March 2015

EDUCATION: University of Southern California School of Fine Arts, 1985-89.

    Pasadena Art Center, 3D computer modeling using Alias software on

    Silicon Graphic machines, 1995

SKILLS:

Computer Aided Design-Mechanical Design-Machining

Member S.A.G. Puppeteer-Puppeteering-Suit Performance

Mechanical Fabrication-Electronics-Model Building

Show Control Programming-Show Control Systems-PADI Certified Diver

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Current Employment:

Applied Invention- 2014-Present

Robotics, Human Interface Devices, Audio-Visual Presentation, and Mechanical Design

Applied Minds- 2004-2014

Robotics, Human Interface Devices, Audio-Visual Presentation, and Mechanical Design

FILM:

The Mill at Calder’s End – The Spirit Cabinet, Kevin McTurk,  2013

Special Effects Supervisor: Fabricated and Puppeteered rod puppets.

The Narrative of Victor Karloch – The Spirit Cabinet, Kevin McTurk,  2011

Creature Effects: Fabricated rod puppet amatures.

Hellboy II- Revolution Films, Spectral Motion, 2008

Creature Effects: Electronics on “Angel of Death”.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button– Warner Brothers, Captive Audience, 2006-2007

Puppeteer:  You will have to wait until the film comes out!

Lady in The Water – Warner Brothers, Spectral Motion, 2005

Puppeteer: Puppeteered "Scrunt" puppet.

Mask II-Son of the Mask – New Line Cinema, Captive Audience, 2003-2004

Creature Effects: Designed and built "Alvey” baby and dog.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered "Mask Otis" and “Alvey” puppets.

I Robot- Twentieth Century Fox, Patrick Tatopoulos Designs, 2003

Creature Effects: Fabricated mechanical robot hand parts.

Van Helsing- Carpathian Pictures, Captive Audience, 2003

Creature Effects: On set mechanic for Frankenstein suit.

Hellboy- Revolution Films, Spectral Motion, 2002-2003

Creature Effects: Designed and built creatures and props.

The Santa Clause II-Walt Disney Productions, Amalgamated Dynamics Inc., 2002

Creature Effects: Designed and built ear mechanisms for the reindeer and the Easter bunny.

Men In Black II- Sony Pictures, Rick Baker's Cinovation Studios Inc., 2001

Creature Effects: Designed and built aliens, ”Flapjack” and “Short Guy”

Puppeteer: Puppeteered multiple alien characters in the film.

Beer Money- Beer Money Productions, Masters FX, 2000

Creature Effects: Supervised and built animatronic alien head.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered eyes on "Greenie" alien character.

Say it isn’t so- Farrelly Bros. Productions, Film Illusions, 2000

Creature Effects: Built an animatronic walking cow.

Me, Myself, and Irene- Farrelly Bros. Productions, Film Illusions, 1999

Creature Effects: Built an animatronic cow head.

MonkeyBone- MonkeyBone Productions, Film Illusions, 1999

Creature Effects: Built animatronic heads and full body suits.

Bicentennial Man- Bicentennial Man Productions, XFX, 1999

Creature Effects: Built animatronic head for robot suit.

Idle Hands- Devils Work Productions, Cannom Creations, 1998

Creature Effects: Built lip mechanism for RC "Pnub" head.

Jack Frost- Warner Brothers, Jim Henson Creature Shop LA, 1997

Creature Effects: Designed and built eye mechanisms for animatronic snowman head.

Mighty Joe Young- Walt Disney Productions, Cinovation Studios Inc., 1997

Electronic Effects: Rewired radios for Waldo inputs.

Dr. Dolittle- Walt Disney Productions, Jim Henson Creature Shop LA, 1997

Creature Effects: Designed and built walking dog rig.

George of the Jungle - Walt Disney Productions, Jim Henson Creature Shop LA, 1996

Creature Effects: Designed and built "Tookie bird", snake, and lion arms.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered "Tookie bird" and snake puppets.

Warriors of Virtue- Law Brothers Productions, Alterian Studios, 1994 to 1996

Creature Effects: Mechanical designer and electronic lead of animatronic animal heads.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered lip-synch for  "Lai" a kangaroo character.

