I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
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,...
This is a new ad that's been running for the past month or so in the UK for Diet Coke featuring three fashionista marionette characters named Eleanor, Bernadette and Irene who "Love It...
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...
Puppet Heap has released a new series online called I Knew an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. Like most things from the `Heap it's pretty...
Puppet Heap has a great looking all-new...
Something I’ve been remiss about mentioning here is Exit Row, a new-ish web series from Puppet Heap and Paul Andrejco (see previous posts) that’s already been featured on several other puppetry blogs. The show is built around two air sickness bags, Ralph and Chuck, and is another example of how great a simple idea can...
My apologies for the lack of the traditional beginning-of-week inspiration here yesterday. It was a long weekend here in Canada and, well, I was having a glorious, computer-free weekend. To make it up to you, please do enjoy the adventures of Bionic Lobster, who’s sort of a viral video mascot for Leatherman’s Wave multi-tool. And...
Puppet Heap's reel is a montage and includes some fancy editing, but this is one case where that's probably OK, despite what I said about montages in demo reels. They have almost 20 years of experience working on some of the most high profile projects in the...
FairPoint – a communications and data provider in the U.S. – has launched a campaign featuring “Bundle” an adorably cute little critter built by the Jim Henson Workshop in New York. He’s performed by Tim Lagasse, who was assisted by James Godwin (in the video above) and Amanda Maddock (all the other ones). More Bundle...
Puppet Heap brings the classic tale of Old Mother Hubbard to life in a short film. Enjoy Old Mother Hubbard by the always-outstanding Puppet Heap (see previous post). Subscribe to their new Heapcast to get updated whenever they post new...
Omar’s Mother is a 2006 short film by Puppet Heap. I just watched Omar’s Mother, a short film about “a boy, his Mother and the worm who brings them closer together.” It was directed by Paul Andrejco of Puppet Heap back in 2006 and is one of best puppet shorts I have seen in a...
Eminem’s latest video Ass Like That (definately not recommended for the easily offended) features Triumph The Insult Comic Dog. As per usual there’s a couple of great Triumph one-liners from Robert Smigel (my personal favourite is “Oooh, do you kiss Fifty Cent with that mouth?”). The video also features these terrific puppets of rappers Eminem...