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Special Effects:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s

1. Snakes on a Plane (2006) (animatronics supervisor)
   ... aka Serpents à bord (Canada: French title)
   ... aka SoaP (USA: promotional abbreviation)
2. Willard (2003) (animatronics supervisor: The Character Shop)
3. Sweet Home Alabama (2002) (special effects: bloodhound replica) (uncredited)
4. Big Trouble (2002) (animatronic frog creator) (puppeteer)
5. Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (trout replicas)
   ... aka DR.2 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
   ... aka DR2 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
6. Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) (puppeteer)
   
   
7. Escape from L.A. (1996) (puppets: Kurt Russell & Pam Grier)
   ... aka John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. (USA: complete title)
8. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) (animatronics)
   ... aka Dumbo Drop
9. Casper (1995) (ghost replicas)
10. The Shaggy Dog (1994) (TV) (animatronic dog puppets)
11. The Santa Clause (1994) (miniature animatronic reindeer puppets) (reindeer puppets creator: The Character Shop, inc.)
12. The Flintstones (1994) (Pebble & Bam-Bam replicas)
13. Hocus Pocus (1993) (miniature flying witch puppets)
14. The Sandlot (1993) (animatronic monster dog effects) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka The Sandlot Kids
15. Radio Flyer (1992) (animatronic buffalo)
    
    
16. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) (creator: womb with a fetal view canal)
    ... aka A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (USA: poster title)
    ... aka Nightmare on Elm Street 5 (Philippines: English title)
17. Ghostbusters II (1989) (creature effects: theatre & subway ghosts)
    ... aka Ghostbusters 2 (USA: video box title)
18. "Monsters" (special effects makeup) (1 episode, 1989)
        - Their Divided Self (1989) TV episode (special effects makeup)
19. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) (animatronic eye supervisor)
20. Spaceballs (1987) (Barf ear animatronics)
21. Aliens (1986) (creature effects crew)
22. Invaders from Mars (1986) (mechanical department coordinator: creature effects crew)
23. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) (special puppet effects creator)
    ... aka A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 (USA: closing credits title)
24. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) (special effects)
    ... aka Sleepless Nights
    ... aka Slumber Party Massacre (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka Slumberparty Massacre
    ... aka The Slumber Party Murders (UK: video title)
    

Miscellaneous Crew:

• 1990s
• 1980s

1. Mimic (1997) (creatures creator)
2. Outbreak (1995) (animatronic monkey creator)
3. Hook (1991) (puppeteer)
4. And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991) (robotics)
   ... aka And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird! (USA)
5. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991) (puppeteer)
   
   
6. Forbidden World (1982) (special mechanic)
   ... aka Mutant (Australia)
   

Make-Up Department:

• 1990s
• 1980s

1. Barton Fink (1991) (special makeup effects artist)
2. Young Guns II (1990) (special effects makeup) (special makeup effects artist)
   ... aka Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory (UK)
   
   
3. Dead Heat (1988) (chicken animatronics: XFX Inc.)
   

Actor:

1. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) (TV) .... Puppeteer
2. And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991)
   ... aka And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird! (USA)
   

Animation Department:

1. Hook (1991) (animatronics and puppets creator)
   

Thanks:

1. The Year of the Rat (2003) (V) (very special thanks)
   

Self:

• 2000s
• 1990s

1. Kong: Creating a Monster (2006) (V) .... Himself
2. The Year of the Rat (2003) (V) .... Himself - Animatronics
   
   
3. "Movie Magic" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1994)
       - Cinematic Flight: Up, Up and Away (1994) TV episode .... Himself
       - Creature Articulation: The Art of Imitation (1994) TV episode .... Himself