RESUME
DESIGNER/ PROP MASTER/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, 8/95 – Present
*Design and produce projects combining education and entertainment for the motion picture industry and for public works
*Design/Build original sets and large scale prop, wood working, welding, foam sculpture and fabrication
*Art Direction, prop and art department management
*Director of Independent films and original works
*Art cars, metal sculpture, unique elemental sculpture
*3-D prototypes and special effects
*Puppets, plush design, mold making and stop motion puppetry
FILM AND TELEVISION
Television- Prop Master/Artistic Director
“Multiplay” - Games Development, 2023
“Yo Gabbaland” - Second Unit - Los Angeles, Property Master 2023
“House of Villans” - Doll Maker, 2022
“Twin Love” - Property Master, 2022
“Pickled “ - Property Master, 2022
“Love Island USA “ - Property Master, 2022
“Slumberkins” - Jim Henson production, Property, 2022
“Waffles and Mochi’s Restaurant “ - Property Master, 2022
“Barmagedon” - Property Master, 2022 and 2023
“Tall Poppy” - Propmaker, 2022
“Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Party Challenge” - Property Master, 2021
“Beat the Clock” Royal Caribbean - Games Developer, 2021
“ Double Shot of Love”- Property Master, 2021
“Ellen Game of Games” - Property Master, 2020 and 2021
“Tooned In” - Property Master, 2021
“Ryan’s Mystery Playdate” - Property Master, Seasons, 1,2,3,4 2020-2021
“Top Elf” - Property Master, 2019 and 2020
“All American” - Property, 2019
“Escape the Night” Property Master, 2018
“Let’s Make Deal” - Zonk Department, 2018
“Cousins for Life” - Property Master, 2018
“Sigmund and the Sea Monsters” - Sid and Marty Krofft, Property Master, 2016-2017
“Mutt & Stuff” - Sid and Marty Krofft, Property Master, Seasons, 1,2,3,4, 2015-2017
“Big Bad Bedroom Battle” - Disney Pilot- Art Director, 2014
“The Game Plane” - Property Master, 2014
“The American Bible Challenge” - Property Master, 2012-2013
“The Aquabats” - Art Director / Property Master, 2012
“Yo Gabba Gabba Live”- Prop fabrication, 2012
“Yo Gabba Gabba”- Property Master, 2009-2011
“Yo Gabba Gabba Live Xmas special tour”- Prop fabrication, 2013
“HARD Day of the Dead event”- Prop fabrication, 2013
“ABC xmas light special”- Prop fabrication, 2013
“Good Morning Today”- Jim Henson- Prop fabrication, 2013
“The Game Plane” T.V. series- Property Master, 2013
“The American Bible Challenge”- Property Master, 2011-2013
“Felt”, Logo T.V. series- Art Director, 2013
“Outrageous 911” T.V series Art Director, 2013
“Guinness World Records Unleashed” Property Master, 2013
“Guinness World Records Gone Wild” Property Master, 2012
“Dance Showdown”- Art Director, 2012
“Game of Life” T.V. series- Property Master, 2012
“Family Game Night” Property Master, 2011-2013
“Family Game Night” - Property Master, 2010-2011
“Worlds Worst Tenants” Property Master, 2011-2012
“Seriously Funny Kids” T.V. series- Art Director, 2011
“I get that a lot!” T.V. series- Art Director, 2009 and 2011
“The Aquabats Supershow” T.V. series-Property Master, 2010
“Monster House/Monster Garage” T.V. series- Prop fabrication, 2003-2006
“Punked” MTV- prop fabrication
Commercial list
Final Fantasy
Fallout 4 and 76
Target
Jimmy Kimmel
New Castle
Doritos
POPS
Subaru
Coke Zero
Coke Mini
Fedex
Chevy
AllState Insurance
Scott paper towels
Etc.
Internet
Youtube, Dance Showdown- Art Director
Juicy Fruit, Serenading Unicorn- Built sets/props
Theatre
Los Angeles Opera
Walt Disney Music Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2003- Artist/Performer for Walt Disney Performing Arts Center, Education Division, L.A.
REDCAT, Los Angeles
Toy Companies
Jakks Pacific, Santa Monica, CA (Designer/vendor)
Equity Marketing, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (Designer/vendor/Toy Fair Artistic direction)
Namkung, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA
The Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Co., Valencia, CA
Nakajima U.S.A., Los Angeles, CA
Miscellaneous
Mike Kelley studios- Project manager 2009
Ikus and company Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Various Independent Artists and Designers Internationally (Prop design/fabrication/Art direction for the gallery)
*Produced technologically advanced bug freezing device
"The Host"(traveling puppet show/Performance vehicle/Art Car)
*Production designer for Academy Awards and Grammy after events 2005-06
*Designed and produced large scale adobe sculpture of a Hippopotamus for the 2005 Venice Biennale (Guillermo Calzadilla/Jennifer Allora)
EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
9/90-5/94 Bachelor of Fine Arts
9/92-5/94 Teacher's Assist.,Super shop: woodworking, welding, various sculpting techniques
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2004-present Owner of Gumplestiltskin Stiltwalking and performace artist company
2000-2004 Teach Master Class/Public Arts Lecture, USC
2002-2003 Instructor, Side Street Projects
Taught woodworking on a school bus children K-8
NOMINATIONS/AWARDS
2011- Daytime Emmy Nomination- Yo Gabba Gabba-Set design/Prop Master
OTHER SKILLS
Production Design, Directing Independent cinema, Stiltwalking, Childrens Entertainment