Photo: Frederick M. Brown

Born in St. Paul, MN. Special makeup effects artist, puppeteer and creature effects supervisor who began in American public television with the "Newton's Apple" series of shorts in 1983. He worked on the TV series "Monsters" (1988), "The Comeback" (1989, uncredited) and "Tales from the Crypt" (1989, series - uncredited). His first credited films were UNIVERSAL SOLDIER and DOLLY DEAREST (both1992), but he'd also worked on SHINING THROUGH, DEATH BECOMES HER, THE BODYGUARD, "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" and STAY TUNED (all 1992) and HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX, SUPER MARIO BROTHERS and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (all 1993) -- all uncredited. Other notable special makeup film credits include MADE IN AMERICA, CLIFFHANGER, BODY SNATCHERS, LAST ACTION HERO and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 (all 1993), STARGATE and AUTOMATIC (both 1994), MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, DR. JEKYLL AND MS. HYDE, THEODORE REX and STORYBOOK (all 1995), STAR TREK: INSURRECTION (1998), DOGMA (1999), SUPERNOVA, SCREAM 3, MISSION TO MARS, BATTLEFIED EARTH, THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY & BULLWINKLE, THE CELL and LITTLE NICKY (all 2000), SPY KIDS, PEARL HARBOR, GHOSTS OF MARS and MEGIDDO (all 2001), THE TIME MACHINE, MURDER BY NUMBERS, SPY KIDS 2: ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION and STAR TREK: NEMESIS (all 2002), IDENTITY, HULK, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, KILL BILL: VOL. 1 and A SOUND OF THUNDER (all 2003), HELLBOY, KILL BILL: VOL. 2, COLLATERAL and FAT ALBERT (all 2004), CURSED, DONINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST, SIN CITY, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, A SOUND OF THUNDER and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (all 2005), DATE MOVIE, THE HILLS HAVE EYES, MIAMI VICE, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and DEJA VU (all 2006), THE HITCHER, GRINDHOUSE, DEATH PROOF, PLANET TERROR, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR and WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (all 2007), and CLOVERFIELD, MEET THE SPARTANS, AMUSEMENT, THE RUINS, THE HORSEMEN and INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (all 2008). His creature and animatronic effects and puppeteering have been used in THE FLINTSTONES (1994), OPERATION DUMBO DROP and JUMANJI (both 1995), ED and INDEPENDENCE DAY (both 1996), GODZILLA (1998), STUART LITTLE (1999), PITCH BLACK and BIRD OF PASSAGE (both 2000), THEY (2002), LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION (2003), CURSED (2005), THE RETURN (2006), and GRINDHOUSE and THE MIST (both 2007).  Nominated for Achievement in Makeup 1996: STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (w. Michael G. Westmore & Scott Wheeler) 1 nomination