in War of the Worlds (2005)
      War of the Worlds
      6.5
      • special effects foreperson
      • 2005
    • Kim Basinger, William H. Macy, Jason Statham, and Chris Evans in Cellular (2004)
      Cellular
      6.5
      • special effects set foreman
      • 2004

    Visual Effects

    • Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton in Dante's Peak (1997)
      Dante's Peak
      6.1
      • special effects crew: Digital Domain (as Robert Olmstead)
      • 1997
    • Christina Ricci, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Ian Abercrombie, Anjelica Huston, Carol Kane, Matthew Beebe, Chris Ellis, Christopher Hart, Ryan Holihan, Kaitlyn Hooper, Kristen Hooper, Dana Ivey, and Jimmy Workman in Addams Family Values (1993)
      Addams Family Values
      6.8
      • special effects: visual effects unit (as Robert Olmstead)
      • 1993

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      • Bob Olmstead

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