Robert Stromberg
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Visual effects supervisor and matte painting supervisor with over 75 visual effects film credits who started in American television with a 1987 episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." His matte paintings have been featured in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE DREAM CHILD (1989, uncredited), FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND (1990), SHATTERED, THE BUTCHER'S WIFE and CAPE FEAR (all 1991), A FEW GOOD MEN (1992), FORTRESS, A FAR OFF PLACE, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE and ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (all 1993), THE SHADOW (1994), THE BIRDCAGE, DRAGONHEART, COURAGE UNDER FIRE and DAYLIGHT (all 1996), PATCH ADAMS (1998), BATTLEFIELD EARTH: A SAGA OF THE YEAR 3000, WHAT LIES BENEATH and CAST AWAY (all 2000), I AM SAM and 15 MINUTES (both 2001), ABOUT SCHMIDT, MEN IN BLACK II, I SPY and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (all 2002), HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE, BAD BOYS II, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, SEABISCUIT and THE ORDER (all 2003), THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK and THE FORGOTTEN (both 2004), EL LABERTINO DEL FAUNO / PAN'S LABYRINTH, THE GOOD GERMAN and THE GOOD SHEPHERD (all 2006), and GHOST RIDER, EVAN ALMIGHTY and THE GOLDEN COMPASS (all 2007).

Stromberg was a visual effects designer/supervisor for KATE & LEOPOLD (2001), MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003), THE TERMINAL, SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW and THE AVIATOR (all 2004), WLAK THE LINE and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (both 2005), THE FAST AND FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT (2006), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END, 3:10 TO YUMA and THERE WILL BE BLOOD (all 2007), and "John Adams" (TV mini-series) and FOUR CHRISTMASES (both 2008).

He is the son of filmmaker William R. Stromberg (THE CRATER LAKE MONSTER, 1977); his brother (b. 1964) is composer, conductor and orchestrator William T. Stromberg.

 Nominated for Visual Effects 2003: MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (w. Daniel Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier & Nathan McGuinness)

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