History
Jim Henson's Creature Shop has received two Academy Awards for the visual effects and animatronic builds for the 1996 smash Babe, and the invention of the Henson Performance Control System-a powerful, custom-built puppeteering mechanism. Utilizing rod and glove puppets, high-tech animatronics, Philip is called on to perform and oversee the puppet performances from the development phase through to filming, post-production and promotion. Eka Vogelnik - Slovene puppeteer and illustrator with numerous puppet performances for theatre and TV. If you want superb performance, quality puppets or creatures, and the expert advice of one of the best puppeteer's in the world then please contact. Jason Segel - He was trained in performing a puppet by Michael Oosterom and the other puppeteers that worked with him in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. To create puppets for specific films which they also performed in. They are also known for performing the puppet for Dr. Colosso from The Thundermans.
Sergey Obraztsov - (1901-1992) - He was frequently cited as the father of artistic puppetry, was highly skilled in finger puppeteering, but also extended the range of the form by exposing the manipulation techniques involved. John Henson (1965 - 2014) - He was trained by Richard Hunt to perform Sweetums He is the son of Jim and Jane Henson and the brother of Brian Henson, Lisa Henson, Cheryl Henson, and Heather Henson. Barnaby Dixon - puppeteer and comedian who performs on YouTube. Johan Swanevelder - Current Puppeteer and owner of Petrus Productions in South Africa.
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These puppeteers work in a number of environments, including television sets, on stages, behind screens in front of attentive audiences, and may spend weeks or months traveling around the world with the show. Those who love puppeteering and cannot imagine doing anything else will work hard to build enough of a reputation that they can leave their day jobs and focus on performing in independent shows or with a puppeteering company full time.