FEATURE FILM CV
1981 VENOM
Sculptural and animatronic effects (snake). Dir. Tobe Hooper. For Richard Dean, FX supervisor.
1983-4 COMPANY OF WOLVES
Creature and transformation effects with Chris Tucker. Palace Pictures. Dir. Neil Jordon (SPFX BAFTA)
1984 DREAM CHILD
Maquette for mock turtle. Effects designer - Lyle Conway
1984-5 SANTA CLAUS (THE MOVIE)
Animatronics designer (computer controlled reindeer etc.) Prod A. Salkind, Dir. Jeannot Schwartz
1985 LABYRINTH
Making armour, weapons, war machine, etc. For Hensons creature shop. Dir. Jim Henson
1985 UMBRIJ
Creature design for Peter Parks, OSF. Uncompleted Oxford Scientific Film
1985-6 ALIENS
Creature effects with Stan Winston, also Miniature effects. 20th C Fox. Dir. Jim Cameron. (SPFX OSCAR; BAFTA BEST VIS. FX; SATURN AWARD BEST SFX)
1986 CASTAWAYS
A few small specialist props. Dir. Nick Roeg
1986 GOTHIC
HOD Supervising sculptural and prosthetic effects. Heliolodge prods. Dir. Ken Russell
1986-7 WILLOW
Head of sculpture of make-up effects and animatronic dept. under Nick Dudman. Lucasfilms. Dir. Ron Howard. OSCAR BEST VIS. FX; IFF AWARD BEST SFX
1987 CRUSOE
HOD Sculptural effects, bodies, props, etc. Dir. Caleb Deschanel
1988 DEEP STAR SIX
Miniature sets/ breakaway sets. Effects through Oxford Scientific Films.
1988 THE FLY II
Models for miniature pyrotechnic fly. For Oxford Scientific Films. Dir. Chris Walas
1989 SECOND IMPERATIVE
Prosthetic costumes for Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus characters. Head of make up and sculpture.
1990 LOST WORLD
HOD sculpture. Animatronic dinosaurs. For Crawley Creatures. (Film uncompleted)
1991 SELLING HITLER
Costume props, effects. 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. Lusasfilms TV series. World-wide prods.
1992 LITTLE BUDDHA
Sculpture and animatronic creature effects for R Conway. Recorded Picture Prods. Dir.R. Bertolucci
1993 FLINTSTONES
Animatronic model designer, brontocrane, coelacanth etc. Ambling Prods/ Hensons Creature shop
1993 NEVER ENDING STORY 3
Some initial sculpture work on dragon creature (Falcor). Hensons Creature shop
1993-4 BABE
Animatronic designer on robotic animals under Neal Scanlan. (SPFX OSCAR). Kennedy Miller Prods. Dir. Chris Noonan
1994 MARY REILLY
Anatomical props/sculptures/effects. For prod designer Stuart Craig. Hyde Films Ltd
1994 LOCH NESS
Animatronic monster for Hensons Creature shop. Dir. John Henderson
1995 MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND
Miniature figures for Henson's Creature Shop. Dir. Brian Henson.
1995 ENGLISH PATIENT
Small involvement in prosthetic sculpts / on set work. For Hensons. Dir. Anthony Minghella.
1995 PINOCCHIO
Donkey and sea monster transformation element, art working and animatronics. For Hensons. Dir. Steve Barron
1995-6 101 DALMATIANS
Supervising sculptor of Animatronic animals, horse, dogs, pig . For Hensons. Disney Productions. Director, Steve Herek.
1996 BUDDY
Sculptor/art finish working on Gorilla characters. For Hensons /American Zoetrope. Dir. Caroline Thompson.
1996-7 ODYSSEY
Project supervisor a’tronics. Cyclops, Scyllas, Sea-slug.,pig. Dir. Andrei Konchalevsky. Hallmark /Hensons.(SFX EMMY)
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. 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. Disney. For Artem Effects.
1999-00 BROTHERHOOD of the WOLF
Art coordinator/sculptor of "The Beast". Pathe/Davis Films. Dir. Christophe Sens
2000 HARRY POTTER 1
Snake and Troll characters; for Henson’s Creature shop. Warner Bros. Film. Dir. Christopher Columbus.
2000-01 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Coordinator of creature and MU FX, Henson’s creature shop. Dir. Brian Henson. Henson Productions (MAKE UP EMMY )
2001 DINOTOPIA
Art-working, fabrication and on-set work, dinosaurs. Dir. Marco Brambillo. Hallmark TV special.
2001-02 HARRY POTTER TWO
Creature effects (spiders, Basilisk, John Cleese sculpt) under Nick Dudman. Warner Bros. Dir. Christopher Columbus.
2002 THE WATER GIANT
Art work and on-set work on the creature. For Jim Henson creature shop. Dir. John Henderson
2002 HARRY POTTER THREE
sculpting Aunt Marge for inflation sequence. Warner Bros.
2003-4 HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Aliens/creature puppets for feature film for Jim. Henson’s Creature Shop. Producers – Hammer and Tongs/Disney
2006 HIS DARK MATERIALS
Design sculpts for the ‘Daemons’ – Neal Scanlan Studios. 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