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25 Jan 2012 AT&T discovers “lost” Jim Henson film

This is a nearly 50 year old film produced by Jim Henson that was recently rediscovered and released online by AT&T. Robot is one Jim Henson’s business films from the 1960s, it was shot in 1963 for an elite seminar organized for business owners on the then-brand-new topic of Data Communications. From the video’s YouTube...

09 Dec 2011 puppet-heap-playthings

If you don’t know the work of Puppet Heap, you should. In addition to doing lots of work on all kinds of different film and television projects, they’re also now responsible for building the Muppets. Just that alone would be enough, but the Hoboken, New Jersey based puppet shop has branched out in to toys,...

29 Nov 2011 Adam Bizanski

Adam Bizanski is an Israeli filmmaker who works in live action, animation and now puppetry. I really like his...

25 Nov 2011 The Narrative of Victor Karloch trailer

Kevin McTurk sent me this trailer for his film The Narrative of Victor Karloch, which is the latest film commissioned by Heather Henson for her Handmade Puppet Dreams series. I can't wait to see the entire...

26 Oct 2011 The Panda Rabbit

The Panda Rabbit is a really cool mash-up of puppetry, stop-motion…and a giant panda suit. It’s the debut film of Randy D. Rosario and, if this film is any indication what he can do, he’s a filmmaker who is really worth keeping an eye on. Here’s a fascinating look behind-the-scenes to see how he made...

02 Aug 2011 Cicada Princess

Last week we took a quick look at WarSheep and An Attic Full of Puppets, two puppetry projects that are looking for support via crowdfunding. I wanted to follow those up with Cicada Princess, a beautiful looking film that’s currently in production thanks to a very successful fundraising campaign on Kickstarter. Cicada Princess is actually...

19 Jul 2011 The Spy!

Those short films from the 2011 O'Neill Puppetry Conference a couple weeks ago were very popular, so here's another one...The Spy! was directed by Tim Lagasse and shot as part of a Marionette Performance for Film class taught by Philip Hubner....

18 Jul 2011 The Execution of Margot Rumebe

I saw The Execution of Margot Rumebe last week and fell in love with it. It was made by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop in collaboration with filmmaker Simon Dekker and Michael Green of Calgary, Alberta's acclaimed One Yellow Rabbit Theatre....

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