Film and Media Bio

Over the course of the last thirty-five years, I have been leading my companies in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of a select range of specialized art materials for the entertainment, motion picture, and maker industries.

In the late 1970s, I began my career working in the polymer industry as a laboratory technician while earning a college degree in sculpture and film. Blending an unusual mix of expertise in polymer compounding with practical art skills, I launched a (SPFX) Special Effects materials company in 1991 to create unique, custom formulations inspired by both polymer science and the art world. Today, the products my companies produce have become industry standards for filmmakers, makeup artists, sculptors, and makers from around the globe. I’ve included a short list of some of the better-known film and television productions that have used our materials to help bring their cinematic visions to life.

ADDITIONAL INFO


For more info on my career in the movie and entertainment industries, you can read a detailed interview I did for Horrorshow Magazine published in 2006. (You will need a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat or similar.)

  • Planet of the Apes – 2001

  • Men In Black 2 – 2002

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer – TV Series – 1999–2003

  • Lord of The Rings: Return of the King - 2003

  • Alien vs. Predator – 2004

  • Batman Begins – 2005

  • Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe – 2005 (Academy Award Winner)*

  • Pan’s Labyrinth – 2006

  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer – 2007

  • Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – 2008

  • Prometheus – 2012

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 2015

  • Jurassic World - 2015

  • It: Chapter One – 2017

  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi – 2017

  • It: Chapter Two – 2019

  • The Walking Dead – TV Series and spinoffs – 2010–2025

  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters - 2019

  • Stranger Things 4 - 2022

*Awarded To Howard Berger and Tami Lane of KNB F/X Group
for Best Makeup at the 78th Oscars in 2006.

Alien vs. Predator
Lord of the Rings - Return of the KIng
Prometheus
The Waling Dead
Batman Begins
Poster for Star Wars: The Last Jedi featuring several characters in a red and black theme, including a hooded figure in the background, female and male characters with lightsabers, and the Star Wars logo at the bottom.
Cover art for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, featuring a woman with long light brown hair, holding a wooden stake, set against a background with dark clouds and shadowy figures.
The poster for the movie "It Chapter Two" features a large, eerie clown face in the background with sinister eyes. In the foreground, a hand with long, sharp, zombie-like fingers is holding a red ball. Inside the ball, there are images of five main c
Close-up of a female character holding a lightsaber with a metallic hilt, from the movie 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'.
Movie poster for 'Planet of the Apes' featuring characters and apes, with a dark, futuristic theme.
Movie poster for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe," featuring a snowy landscape, a young girl, and a lantern post.
A man with dark hair in a black T-shirt holding an Oscar award statue, standing in a room with a Narnia poster and theatrical masks on the wall in the background.
A child in a yellow jacket and rain boots standing on wet pavement at night, facing a dark poster for the movie 'IT' with a shadowed figure holding a red balloon against a black background, and the text 'You'll float too.'
Two men in black suits, sunglasses, sitting in futuristic egg-shaped chairs, holding guns. The text below reads 'Same Planet. New Scum...'
Poster for the movie 'Fantastic Four' featuring four main characters: a woman with blonde hair in a blue suit, a muscular red-orange character with cracked skin, a man with dark hair and a blue suit, and another man with dark hair in a blue suit, wit
Movie poster for 'Pan's Labyrinth' featuring a dark forest scene with a carved stone archway at the top, a mysterious creature, and a young girl standing in the woods.
Poster for the movie 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters,' showing a giant Godzilla monster in a storm with lightning, waves, helicopters, and military vehicles, with the release date May 2019.
Poster for Stranger Things Season 4 featuring a group of young characters standing in front of a demonic creature in a dark, eerie forest with a large haunted house in the background. The title 'Stranger Things' appears prominently in red neon, with
Poster for the movie "Jurassic World" featuring a T-Rex head logo at the top, a person standing on a walkway in the foreground, and flying pterosaurs in the sky over a futuristic cityscape, with the text "The park is open June 12" at the bottom.