13 Facts About Ron Cobb

Ron Cobb had one credit as director, for the 1992 film Garbo.

Ronald Ray "Ron" Cobb was born in Los Angeles but spent most of his life in Sydney.

Ron Cobb progressed to becoming a breakdown artist on the animation feature Sleeping Beauty.

Ron Cobb was sent to Vietnam in 1963 as a draftsman for the Signal Corps.

Ron Cobb's cartoons were featured in the back to the land magazine Mother Earth News.

In 1969 Ron Cobb designed the Ecology symbol, later incorporated into the Ecology Flag.

In 1972, Ron Cobb moved to Sydney, where his work appeared in alternative magazines such as The Digger.

Ron Cobb returned to cinema work when he worked with Dan O'Bannon to design the eponymous spaceship for the 1973 cult film, Dark Star.

In 1985 Ron Cobb received credit as "DeLorean Time Travel Consultant" for the film Back to the Future.

Ron Cobb's work made a greater and indelible impact in video gaming because of his art's direct influence on the artists and designers who developed the Halo: Combat Evolved blockbuster series, itself one of the most influential video games of all time.

Ron Cobb co-wrote with his wife, Robin Love, one of the Twilight Zone episodes, Shelter Skelter.

Ron Cobb designed two swords for the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian.

Ron Cobb died on his 83rd birthday, 21 September 2020, from complications of Lewy body dementia.