FILM WORK RESUME

Property Master / buyer / builder   Special skills include:
• Art work, design & production; airbrush art; photography; digital design (adept with many programs)
• Custom product packaging, colour-corrects, graphics
• Small props design & construction, soft props, finishing, fine woodwork (guitar maker)
• Computer programming; 2D/3D animation, digital video editing, Interactive (VR) imaging, 24-frame playback
• A/V, electronics knowledge, including most music equipment and instruments. Guitar & drums technician
 

Feature Films:

Jul.   ’01     Ararat  - Alliance/Atlantis - dir. Atom Egoyan - LEAD PROPS
Aug. ’00     My Big Fat Greek Wedding  - Playtone Pictures, dir. Joel Zwick - LEAD PROPS
Feb. ’99     Jill the Ripper - (Annex Ent.) - dir. Tony Hickox - PROPS MASTER
Nov. ’98     New Blood - (Lion’s Gate) - dir. Michael Hurst - PROPS MASTER
 

TV Movies & Series:

Apr. ’02     Witchblade -  Series (Warner Bros.) - dir: various - LEAD PROPS/BUYER (alternating)
Mar.  ’01   Prancer Returns – MOW (USA Network) - dir. Joshua Butler - LEAD PROPS
Jun. ’01     The Finkleman Project – (CBC) – dir: Ken Finkleman – LEAD PROPS
Oct.  ‘00     Red Sneakers – MOW (Showtime) – dir. Gregory Hines – PROPS BUILDER
Jun. ’00     When Andrew Came Home - MOW - (Hearst Ent.) - dir: Artie Mandelberg - PROP MASTER
Apr. ’00     Sister Mary Explains it All - MOW (Pebblehut) - dir: Marshall Brickman - ON-SET DRESSER
Sept. ’99     Robocop: Prime Directives - mini series (Fireworks) - dir: Julian Grant – PROPS BUILDER
Jul.  ’99     Dear America - series (Protocol) – dir: various - LEAD PROPS/BUYER (alternating)
Jun. ’99     Relic Hunter - series (Fireworks) - dir: various - LEAD PROPS
Sep.  ’98     Little Men - period series - (Alliance/Atlantis) – dir: various - PROPS BUYER
Aug.  ’97     On the 2nd Day of Christmas - MOW (Power Pictures) – dir: James Frawley - PROPS BUYER
Sep.  ’95     Wind at My Back - period series - (Sullivan) - dir: various - PROPS MASTER
Aug.  ’95     Pie Hard - comedy short for “One Minute to Air”  - dir: Shawn Thompson - PROPS MASTER
Dec. ’94     Tek War - series (Atlantis) - dir: various - LEAD PROPS
Aug ’94     Man in the Attic - MOW (Power) dir: Graeme Campbell - LEAD PROPS
Oct. ’94     Fahrenheit - live-action computer game (Sega) - dir: Ray Elias - LEAD PROPS
May  ‘94     Catwalk - series - (Cat Run 2) – dir: various -PROPS BUYER, COMPUTER PROG.
Oct.  '93     Heart of Courage - series - (Skyvision) - dir: various -  LEAD PROPS, PROPS BUILDER

 

Commercials/Videos:

