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07 Apr 2013 Weekend Puppet Catch-up

So many great puppetry-related things have been happening lately, far too many to properly mention here. Here's a round-up of a few of the things I've neglected to mention...

15 Feb 2013 James Franco as Oz with the China Girl

Ain't It Cool News has been doing a series of interviews from the set of the The Great and Powerful Oz. One of the interviews features Master marionette puppeteer Phillip Huber, who performed an 18 inch tall marionette version of the film's "China Girl" character on...

06 Oct 2012 Weekend Wisdom: Howard Berger on Stan Winston and SFX

Howard Berger is an Academy Award Winning special effects artist and the co-founder of KNB EFX Group. In this in-depth half hour interview he talks about how he got started in the business, being mentored by Stan Winston and how practical and digital special effects work...

03 Feb 2012 Mary Thornton

I began my career as a professional puppeteer with Famous PEOPLE Players (FPP) a really acclaimed black light theatre company. I spent almost four years there in the late `90s and it was a really remarkable formative experience for me. It's safe to say that not a single day goes by that I don't make...

27 Jan 2012 1983 Interview with Jim Henson

I stumbled across this online while doing some research earlier this week; it's an excerpt from a CBC interview with Jim Henson taped on the set of Fraggle Rock in 1983....

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