Biography
Robert Kinoshita (February 24, 1914 – December 9, 2014) was an American artist, art director, set and production designer who worked in the American film and television industries from the 1950s through the early 1980s. Kinoshita was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Boyle Heights neighborhood. After graduating from Roosevelt High School, he went to the University of Southern California to study architecture. Kinoshita graduated from USC in 1940 with a bachelor's degree in architecture and design.
During World War II, Kinoshita and his wife Lillian Matsuyama were interned at the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona following the signing of Executive Order 9066.
His career as a screenwriter started with Hundred Men and a Girl in 1937, while it took several years post war before he returned to the big screen in 1956 for the special effects tasks and built the famous Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet, although without credit.
Filmography
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Movies 20
self 2
Producer 1
TV Shows 1
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006)
Lovelines (1984)
Girls of the White Orchid (1983)
Going Ape! (1981)
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
The Gong Show Movie (1980)
Belle Starr (1980)
Rabbit Test (1978)
Mayday at 40,000 Feet (1977)
The Dead Don't Die (1975)
Planet Earth (1974)
Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)
Lost in Space (1965)
The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)
The Phantom Planet (1961)
Tokyo After Dark (1959)
Macabre (1958)
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
Teenage Doll (1957)
Carnival Rock (1957)
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GenderMale
Birthday1914-02-24
Deathday2014-12-09 (100 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRobert K. Kinoshita
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