The Puppets and Creature Suits Of Animal Firm Often when an animal is used in a film, TV show or a commercial, there will be scenes that wouldn’t be practical to do with a real animal. Maybe the action could hurt the animal, be something that an animal cannot be coaxed or bribed into […]
The best gorilla puppets and suits that nobody knew they saw…
If you saw the film “Gorillas in the Mist” you watched scenes of mountain gorillas in the wild. However, you might not realize that alongside footage of actual mountain gorillas, you were looking at one of the greatest feats of realistic puppet and creature making ever executed by a special effects crew. In 1985 I […]
Nick Barone
2014 ended with the loss of a dear friend. I know that many of you, and the puppetry community around the world share this loss. It is with deepest sorrow, that we say goodbye to Nick Barone One of the things that formed the basis of my friendship with Nick was I learned that […]
Chucky, “Your Best Friend”
When I tell people I worked on the Chucky puppet for Childs Play, I get one of two reactions. Either the person takes a physical step back away from me, their face darkens, and they mumble something like “I hate that movie and everything in it!” or….their face lights up, they squeal with delight, and […]