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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I think that Dinosaurs at the Office from Seabeast Puppetry has a lot of potential. If it's done right, a mundane series staring a couple of those toy Dinosaur "Chompers" rod puppets might just be a comedy gold...
This is a short pitch reel for a proposed series called Bigfoot and Gray on the Run. Developed by animator Chris Savino, the show is built around a (partially shaved) Bigfoot and an alien who try to blend in with human society while on the run from a secret government...
Time Machine Guitar is a new aspiring TV series that describes itself as "like Mr. Rogers with a Stratocaster". Created by Grammy nominated children's singer Ralph Covert, the show is built around Ralph and his (wait for it) time machine guitar having time traveling musical adventures with a bunch of puppet friends....
Luis Miguel Barbosa is doing some interesting digital puppetry experiments using Animata, an iPad and a couple of...
Apologies for a lack of recent updates; as so often is the case, life and work conspired to keep me preoccupied last week, but here's a look at what was happening while I wasn't...
I'm not sure why I've never heard of this until now, but apparently the producers of the popular 1950s Superman TV series were trying to figure out how to extend their lucrative franchise and hit upon the idea of launching a spin-off/spoof called The Adventures of Superpup that featured actors in dog suits and a...
Nettlecatfish is a UK television pilot produced by Cornish filmmaker Hana Backland in collaboration with a professional crew and an entire primary school of...
This is the new pilot for Curbs, a proposed series created by Mark Evestaff and Jonathan Baudoin. The original demo for this series debuted online back in 2008. I liked the original demo a lot and I like this new, expanded pilot...
This is a rarely seen TV pilot from 1969 that was produced by the Muppets and based on the comic strip The Wizard of...
Tough Pigs posted another great interview late last week, this time with writer David Misch, who worked on The Muppets Take Manhattan and Jim Henson's little-known Innertube...
The Fuzz is a new pilot commissioned by Comedy Central in the U.S. and produced by Waverly Films. Aimed at adult audiences, it's a send-up of cop shows. It was inspired by Puppet Rapist, a similar project that Waverly produced about five years...
Even though it’s been about seven years since I put my short-lived puppet web series Bear Town online (check out an episode on YouTube), I still occasionally get asked if I’m ever going to do something with it. Well, after a few false starts, I’m happy to finally say that the answer is “hopefully”. I...
