Roy Howard Arbogast (born September 5, 1941) is an American special effects artist. He was nominated for an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

in the category Best Visual Effects for the film ''

Close Encounters of the Third Kind ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut. It tells the story ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1977; co-nominated with

Douglas Trumbull Douglas Hunt Trumbull (; April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022) was an American film director and innovative visual effects supervisor. He pioneered methods in special effects and created scenes for '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''Close Encounters o ...

Matthew Yuricich Matthew J. Yuricich (January 19, 1923 – May 28, 2012) was an American special effects artist. Biography Born of Croatian immigrant parentage in Lorain, Ohio, he spoke only Croatian when he started grade school. After graduating high school in ...

Greg Jein Greg Jein (born October 31, 1945 in Los Angeles, USA; died May 22, 2022) was a Chinese American model designer who created miniatures for use in the special effects portions of many films and television series, beginning in the 1970s. Jein was no ...

and

Richard Yuricich Richard Yuricich (born December 1942) is a special visual effects artist. He is the brother of Matthew Yuricich, also a special effects artist. Yuricich is of Croatian descent. He has been nominated for an Academy Award three times. Oscar Nomin ...

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* 1941 births Living people People from Hill County, Montana Special effects people Special effects coordinators {{US-film-bio-stub