---
name: "Ron Cobb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ron-cobb"
fi1m_id: "ron-cobb"
imdb_id: "nm0167803"
tmdb_id: 25195
wikidata_id: "Q3441378"
roles: ["Conceptual design"]
born: "21 September 1937"
died: "21 September 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T17:53:50.541643+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ron Cobb

## Identity

Ron Cobb

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ron-cobb
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ron-cobb
- **IMDb ID:** nm0167803
- **TMDB ID:** 25195
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3441378
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Cobb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3441378, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25195

Conceptual design. Born 21 September 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 21 September 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Conceptual design
- **Born:** 21 September 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 21 September 2020
- **Active:** 1979–1989
- **Also known as:** Рон Кобб
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 92 (1), 1980s 79 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Thriller 2, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $447m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Cobb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3441378, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25195

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Conan the Barbarian*](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md) (74)

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## Biography

Ron Cobb was an American-Australian artist, cartoonist and production designer. Born in Los Angeles on 21 September 1937, he began his career in the mid-1950s as an inbetweener and breakdown artist on the Disney animated feature Sleeping Beauty. He later worked as a political cartoonist before moving to Sydney, Australia, in 1972.

Cobb contributed concept art to films including Alien (1979), Star Wars (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He served as production designer on Conan the Barbarian (1982), The Running Man (1987) and Leviathan (1989). He directed the 1992 Australian comedy Garbo and died in Sydney on 21 September 2020.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Abyss* (1989), Fi1m 71, Conceptual Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, Conceptual Design — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Fi1m 74, as Black Lotus Street Peddler (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *Alien* (1979), Fi1m 92, Concept Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Southland Tales* (2007), Production Design
- *The 6th Day* (2000), Assistant Art Director
- *Space Truckers* (1996), Concept Artist
- *Garbo* (1992), Director
- *Total Recall* (1990), Concept Artist — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *The Abyss* (1989), Conceptual Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *Leviathan* (1989), Production Design
- *The Everlasting Secret Family* (1988), Thanks
- *The Running Man* (1987), Production Design
- *Aliens* (1986), Conceptual Design — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Title Designer
- *The Last Starfighter* (1984), Production Designer
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), as Black Lotus Street Peddler (uncredited) · Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Production Artist — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)
- *Alien* (1979), Concept Artist — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)
- *Dark Star* (1974), Special Effects

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ron-cobb