I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Chinese Spring Festival. Lion and Dragon dances featuring giant puppets are a staple of the festivities in Chinese communities around the world, but to celebrate the Year of the Water Dragon children in Bangkok were recently treated to a special,...
How To Train Your Dragon Live is a new $20 million-plus arena show from the same team responsible for the internationally touring arena show Walking With...
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...
This is clever ad for U.S. hamburger chain Carl's Jr. about a robot who comes home to discover that he can't eat their new chicken...
I don't generally post puppet making videos here, but since it's Chinese New Year I thought that this look at the making of a Lion head for a Chinese Lion Dance was...
Angry Birds is currently one of the best-selling games for iOS (iPod, iPhone. etc.) and Israel's number one comedy show Eretz Nehederet ("A Wonderful Country") recently had a little fun with it in this...
This is a little late for Christmas, but fun nonetheless...Samuel Seide took out his full body costume puppet Morris The Hunchback and used it to help raise money for the Salvation Army during the...
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 -...
These seriously cute and surprisingly dark commercials featuring a giant panda are for Panda Cheese, a popular brand in parts of the Middle...
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...
The trailer for Where The Wild Things Are is now available online in high definition. Sorry it’s been so long since my last update…the hotly anticipated trailer for Where The Wild Things Are (see previous post) has finally hit the web and wow. I can’t wait to see this. You can check it out on...
A series of skateboards provide the first look at the monsters of Where The Wild Things Are. The film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are (see previous post) has been hotly anticipated for a long time. The film’s original teaser was released back in 2000 and the movie’s troubled production history has been widely...