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"Blood Night; The Legend of Mary Hatchet": (Dept. Head) Over 25 on screen FX gags including a dozen lifelike silicone heads, many body parts, and many construction style make-ups.
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SideshowPictures/
Chaos Squared
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“Animal Collective Music Video: Peace Bone”: (Dept. head) Half body (waist up), animatronic alien creature suit & various other silicone puppet
creations for music video storyline.
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Zooma Zooma/ Domino Records |
| "Lay Me Down": (Dept. Head) Large scarred/surgury chest appliance for young child. Shinako Sudo prod. |
Shinako Sudo prod. |
| "Virgin-Mobile Commercial: Jacob": (Dept. Head) Wired jaw tooth prosthesis for national text messaging spot. |
Park Pictures |
| 'Kooky
Spooky': (Dept Head) Design and application of monstrous
yet cartoon-ish host character. Character is traditional character
& prosthetics based with CG enhancements. Required specialized
motion tracking accents. Currently in pre-production. |
AG Entertainment
Inc |
| "Pink
Eye": (Dept. Head) Many in camera silicone based FX
gags including an animatronic actress double, large scale (5:1)
oversized eyeball, the featured antagonist, several head doubles
both pre and post trauma and over 15 more trauma make-up and FX. |
Savage Roses
Productions/Lost
Angeles Films |
| 'Death
on Demand': (Dept. Head) Large scale body props rigged
with fx gags, including a full half body (with multiple gags),
several "collapsible" heads, and many other trauma fx.
Also the featured antagonist's "frost-bitten zombie"
look. |
Evil Twins LLC |
| 'Skinned Alive': (Dept. Head) 12 on screen cannibal related
effect gags including full body & head doubles, one fully
anatomically correct “eviscerated victim”, multiple
“bite” victims, and countless edible body props. |
Savage Rose Productions |
| 'Death's
Sickle': (Dept. Head) Multi-piece, full head prosthetic
“Devil” character appliances complete with large horns,
sfx contact lenses, and teeth for the short horror/comedy. |
Flip Switch Productions |
| 'ABC
Primetime': Creating a drastic, yet undetectable “disguise”
for a young woman who did not want to be recognized by the show’s
national audience. |
ABC TV |
| 'Solare
Music Video: In a Girls Body': (Dept. Head) A large “1950's
retro” foam full body monster suit. The custom suit featured
4 foot tail, and 3 separate heads on 3 foot necks similar to Godzilla’s
foe Ghidra. All 4 appendages were operated by a team of puppeteers
on a crane overhead. |
Pieces of Eight
Productions |
| 'Mercury
Chain': (Dept. Head) Cast of characters featuring facial
scar, hair work, fake tattoos, exhaustion, and a gun shot wound
make-ups. Also fabrication of severed hand featuring scar in the
shape of Mercury Chain icon, doubled as a self adhesive appliance
for the heroine’s hand. |
Jeff Jackson Productions |
| 'Chubby
and Bones': (Dept. Head) Fabrication of an in camera arm
slicing effect gag. Gelatin arm prop to double for very large
actor’s arm, intrinsically painted, and rigged to bleed
when cut in frame. |
Doug Williams Productions |
| 'The
Shed': (Dept. Head) Creation of two (a younger, and a much
more rotted older) vampire creatures for this independent horror
thriller. |
Jason Rice Films |
| 'Infected
PSP Game': Phony Product Ads: Three unique zombie creature
props created for fake product ads which lead-in to the game's
official site: Diversionbra.com,
Sososoda.com,
& Stalkerperfume.com
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The Concept Farm/Majesco
Games |
| 'Crazy
Eights': (Dept. Head) Horror thriller with ensemble cast
featuring multiple casualty prosthetics, several in camera casualty
effect gags, photo realistic gelatin head doubles, and the heavily
featured horrific antagonist. |
Ikoya Productions |
| 'The
Myth of Time': (Dept. Head) Turning a cast of young and
old actors into a species afflicted with an undefinable plague
on location in Guatemala. Various on screen effect gags,and small
prosthetics as well. |
The Myth of Time,
LLC |
| 'Bug
Crush': Responsible for creating severely bug bitten victim
appliances and make-up, custom large bug nests, slime and bug
filled egg sacks, and silicon "Tobacco worm" double.
(note: Bugcrush recently won at the Sundance film festival in
the category of best short film!) |
Pollywog Productions |
| 'Unearth
Music Video: Zombie Autopilot': (Dept. Head) Full cast
(six actors) of zombies in full zombie character make-ups. Extensive
re-coloring, and high detailing to achieve naturalistic, and realistic
zombie characters. |
Greg Kaplan Productions |
| 'Aunt
Rose': (Dept. Head) Responsible for all of films on set
practical special effects, and prosthetic make-ups including foam
and gelatin body and head doubles, large animatronic monster,
casualty make-ups, and custom prop fabrication. |
Savage Roses Films/
Anchor Bay |
| 'Jacoby
and Meyers Television Spots': Several trauma victims, and
traditional television 'Clean' make-ups for large national legal
firm. |
Painted People
Productions |
"The
Final Patient " : (Department Head) Extreme old age
full head prosthetic coupled with an extreme full head distortion.
Burn victim, multiple trauma victims, and various on set practical
effects.
|
Lighthouse Pictures |
| "Beastie
Boys Video: Triple Trouble" : (as assistant to artist
Joshua Turi) On set maintenance and touch-ups of enormous “Sasquatch”
monster facial prosthetics. |
Chelsea Pictures
NY |
| "Kosmos"
: (Department Head) Six different prosthetic creatures
each representing a different animal, or demon character based
in mythological, and biblical reference. |
Middle of the Road
Productions |
| "Knuckles"
: Extensive scarring of actor's knuckles to portray a life
time of bare fisted boxing. Arm and facial scarring and wounds.
Also sweat, blood, and tears for on set fighters for stuntmen
in "Fight Club" style brawling. |
ModyMod Films |
| "Black
Forest" : Special effects bullet hits. Several air
compressor-powered on set bullet shots to various German soldiers
in this WW II period piece. Also simple air pressurized on screen
blood and gore spray and splatter. |
Black Forest Prod. |
"Star
69" : SFX Make-up for six different characters featuring
extensive prosthetics and/or heavy character make-up. Including:
severe bruising, car accident victims, fantastical and reality
based victim make-ups, old-age transformation, and the film's
featured antagonist.
|
Elk Track Films |
| "H.
Jekyl M.D." : Animatronic creature design, fabrication,
on set puppeteer, and several prosthetic make-ups. Storyboard
artist. |
Three Point Prod. |
| "Bald
Board" PBA promotion: "Bowling ball head"
character make-up for ESPN aired bowling tournaments. |
The Concept Farm |
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| Alcone
Company Inc.: Bald cap fabricator for a long list of major
Hollywood and theatrical clients |
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| "Van
Helsing" Product Display: Shop tech in creation of
four, seven foot tall columns made of foam and cement for International
product display convention. |
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| Peru
Meridian: Shop tech for "Old Navy" in store displays
of new mascot "Magic Jr." |
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While not immediately
relevant, I earned my stripes in the industry and met some amazing
people, working for years as a PA on many large productions including:
The Sopranos (Seasons 4, and 5)
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Third Watch (Season 5)
Jersey Girl
Elf
Daredevil
Men in Black 2
The West Wing (Season 2) |
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