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