# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-blalack
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:27:18.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-blalack"
name: "Robert Blalack"
slug: "robert-blalack"
description: "Robert Blalack was a Panama-born American mass-media visual artist, independent filmmaker, and producer. He is one of the founders of Industrial Light & Magic. Blalack received the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978 for his work on the first Star Wars film. He also received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in 1984 for his work on the 1983 television film The Day After. Blalack directed experimental films and mixed-media television commercials, and he produced visual effects for theme park rides."
tagline: "Visual Effects Artist (1948–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Blalack-Cinematheque_Talk_2015.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1948-12-09"
deathDate: "2022-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.36
  momentum:             17.78301886792453
  historical:           5.476422666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086879/"
    handle:    "nm0086879"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blalack"
    title: "Robert Blalack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blalack"
    title: "Robert Blalack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blalack"
    title: "Robert Blalack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Блалак, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blalack"
    title: "Robert Blalack"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2798353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14444"
    title: "Robert Blalack"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump