VENOM |
Sculptural and animatronic effects (snake) |
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Dir. Tobe Hooper. For Richard Dean, FX supervisor. |
1983-4 |
Creature and transformation effects with Chris Tucker |
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Palace Pictures. Dir. Neil Jordon (SPFX BAFTA) |
1984 |
DREAM CHILD |
Maquette for mock turtle |
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Effects designer - Lyle Conway |
1984-5 |
Animatronics designer (computer controlled reindeer etc.) Prod A. Salkind, Dir. Jeannot Schwartz |
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1985 |
LABYRINTH |
Making armour, weapons, war machine, etc |
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For Hensons creature shop. Dir. Jim Henson |
1985 |
UMBRIJ |
Creature design for Peter Parks, OSF |
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Uncompleted Oxford Scientific Film |
1985-6 |
Creature effects with Stan Winston, also Miniature effects. 20th C Fox. Dir. Jim Cameron. (SPFX OSCAR; BAFTA BEST VIS. FX; SATURN AWARD BEST SFX) |
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1986 |
CASTAWAYS |
A few small specialist props |
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Dir. Nick Roeg |
1986 |
HOD Supervising sculptural and prosthetic effects |
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Heliolodge prods. Dir. Ken Russell |
1986-7 |
Head of sculpture of make-up effects and animatronic dept. under Nick Dudman. Lucasfilms. Dir. Ron Howard. |
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(OSCAR BEST VIS. FX; IFF AWARD BEST SFX) |
1987 |
CRUSOE |
HOD Sculptural effects, bodies, props, etc |
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Dir. Caleb Deschanel |
1988 |
DEEP STAR SIX |
Miniature sets/ breakaway sets |
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Effects through Oxford Scientific Films. |
1988 |
THE FLY II |
Models for miniature pyrotechnic fly |
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For Oxford Scientific Films. Dir. Chris Walas |
1989 |
Prosthetic costumes for Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus characters. Head of make up and sculpture. |
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LOST WORLD |
HOD sculpture. Animatronic dinosaurs |
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For Crawley Creatures. (Film uncompleted) |
1991 |
SELLING HITLER |
Costume props, effects. |
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TV film. |
1991 |
MAN TO MAN |
HOD make-up. Prosthetic ageing effects of main character. Basilisk productions. Dir. John Maybury |
1991 |
YOUNG INDIANA JONES |
Special make-up effects |
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Lusasfilms TV series. World-wide prods. |
1992 |
LITTLE BUDDHA |
Sculpture and animatronic creature effects for R Conway. |
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Recorded Picture Prods. Dir.R. Bertolucci |
1993 |
Animatronic model designer, brontocrane, coelacanth etc. Ambling Prods/ Hensons Creature shop |
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1993 |
NEVER ENDING STORY 3 |
Some initial sculpture work on dragon creature (Falcor). Hensons Creature shop |
1993-4 |
Animatronic designer on robotic animals under Neal Scanlan. (SPFX OSCAR) |
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Kennedy Miller Prods. Dir. Chris Noonan |
1994 |
MARY REILLY |
Anatomical props/sculptures/effects |
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For prod designer Stuart Craig. Hyde Films Ltd |
1994 |
LOCH NESS |
Animatronic monster for Hensons Creature shop |
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Dir. John Henderson |
1995 |
MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND |
Miniature figures, |
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For Henson's Creature Shop. Dir. Brian Henson. |
1995 |
ENGLISH PATIENT |
Small involvement in prosthetic sculpts / on set work |
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For Hensons. Dir. Anthony Minghella. |
1995 |
PINOCCHIO |
Donkey and sea monster transformation element, art working and animatronics. |
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For Hensons. Dir. Steve Barron |
1995-6 |
Supervising sculptor of Animatronic animals, horse, dogs, pig . For Hensons. Disney Productions. Director, Steve Herek. |
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1996 |
BUDDY |
Sculptor/art finish working on Gorilla characters. For Hensons /American Zoetrope. Dir. Caroline Thompson. |
1996-7 |
Project supervisor a’tronics. Cyclops, Scyllas, Sea-slug.,pig. Dir. Andrei Konchalevsky. Hallmark /Hensons.(SFX EMMY) |
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1997 |
MERLIN |
Project supervisor of a’tronics. Dragon and Griffin creatures. Dir. Steve Barron. Hallmark Pictures/Hensons (SFX EMMY) |
1997-8 |
ANIMAL FARM |
Technical consultant, animatronics, and supervising sculptor. Dir. John Stephenson. Hallmark Pictures, working for Hensons. |
1998 |
LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW |
Sculptor of horse and prosthetic FX for Kevin Yagher |
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Paramount. Dir. Tim Burton |
1999 |
NATIVITY |
Visual supervisor. Dir. Brian Henson. For Sony/Columbia Producing animatronic animal characters. (project uncompleted) |
1999 |
JUST VISITING |
Prosthetic sculpts, figure work and effects. |
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Disney. For Artem Effects. |
1999-00 |
Art coordinator/sculptor of "The Beast" |
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Pathe/Davis Films. Dir. Christophe Sens |
Snake and Troll characters; for Henson’s Creature shop. Warner Bros. Film. Dir. Christopher Columbus. |
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2000-01 |
Coordinator of creature and MU FX, Henson’s creature shop. Dir. Brian Henson. Henson Productions (MAKE UP EMMY ) |
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2001 |
DINOTOPIA |
Art-working, fabrication and on-set work, dinosaurs |
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Dir. Marco Brambillo. Hallmark TV special. |
2001-02 |
HARRY POTTER TWO |
Creature effects (spiders, Basilisk, John Cleese sculpt) under Nick Dudman |
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Warner Bros. Dir. Christopher Columbus. |
2002 |
THE WATER GIANT |
Art work and on-set work on the creature |
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For Jim Henson creature shop. Dir. John Henderson |
2002 |
HARRY POTTER THREE |
sculpting Aunt Marge for inflation sequence |
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Warner Bros. |
2003-4 |
HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY |
Aliens/creature puppets for feature film for Jim |
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Henson’s Creature Shop. Producers – Hammer and Tongs/Disney |
2006 |
HIS DARK MATERIALS |
Design sculpts for the ‘Daemons’ – Neal Scanlan Studios |
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New Line Productions. Dir. Chris Weiss |
(Note. Awards mentioned are not my personal awards but where I have been a member of an award winning team)
SELECTED LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON FILM WORK.
GIJON FILM FESTIVAL, SPAIN |
1990, LECTURE, DEMO, AND EFFECTS EXHIBITION |
ST. ALBANS SCHOOL OF ART. |
1991. LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATIONS |
KENT INST. OF ART AND DESIGN |
1992. LECTURES. |
KENSINGTON SCHOOL ART DEPT. |
1993. LECTURES |
EUROPEAN FILM SCHOOL,DENMARK |
1997. LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS |
LEAF, WEMBLEY CONF. CENTRE |
1997. LECTURE AT LONDON EFFECTS and ANIMATION FESTIVAL |