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ACADEMY AWARD® FINALIST ANIMATRONIC EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
David is a second generation puppeteer. As a child, David performed marionettes, glove and rod puppets with his parents. performed dozens of his own puppets and continued performing into his late teens. directors James and Joan Barton, and Cap and Bells, director Violet Philpott. as a large dog in the British classic comedy series The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show. This was in 1978 for Thames TV.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
In July 1979 he was offered the position of make up assistant working for Stuart Freeborn on The Empire Strikes Back. The main challenge was a state-of-the-art hand puppet named YODA, and David assisted building duplicate parts, seaming the foam latex head skins, etc, but when Wendy Midener Froud became allergic to something on the set, David was drafted in as a puppeteer. David helped perform the cable controlled facial movements for Muppet master Frank Oz, the chief puppeteer. as the production had ran over, Frank nominated David to be the replacement chief puppeteer.
SUPERVISING CHIEF PUPPETEER
David supervised a team of 17 puppeteers for the Oscar winning, ground breaking effects for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Director Robert Zemeckis praised the teams work saying "You guys are certainly the best"
(Return of the Jedi), Hensons (Labyrinth, Fraggle Rock) Frank Oz (Little Shop of Horrors), Robert Zemeckis (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and Terry Gilliam (Baron Munchausen). and supervising chief puppeteer for Universal's Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Their performance skills complimented each other. Warner Brothers, which earned Dave an opening title credit and he became an Oscar finalist for his work as Animatronic Effects Supervisor. Bruce and Dave performed Mr Tinkles, as well as most of the other animatronic pets.
Which Tinkles is real....
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