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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This is a fun segment that recently aired on Sesame Street featuring Elmo and Katy Perry (who’s apparently a Muppet fan). In it Katy sings a re-worked version of her hit “Hot `N’ Cold” while chasing Elmo around and playing tag. It’s a very cute and all (there’s even a don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-it cameo by Oscar the...
I'm off to Chicago for the next several days, but before I depart for the Windy City, enjoy this video for Mala Papachan's Conengitetis that's been attracting a lot of attention online and kind of defies...
Well, another year has come and gone. I've been a little too busy doing puppetry to write about for the past several months, but before 2009 comes to a close I wanted to share JibJab's annual year end video, Never a Year Like...
Can you believe that it’s actually taken the Muppets this long to cover Bohemian Rhapsody? While they certainly weren’t first, I think they (unsurprisngly) might have done it best. Update: So, apparently the Muppets have done Bohemian Rhapsody before after all. They sang it in 2005 on the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (thanks...
Do a couple of singing pigs seem appropriate for the times? Swine flu be darned, these lip syncing piggies from Noah Ginex are pretty cute, don’t you think? Check out Noah’s web site for more of his...
The new Feist video Honey Honey was created in collaboration with the Old Trout Puppet Workshop. Feist’s much anticipated video for Honey Honey was released last week. The video features puppetry by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, one of Canada’s most acclaimed puppetry companies. For more on the Old Trouts visit their web site www.theoldtrouts.org;...
A puppet stars in New York alternative rock band Morningwood’s latest music video. The video for Sugarbaby – the latest single from NY-based alternative rock band Morningwood – features another puppet by James Wojtal (see previous post). I’ve linked to the “clean” version of the video, but there’s a more explicit one floating around on...
Ever wondered what Kanye West would like as a puppet? Now you know. The new Kanye West video Champion features a puppet version of everybody’s favourite egotastic Hip Hop artist. I don’t know who worked on this, but the puppetry is well done and even captures some of Kanye’s moves nicely. The puppet’s very much...
Marionette maker Tony Sinett created this marionette for Johnny Flynn’s Tickle Me Pink. It often seems like some of the most unique and original film and video puppetry these days is being done in music videos. I’ve been getting a lot of emails about different ones lately…here are three of the latest: Tickle Me Pink...
Lily Allen and her puppet little brother, built and performed by Jonny Sabbagh. Last year I linked to the music video for Alfie, a song by British singer Lily Allen (see previous post) that features a puppet by Jonny Sabbagh. I just came across some behind the scenes video from the Alfie shoot that includes...
The music video for the Greyboy Allstars’ Still Waiting features a cast of puppet characters. The Greyboy Allstars have an awesome new music video for their song Still Waiting that features puppets built by The Monkey Boys and a puppeteer cast that includes Scott Hitz, Michael Latini, Paul Mcginnis, Russel Tucker, James Wojtal, Mark Petrasino,...