Sep.  ’01     Rogers/ATT -  (The Directors) - PROPS MASTER
Aug.  ’01     Ont. Export Development Commission - (The Directors) - PROPS MASTER
Nov. ’98     Paul Gross music video - (Lenz Ent.) - dir: Scott McNeil - Designer, set decorator, props mstr.
Sep. ’98     Vick’s 44 - (Radke) - dir: Mark Mainguy - PROPS MASTER
Jun. ’98     Showcase Channel - “Culture Shock” (Chadwick Bros.) - dir: Steve Markle - PROPS MASTER
Jan. '98      Toronto Zoological Society -(Radke) director: Steve Gordon - prod. Designer/art director/builder
Oct. ’97     Honeycomb (Radke) - dir: Doug Jines - PROPS MASTER
Oct. ’97      “Phone Bomb” – Cinema only “PSA” (Mobius Award winner) for Cantel/Cineplex Odeon (Radke) dir: Eddie Chu – DESIGNER, BUILDER, PROGRAMMER - designed & constructed “the bomb” & other props; computer programming & design, 24-frame playback
Sep. ’97     Chrysler Minivan - (Radke) - Director: Mark Mainguy  - PROPS MASTER
Aug.  ’97     Hospital Lotteries - (Chadwick Bros.) “Mega-Thinking”  - PROPS MASTER
Aug. ’97     History Channel - (Chadwick Bros.) - Director: Steve Markle - PROPS MASTER
Aug. ’97     American Express - Commercial - (Radke) - Director: Peter Goldschmidt - PROPS MASTER
Aug. ’97     Ivory Ultra - (Radke) Dir.: Steve Gordon - PROPS MASTER
Mar.  '93     McDonald's - (Partners) - PROPS MASTER
.Sep. ’97     Chrysler Minivan - “In the Ring” - (Radke) – Dir.: Mark Mainguy - PROPS MASTER
Sep. ’97     IBM AS/400e - “Radar” - (Radke) – Dir.: Zack Snyder  - ANIMATOR, GRAPHICS, PLAYBACK
Dec.  '93:     Kraft Peanut Butter - (Sparks) -LEAD PROPS, BUILDER
Aug.  '93     Pharma Plus - (Sparks) - LEAD PROPS - kiddy artwork, set background design
Jul. '93     General Motors - (Shooters) - LEAD PROPS
Apr. '93     Turtles - (Partners) - LEAD PROPS
Apr. '93     Vachon Crispy Snacks - (Partners) - LEAD PROPS
Jan.  '93     Vim - Commercial - (Partners) - LEAD PROPS
Jan.  '93     Home Quarters - (Sparks) - LEAD PROPS -kiddy artwork,  on-camera kiddy art, sfx
Dec  '92     Hyundai Motors - (Sparks) - Director: Rick Dublin - LEAD PROPS
Oct.  '92     Green Giant - (Sparks) - LEAD PROPS
Sep. '92     Ontario Wine Council - (Partners) - PROPS MASTER
Sep.  '92     Ikea - (Sparks) - LEAD PROPS
Aug.  '92     Prodigy - Commercial - (Diamond) - PROPS MASTER
Jul.  '92     Kraft Miracle Whip - (Sparks) - LEAD PROPS
Sep.  '88     Ontario Hydro "Emergency Response" – ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR

 

DESIGN, DIGITAL, SFX:

Features,/MOW’s/ TV Series
Sept. '00 ...Red Sneakers - (Dufferin Gate) - dir. Gregory Hines - inventor's props design & build
Sept. ’99 ...Robocop -Prime Directives - mini series (Fireworks) - dir: Julian Grant - props design & build (smart card, other techie props)
Oct. '92 ...Green Giant - Commercial -(Sparks) -designed & made Japanese banners
Sep. '93 ..."Catwalk" - TV series - (CatRun2) - designed and constructed various generic packages,  designed & operated on-camera computer screens
Jul. '88 ...."Millennium" (feature) -scenic painter

Commercials, Misc:
Nov. ’98 ...Santa Drives a Pickup - prod designer -music vid w/ Paul Gross - (Lenz Ent.) - dir: Scott McNeil
Jan. '98 ...Toronto Zoological Society - prod designer- 2 PSA spots (Radke) dir: Steve Gordon
Sep. ’97 ...IBM AS/400e - "Radar" - (Radke) - Director: Zack Snyder - Digital Radar Animation, design & production of static screen gels, on-set computer supply & operation
Jan. '93 ...Home Quarters - (Sparks) -kiddy artwork on set walls, live on-camera kiddy art, sfx
Sep. '88 ..Ontario Hydro "Emergency Response" -Ass't art director 

REFERENCES:

Alan Doucette      Props master - 18 Dury St., Toronto - (416) 769-1442
Ian Brock              Prod. designer - n/a - (416) 203-6596

EDUCATION: High School Diploma; 1 year art training at Central Tech. School
UNIONS: IATSE 873 member; ACTRA AP

Misc:

FORMAL EDUCATION: High School Diploma; 1 year fine arts training at Central Tech. School

FAVOURITE SPECIALTIES:  precision throwing, period props/research, graphics, techie props

ASSISTANT: Katia de Peña (résumé available on request)

FULL EQUIPMENT KIT: yes  TRUCK: no  MINIVAN: yes

UNION MEMBERSHIP: IATSE 873 ; IATSE 667 (24-frame playback); ACTRA AM
 

 

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