I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
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European Buildings built out of paper by Megan Brain.
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Hand craved foam puppet head by Phil Fletcher.
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Simpsons couch gag animated by John K.
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Cats and Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (see previous post) is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Although audiences probably assume most what they're seeing on screen is CGI, the movie features some really sophisticated animatronic...
This three part installment of Steve Johnson's Rubber Rules series on YouTube (see previous post) offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creation of one of the most iconic puppet characters of the 1980s -...
The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive "first look" at the new Muppet Movie (which is currently in production) and ComingSoon.net has scans of the two page spread available...
This is a demo reel for Steve Johnson's EdgeFX, one of the leading practical FX companies in Hollywood....
While I'm still mired in lots of work, the pace will be slowing down a bit starting this week and I'm hoping to get back to regular blogging soon. In the meantime, here's some interesting news and notes from the world of...
Puppet is a documentary by David Sol. I don’t know much about it, but it appears to be about the staging of Dan Hurlin’s Disfarmer, a puppet play about Arkansas photographer Mike Disfarmer that was produced in New York last year. You can see some excerpts from the theatrical production of Disfarmer below: Puppet looks...
In this video installment of the Henson.com Podcast from earlier this year, the Creature Shop's Head of Puppet Fabrication, Julie Zobel, explains the process of restoring several Skeksis...
Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore was mostly panned by critics and got buried at the weekend box office, but it features some of the most sophisticated animatronic puppetry ever seen on film and for that reason alone I think it's worth checking...
A film I’m really looking forward to seeing is Kuky Se Vrascí (Kooky’s Return). Directed by the acclaimed Academy Award winning Czech filmmaker Jan Svěrák, Kooky’s Return is about a boy who throws away his beloved teddy bear and then begins to imagine the adventures his bear Kooky has as he tries to return home....
Meet The Feebles is a black comedy cult-classic puppet film directed by Peter Jackson (yes, that Peter Jackson) way back in 1989 that's become well known in recent years thanks to the success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I recently discovered the Meet The Feebles "making of" documentary on...
It's hard to believe, but handmade puppet films just might be the next big...
The feature-length toy Theatre film Dante’s Inferno is now available on DVD. Dante’s Inferno (see previous post) – the feature-length Toy Theatre film from a team that includes Paul Zaloom is now available to order on DVD. While it’s the type of indie film that’s probably not for everyone, I had a chance to catch...
