About Me

Basic Information

Gender

Male

Birthday

16/08/1984

About Me

Originally from Westhoughton (Bolton, UK) I have been passionate from an early age in stop-motion animation. Along my educational time I studied at Wigan and Leigh College in Wigan where I developed his skills in Wire Sculpture, then after college studied stop-motion at the University of Central Lancashire where I obtained a 2.1 B.A (Hons) Degree. since finishing university I have worked on more wire sculptures as well as making prosthetic masks and fine tuning my sculpting skills.
At present am not in the animation industry or special effects, though I am trying very hard to enter either one of the two. I'm currently starting on a stop-motion short which will be distributed to Animation Festivals in 2011/12 and I'm hoping to be working along side my special effects friend Mike Peel on future effects projects.

Hobbies

fire breathing, stop-motion animating, sculpting in wire and plasticine, watching sci-fi, creature, fantasy and horror films at cinemas, visiting zoos and museums, photography and meeting up with friends for nights out in metal clubs or for a quiet drink.

Books

Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life, The Art of Ray Harryhausen, The Winston Effect: The Art and History of Stan Winston Studios, A Century of Model Animation, The Dinosaur films of Ray Harryhausen, The world of Kong, The Natural History of the Unnatural World, Anatomy for the Artist, The Making of Jurassic Park

Movie Interests

All Harryhausen Films, King Kong (1933 & 2005,)Alien, Aliens, Predator 1,2&3, Terminator 1&2, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Godzilla (Japanese versions), Star Wars (original Trilogy), Gremlins, Tremors, The Deadly Spawn,

Favorite Animators

Ray Harryhausen, Willis O'Brian, Phil Tippet (pre CGI years), Jan Svankmajer, Patrick Boivin, Ron Cole, Jim Danforth,

Favorite Artists

H.R. Giger, Charles R. Knight, Mark 'Crash' McCreery, Ray Harryhausen, Willis O'Brian

Contact Information

Land phone

441257265371

Address

26 Casterton
Euxton
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 6HN

State

Lancs

City / Town

Chorley

Country

United Kingdom

Website

http://www.facebook.com/astralpage?v=wall#!/pages/3-Arm-Creations/121105791235031

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