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01 May 2013 Strings: The Documentary

I really wanted to like Strings The Documentary, but I found it incredibly frustrating to watch. Excuse the shaky camera work and disjointed editing and watch this to hear what its subjects have to say about puppetry as an...

28 Mar 2013 Puppetry at Bootsy Bellows

Half Cut Tea - a web site "dedicated to finding the artists behind their art through short documentary videos" - recently shot this profile of L.A.-based puppeteer Jeff Speetjens....

27 Jan 2013 A Brief History of Monster Suit Performance

The Stan Winston School of Character Arts recently posted this great, but all-too-brief video about the history of monster suit performance featuring Tom Woodruff, Jr., a veteran creature maker and suit performer who has worked on dozens of Hollywood...

25 Aug 2012 Simon from the Canadian puppet web series Felt Up

I get a huge number of submissions for PuppetVision and when I'm especially busy I'm usually especially behind on reviewing them. Thus, I occasionally try to clear the backlog by compiling a Weekend Puppet Round-Up and share a bunch of great things with you all at...

16 Aug 2012 Caroll Spinney with Oscar the Grouch

This is some wonderful never-before-released video of Jim Henson recounting the now-famous story of how he recruited Caroll Spinney to play Big Bird at a Puppeteers of America convention in...

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