▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ) ▁was ▁an ▁artist , ▁art ▁director , ▁and ▁set ▁and ▁production ▁designer ▁who ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁film ▁and ▁television ▁indust ries ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁through ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Biography ▁K inos h ita ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Bo yle ▁He ights ▁neighborhood . ▁ ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁Ro ose vel t ▁High ▁School , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California ▁to ▁study ▁architecture . ▁ ▁K inos h ita ▁graduated ▁from ▁US C ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁with ▁a ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degree ▁in ▁architecture ▁and ▁design . ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁K inos h ita ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁L ill ian ▁M ats uy ama ▁were ▁intern ed ▁at ▁the ▁Post on ▁War ▁Rel ocation ▁Center ▁in ▁Arizona . ▁His ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁screen writer ▁started ▁with ▁H undred ▁Men ▁and ▁a ▁Girl ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁while ▁it ▁took ▁several ▁years ▁post ▁war ▁before ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁big ▁screen ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁for ▁the ▁special ▁effects ▁tasks ▁and ▁built ▁the ▁famous ▁Rob by ▁the ▁Rob ot ▁in ▁For b idden ▁Planet , ▁although ▁without ▁credit . ▁ ▁Rob ots ▁and ▁K inos h ita ▁ ▁K inos h ita ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁designer ▁of ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁rob ots ▁in ▁science ▁fiction : ▁Tob or