STAR WARS
Without doubt R2-D2 is probably the most famous robot I have ever built and arguably one of the most famous robot in the world. The total commission was for eight robots in three different categories, plus the master molds and an additional head. This broke down into four remote control units, two Kenny Baker units [...]
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SUPERMAN II
I designed and built 24 scale model cars for the street scene in Metropolis. In front of us is a giant red sun and past that the crystalline planet, Krypton. We approach through the clouds, and see a large white dome. Suddenly inside, a large hulking brute comes up behind a chamber guard and quickly [...]
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JAMES BOND
My-studios designed and built 36 model spacemen complete with backpacks, laser guns and clothes for the space scene. Moonraker was the eleventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film, directed by Lewis Gilbert, co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne [...]
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SATURN 3
I worked with Peter Parks of Oxford Scientific Films to produce the meteor belt around a model of Saturn. Also directed the sfx filming of HECTOR the evil robot. Saturn 3 is a 1980 science fiction film starring Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel. Direction is credited to Stanley Donen but the project was [...]
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DRAGON SLAYER
I worked on a giant robot dragon and special effect props including the anvil for the famous scene in the forge. Dragonslayer is a live action fantasy movie set in a fictional medieval country. It follows a young wizard (played by Peter MacNicol) who experiences danger and opposition as he attempts to defeat a dragon. [...]
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ALTERED STATES
Designed and produced a 35 feet of latex human intestines, used in the dream scene for Ken Russell Altered States is a 1980 science fiction film adaptation of a novel by the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky. It was the only novel that Chayefsky ever wrote, as well as his final film. [...]
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