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All puppets are equal, but some puppets are more equal than others…

July 7, 2015 By Camilla Henneman

The Puppets and Creature Suits Of Animal Firm   Often when an animal is used in a film, TV show or a commercial, there will be scenes that wouldn’t be practical to do with a real animal.  Maybe the action could hurt the animal, be something that an animal cannot be coaxed or bribed into […]

Filed Under: Film & Television, Fun Facts/History, General Announcement, PofA News, Puppet Headlines Tagged With: 3D, animal, Animal Firm, Animatronic Bear, bear, bird, Black Bear, Brown Bear, Catpaws in Motion, Chiodo Brothers, Cockatoo, costumes, cow, creatures, Dinner for Shmucks, elephant, feathers, Front Paige Productions, Gato, Giant Panda, Great Bear Foundation, Guinea Pig, Heidi Tyler, KNB, Marc Tyler, mouse, Pelican, Pitbull, plumage, Polar Bear, puppets, rabbit, resin castings, Scott Nash Productions, silicone molds, Vulture, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan

Gorillas in the Mist Blog – Part 2

May 9, 2015 By Camilla Henneman

A small crew from Rick Baker’s shop went on location to shoot the gorilla suits and puppets.  The live action footage of real gorillas being gorillas and interacting with Sigourney had been previously shot at the Karasoke Research center in Rwanda. The editor, Stuart Baird had the difficult task of editing scenes of the real […]

Filed Under: Film & Television, Fun Facts/History, General Announcement Tagged With: Aberdare National Park, Angela Alexander, Dave Kindlon, Dian Fossey, Digit, gorillas, Gorillas In The Mist, John Alexander, Kenya, Marc Tyler, Peter Elliot, Phil Notaro, Rick Baker, Shepperton Studios, Sigourney Weaver, Simba, Steve Norrington, Stuart Baird, The Petersham, Tom Hester, Virunga

Celebrating and Remembering Puppeteers Born in January – Part 2

January 29, 2015 By Puppeteers of America

Part 2 of a list of puppeteers, all born in January.  A special thank you to Steve Abrams for putting this blog post together. Ernie Kovacs (Jan 23, 1919-Jan 13, 1962). Wildly innovative, out of the box , comedy genius of early TV. He sometimes used puppets. Lenny Suib was his puppetry mentor. You can […]

Filed Under: Fun Facts/History Tagged With: Ascanio Spolidoro, Cora Baird, Ernie Kovacs, Forman Brown, Harry Burnett, Harry Corbett, Josef "Papa" Schmidt, Josef Skupa, Pauline C. Benton, Remy Charlip, Roddy Brandon, Shari Lewis, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Soupy Sales, Yale Puppeteers, Yoshida Tamao

Celebrating and Remembering Puppeteers Born in January – Part 1

January 26, 2015 By Puppeteers of America

Part 1 of a list of puppeteers, all born in January.  A special thank you to Steve Abrams for putting this blog post together.  Part 2 will be posted in a couple days! Margo Rose (Jan 31, 1903- Sept 13, 1997) At the end of January the Connecticut Guild of Puppetry has an event to […]

Filed Under: Fun Facts/History Tagged With: Alexandra Exter, Anthony Minghella, Arlyn Coad, Bob Bromley, Brad Williams, Edward Gordon Craig, Harro Siegel, Hazelle Hedges Rollins, Judy Barry Brown, Lewis Carroll, Margo Rose, Molka Reich, Ralph Chesse, Roger Hayward

Nick Barone

January 8, 2015 By Camilla Henneman

2014 ended with the loss of a dear friend. I know that many of you, and the puppetry community around the world share this loss. It is with deepest sorrow, that we say goodbye to Nick Barone   One of the things that formed the basis of my friendship with Nick was I learned that […]

Filed Under: Film & Television, Fun Facts/History, Puppet Headlines Tagged With: Nick Barone, Puppetfest Midwest, puppetry, puppets

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