Suit Performer: Performed "Chilla” the chimp character.

Legend of Galgameth- Sheen Productions, Alterian studios, 1994-1995

Creature Effects: Supervised design and fabrication of mechanical dinosaur heads.

Life form- Invader Productions, Alterian Studios, 1994

Creature Effects: Supervised the build of mechanical alien puppet.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered cable controlled alien and marionette alien.

Suit Performer: Performed alien for pick-up shots.

Born to be Wild- Warner Bros., Alterian Studios, 1994

Creature Effects: Supervised design and fabrication of mechanical gorilla heads.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered radio-controlled gorilla heads.

Suit Performer: Performed background gorilla.

Stargate- BYFG Productions, Flix FX, 1993

Model Builder: Built mechanical pyramid.

The Addams Family- Paramount Pictures, David Miller Studio, 1991

Creature Effects: Retrofitted mechanical "Thing" hand and wagon.

Puppeteer: Drove the "Thing" wagon.

Alien3- 20th Century Fox, Amalgamated Dynamics Inc., 1991

Creature Effects: Fabricated computer controlled mechanical human "Bishop" head.

Beethoven- Universal Pictures, Peter Knowlton Special Effects, 1991

Creature Effects: Fabricated cable and radio controlled dog.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered mechanical dog.

There's Something In My Attic- Ted Abenheim, Ronin Special Effects, 1989

Creature Effects: Fabricated creature suit and radio controlled head.

The Blob- Tri Star Pictures, Lyle Conway, 1988

Creature Effects: Maintained and slime wrangled blob.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered blob and mechanical tentacles.

Monster Under The Bed- Kurgpold Productions, Ronin Special Effects, 1987

Creature Effects: Fabricated mechanical hand.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered creature hand.

TELEVISION:

Bones- 20th Century Fox, Ronin Special Effects, 2005

Puppeteer: Drove radio-controlled Biped robot “KHR-1”.

Pat the Bunny- Classic Media, Ronin Special Effects, 2003

Creature Effects: Supervised and built “Pat the bunny” hand puppets.

CSI- CBS Productions, Team Sinister Productions, 2003

Puppeteer: Drove radio-controlled BattleBot “Ronin”.

Judging Amy- Twentieth Century Fox Film, Team Sinister Productions, 2002

Creature Effects: Built “BattleBot” robot.

Puppeteer: Drove radio-controlled BattleBot “Ronin”.

The Drew Carey Show- Mohawk Productions, Team Sinister Productions, 2002

Creature Effects: Built a police bomb disposal robot.

Puppeteer: Drove radio-controlled robott

The Drew Carey Show- Mohawk Productions, Team Sinister Productions, 2001

Creature Effects: Built “BattleBots” robots.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered radio-controlled robots.

Friends- Bright, Krane, and Kauffman, Film Illusions, 2000

Creature Effects: Built robot cop character.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered radio-controlled robot.

Friends- Bright, Krane, and Kauffman, Film Illusions, 2000

Puppeteer: Puppeteered radio-controlled police robot character.

Kingsly’s Forest- The Character Shop, 1999

Puppeteer: Preformed lip-sync on lion character.

Wake Up America Pilot- Strike A Match Productions, XFX, 1999

Creature Effects: Built animatronic puppet heads.

Seaquest DSV "Dream Weaver"- Amblin, Alterian Studios, 1995

Creature Effects: Supervised the build of mechanical alien head.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered radio-controlled alien head.

Dinosaurs- Walt Disney Productions, Jim Henson Productions, 1991-1993

Creature Effects: Rebuilt and maintained mechanical dinosaur heads.

COMMERCIALS:

Sprint PCS “Tangerine” Commercial-  Publicis & Hal Riney, Cinovation Studios Inc., 2002

Puppeteer: Puppeteered Men In Black II “Worm guys”.

Bud Frogs Commercial- Brentwood Productions, Film Illusions, 2000

Creature Effects: Built three oversized frogs.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered frog doing “The Wave”.

