AFTRA
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PUPPETEER RESUME

Top to bottom. "Slimer, the Green Ghost" puppet from Ghostbusters. "Hammy the Ham Monster" from The Mr. Potato Head Show. Angel wings from Date With An Angel.

GREG THE BUNNY (2001)
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION
- Puppeteer -
Background character puppetry and puppetry assistance.

THE CHIMP CHANNEL (1999)
TELESCOPIC PICTURES
- Puppeteer -
Puppeteer of the radio controlled Cockatoo character, “Bernard". Creation and puppetry performance of the Vac-U-Droid puppets for the Star Wars-The Phantom Menace spoo
f.

THE MR. POTATO HEAD SHOW (1998)
FILM ROMAN
- Puppeteer / Voice -
Lead puppeteer and voice of “Hammy the Ham Monster” a hand and rod puppet.

VIRUS (1996)
XFX and UNIVERSAL PICTURES
- Puppetry Supervisor / Puppeteer -
Trained and supervised 20 puppeteers for the Droid group scenes. Puppeteer of various mechanical Droids using radio control and rod puppetry techniques.

THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1996)
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
- Puppeteer -
Radio controlled facial movements of “ Shelly the Hamster”, from eye blinks to ear wiggles.

SPECIES (1995)
XFX and MGM
- Puppeteer -
Performed Lab Creature.

SHELLY DUVALL’S BEDTIME STORIES (1994)
THINK ENTERTAINMENT
- Puppeteer -
Puppeteer of “Ticker the Clock” character, by means of rod and cable controls.

BRAM STOKER'S: DRACULA (1993)
COLUMBIA PICTURES
- Puppeteer -
Puppeteer for shadow puppet battle scenes.

HOOK (1992)
AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT
- Puppeteer -
Glowing “Tinkerbell” marionette manipulation.

MUPPET*VISION 3-D (1992)
THEME PARK PRODUCTIONS ( Disney / Henson )
- Puppeteer -
Performed various background puppets for musical finale.

ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (1991)
BETTY PRODUCTIONS ( for The Disney Channel )
-Puppeteer / Body Suit Performer / Announcer -
Performer of the Cheshire Cat’s eyes and the Dormouse’s eyes and ears via radio control. Body suit performer of the “Ooey-Gooey Swamp Thing”. Announcer for “The Red Letterman Show” scene.

MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD (1990)
ALTEREAN STUDIOS
- Lead Puppeteer -
On camera performance of the “Dungeon Rat.”

GREMLINS 2: THE NEXT BATCH (1989)
WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES and CINOVATION, INC.
- Puppeteer -
Lead puppeteer of “Daffy“ (from Mogwai through Gremlin) by hand, cable and remote control. Assistant puppeteer on other lead Gremlins.

HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS (1988)
WALT DISNEY PICTURES
- Puppetry Supervisor -
Rehearsal and coordination of 20 Mexican puppeteers, on location in Mexico, for on camera performance of 8 ft. mechanical ant.

ELVIRA - MISTRESS OF THE DARK (1988)
DOUG BESWICK PRODUCTIONS and NEW WORLD VIDEO/NBC
FILM PRODUCTIONS
- Puppeteer -
Puppeteer of “Crock-pot monster”.

DATE WITH AN ANGEL (1987)
BOSS FILMS CORPORATION
- Puppeteer -
Puppeteer of the angel’s wings by rod, cable and strings from above. Also performed the marionette-style wings for the angel’s blue screen flying shots.

BEETLEJUICE (1987)
THE GEFFEN COMPANY and DOUG BESWICK PRODUCTIONS
- Puppeteer -
Puppetry of rod puppet fly, cable operated beetle and preacher mouth.

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1987)
BOSS FILMS CORPORATION
- Puppeteer -
Puppeteer for Lo Pan glowing figure.

POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (1986)
BOSS FILMS CORPORATION
- Lead Puppeteer -
Worked with actor Craig T. Nelson in joining live action and creature effects for on camera sequence. Trained and supervised twenty puppeteers for “Great Beast” blue-screen shots.

MY SCIENCE PROJECT (1985)
WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS & TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
- Puppeteer -
Puppetry of head, neck, and mouth on T-Rex miniature puppet.

FRIGHT NIGHT (1985)
BOSS FILMS CORPORATION
- Puppeteer -
Research and development, assembly and operation of Vampire destruction sequence puppets. Design and fabrication of the bat's wings. Sculpture and fabrication of melting hands effect.

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
BOSS FILMS CORPORATION & COLUMBIA PICTURES
- Puppeteer / Body Suit Performer -
On camera performance of “Slimer” as a body suit performer. Operation of the Librarian transformation figure and Terror Dogs.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S: THRILLER (1983)
EFX
- Actor -
Performed a background Zombie character for the Rock-Video.

MONSTER IN THE CLOSET (1982)
DOUG BESWICK PRODUCTIONS
- Puppeteer -
On camera performance of the creature inside the monster's mouth.

ONE DARK NIGHT (1982)
TOM BURMAN STUDIOS
- Puppeteer -
On camera performance of corpses.

BARBARA MANDRELL AND THE MANDRELL SISTERS (1982)
KROFFT ENTERTAINMENT
- Puppeteer -
Rod puppeteer of Clyde the Drummer's hands.

SIX FLAGS MAGIC MOUNTAIN (1977-1980)
SIX FLAGS
- Puppeteer -
Performed a strolling puppet show which consisted of one-on-one ad-libbing with the park guests.

"Slimer" photo by Mark Siegel. "Hammy" photo by Bill Traetta. Wings photo by Teresa Burkett
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