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Feature Films: Special Effects

2019
Creatures
Special Effects Senior Technician: Gimbals

2018
Game of Games
Special Effects Senior Technician

2017
Aquaman
Special Effects Senior Technician: Gimbals

Peter Rabbit
Special Effects Senior Technician

2016
Alien Covenant
Special Effects Senior Technician

Osiris Child
Special Effects Senior Technician

2015
Hacksaw Ridge
Special Effects Senior Technician

2014
Australia Stories of Us
On set supervisor                                                        Network Seven Australia
Fire, Wind, Rain, Smoke, Explosions

2:22
Special Effects on set supervisor

Unbroken                                                                             Universal
On set supervisor                                                           Director: Angelina Jolie
 
2013
Fury Road (Mad Max 4)                        Warner Brothers/Kennedy Miller Mitchell
On set supervisor                                                            Director: George Miller
Pre rig supervisor

2011 
Burn Notice Series 5                                                         TVM Productions
Special Effects Foreman                                                   Directors: Various

Rock of Ages                                                                     Offspring Entertainment
Special Effects Foreman                                                   Director: Adam Shankman

2010
Twilight “Breaking Dawn”                                                Imprint Entertainment
Special Effects Technician                                                Director: Bill Condon
              
Fast and Furious Five                                                     Universal / Neal Moritz
Special Effects and Supervisor VFX unit                             Director: Justin Lin

2009 
Narnia 3: Voyage of the Dawn Treader                           Walden Media
Supervisor of Special Effects (on set)                             Director: Michael Apted
              
Accidents Happen                                                         Red Carpet Productions
Supervisor of Special Effects                                          Director: Andrew Lancaster

2008 
Mao’s Last Dancer                                                             ITV Studios
Supervisor of Special Effects                                              Director: Bruce Beresford
             
Scorched (tele movie)                                                       Essential Viewing/ Ch 9
Supervisor of Special Effects                                                   Director: Tony Tilse

* 2009 AFI award for best Special Effects
               
Justice League                                                                  Warner Brothers
Coordinator of Special Effects                                            Director: George Miller       American pre production 

2007
Australia                                                                                        Fox Studios
Coordinator of Special Effects                                                 Director: Baz Lurhman
*2008 AFI award for Special Effects

2006
Walking with Dinosaurs Arena Spectacular            Creature Production Group
Waldo controller and eye mechanisms’                                   Director: William May             

Fools Gold                                                                             Warner Brothers
Senior Special Effects                                                         Director: Andy Tennant

2005
Superman                                                                                   Warner Brothers
Senior Special Effects                                                             Director: Bryan Singer
Manufacture of gimbals

2004               
Stealth                                                                                   Sony Pictures
SFX Senior                                                                              Director: Rob Cohen                                       
Co-design and Manufacture of explosive effects.                         

Mask 2                                                                                  New Line Cinema
SFX Foreman                                                                      Director: Larry Gutterman                               
Design and Manufacture of physical effects.  

2003
Star Wars Episode III                                                         Lucas Film
Design and Manufacture of all stunt and hero                     Director: George Lucas
Light Sabers and combat weapons.                            

2002               
Gettin’ Square                                                               Mushroom/Working Title
SFX Supervisor                                                              Director: Jonathan Tiplitsky

2002/1           
The Matrix II & III                                                                 Warner Brothers
Supervising to design and realize effects                    Director: Wachowski Brothers

2001               
Kangaroo Jack                                                                   Warner Brothers
Head of Bi plane crash (on wires). Aerial Camera rigs          Director: David McNally

2000               
When Good Ghouls Go Bad                                             Fox Studios Sydney           Co-ordination of crew /Build of main character puppet.                      

2000               
Star Wars Episode II                                                   Lucas Films
Light sabres. Flight simulation (gimbals).                                Director: George Lucas           

2000               
Moulin Rouge                                                                       BazMark Films/Fox
Mechanical and stage effects                                                 Director  Baz Lurman

1999               
Red Planet                                                                              Warner Brothers           Senior/Supervision & build of effects                                     

Mission Impossible II                                                                  Paramount                                                   
Design and build of motorcycle & car rigs                               Director  John Woo
Stunt rigs, various effects                                                         
                                                                                                                                     
1999               
Farscape                                                                           Sci-fi Ch /Channel NineCG effects & animation                                                   Director   Various         

1998               
The Matrix                                                                                       Warner Brothers                                        
Build and supervision of helicopter crash.                  Director    Wachowski Brothers
Other various effects.                                                               

1997               
Babe 2: Pig in the City                                                                        Universal                                                      
Build of animatronic mice.                                                Director      George Miller

1997               
Gargantua                                                                                      Warner Brothers                                        
Build of hero animatronics and large rigs.                    John Cox Creature Workshop 

1996               
Dark City                                                                               Dark City Productions
General and mechanical effects.                                               Director: Alex Proyas

Pre 1996       
Theme park rides/TVCs’                                                             Australia and USA
Design, Mechatronics, Sculpture & control.                                      Directors various

Pre 1990       
Mechanical engineering                                               Australia and New Zealand
Research design and manufacture                                                      Various


See Show reel at

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_cOAj7VfJo

 

Qualifications

College:        Diploma of Screen and Media in Special Effects        
                     Associate Engineer “N Z Certificate of engineering” Mechanical design

Training:       Foundry Work, Plastering, Sculpting, Moulding,  Model Making,
                     Mechanical Design, Computer Graphic software                                                                                                                                      

Tickets:           Explosives, Forklift, Boom lift, Elevated work platform.

Unions:           Local 477, Media Arts and Alliance

 

Experienced Technician specializing in a multiplicity of physical/mechanical effects including;

Pyrotechnics, Advanced Mechanisms (Animatronics/Robotics etc.) Motion Control/Simulation, Casting/Molding, Fabrication of Action props, Breakaways, Models/Miniatures, Makeup Effects, Set Rigging for all types of Gags and Effects large and small. 


Qualifications

College:        Diploma of Screen and Media in Special Effects        
                     Associate Engineer “N Z Certificate of engineering” Mechanical design

Training:       Foundry Work, Plastering, Sculpting, Moulding,  Model Making,
                     Mechanical Design, Computer Graphic software                                                                                                                                      

Tickets:           Explosives, Forklift, Boom lift, Elevated work platform.

Unions:           Local 477, Media Arts and Alliance

 

Experienced Technician specialising in a multiplicity of physical/mechanical effects including;

Pyrotechnics, Advanced Mechanisms (Animatronics/Robotics etc.) Motion Control/Simulation, Casting/Molding, Fabrication of Action props, Breakaways, Models/Miniatures, Makeup Effects, Set Rigging for all types of Gags and Effects large and small. 

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