Skol Beer Alien Commercial (3 spots)-  Zero Films, Anatomorphex, 1999

Creature Effects: Built animatronic alien head.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered radio-controlled alien head.

Coca Cola Crow Commercial-  Big Eye Films, Anatomorphex, 1999

Creature Effects: Built crow puppet.

Texaco Oil Commercial- Reactor Films, The Character Shop, 1998

Creature Effects: Built scaled up rod puppet of a deep-sea eel.

Spyro Video Game Commercial (3 spots)- Stiefel, The Character Shop, 1998

Creature Effects: Built lip mechanism for RC "Toasty the Sheep" head.

Konica Camera Commercial- Dayo Productions, Anatomorphex, 1998

Creature Effects: Rebuilt 1/4 scale great white shark puppet.

Konica Camera Commercial- Dayo Productions, The Character Shop, 1998

Puppeteer: Puppeteered otter floating in the ocean.

KFC Chicken Sandwich Commercial- Capos Films, The Character Shop, 1998

Creature Effects: Built chicken hand and rod puppets.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered "Bus Driver" chicken.

Combat Roach Traps Commercial (2 spots)- Shelter Films, Flix FX, 1998

Creature Effects: Built Grim Reaper skeleton arm extensions.

Puppeteer: Puppeteered skeleton hands and feet.

Bud Bowl V  Commercial- Budweiser, Boss Films, 1993

Mechanical Effects: Designed and built mechanized claw that crushes a TV set.

Energizer Bunny Commercial- Limelight Commercials, Jim Henson Productions, 1993

Creature Effects: On-set mechanic for King Kong suit.

Cool Whip Commercial- Steve Johnson, XFX INC., 1988

Puppeteer: Puppeteered mechanized cow.

ROBOT EVENTS:

BattleBots- Comedy Central, BattleBots Inc., Team Sinister, 1999-2002

Robot Warrior: Designed, built, and operated the robot "Ronin" for combat.

Sozbots- Sozbots inc., Team Sinister, 2002-2004

Co-Owner.

Robot Warrior: Designed, built, and operate one pound robots for combat.

Robot Wars- Robot Wars TM. , Team Sinister, 1994-1997

Robot Warrior: Designed, built and operated robots for combat.

THEME PARK:

Fantastic Puroland- Sanrio, Landmark Entertainment Group, 1990

Show Control Specialist: Wired and programmed animatronic

figures and special effects for theme park in Japan.

Ghostbusters Show- Universal Studios Florida, Landmark Entertainment, 1990

Mechanical Animator: Retrofitted and installed animatronic figures.

Fantastic Puroland- Sanrio, Landmark Entertainment Group, 1989

Model Builder: Fabricated scale model of central village.

Ghostbusters Show- Universal Studios Florida, Landmark Entertainment, 1989

Mechanical Animator: Fabricated animatronic ghost figures.

Caesar's Palace- Joe Hoffman, Ronin Special Effects, 1987

Model Builder: Fabricated model of Roman warship and chariot race.

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Mattel Toy Fairs- Mattel Inc., Chaos Inc., 2000-2003

Control Effects: Installed show control racks, AV gear and demonstration

computers for toy galleries at Toy Fair.

Mattel Inc.- Creative Services, 1998-2002

C.A.D.: Drafted gallery space for Toy Fair.

Whale Exhibit- Pacific Science Center, Film Illusions Inc., 1998

Creature Effects: rebuilt full size animatronic killer whale.

Chuck Wood- David Strassman, Jim Henson Creature Shop LA, 1997

Creature Effects: Supervised, designed, and built animatronic ventriloquist puppet with silicone skin.

Chuck Wood- David Strassman, Ronin Special Effects, 1997

Electronic Effects: Designed and built radio box to interface with a computer control system.

Forest Technologies Trade Show Booth- Joe Hoffman, Ronin Special Effects, 1996

Creature Effects: Supervised and built animatronic owl, chipmunk, and woodpecker.

Action Max- Worlds Of Wonder, Joe Hoffman, 1987

Model Builder: Fabricated space ships for video game.