Art Department Set Models
Production designer: Bo Welsh
Production designer: James Chinlund
Production Designer: Frank Walsh
Production Designer: Andrew Menzies
Production designer: Ed Verreaux
Visual Effects Models
Glacier Entertainment
Glacier Entertainment
Fabrication shop operated by Gary Young
1/48th-scale pyro breakaway model. Fabrication by Gary Young and Hunter Cressall.
Model Lead: Gary G. Young
Visual FX Supervisor: William Mesa
1/12th-scale Breakaway ruins fabricated for Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
Art Director: Charles Wood
Model Builders: Gary Young, Jon Craig, Richard Cross
Visual Effects Supervisor William Mesa
Model Shop Pinnacle film works
Production Designer: Charles Wood
Pinnacle Filmworks
Pinnacle Filmworks
A model shop operated by Gary Young, Rick Hilgner, and Dave Johnson for the film Terminal Force. Pinnacle fabricated several Visual Fx models for Production designer Charles Wood.
Power plant at 1/6th scale
Planetary compound at 1/48th scale
Planetary base at 1/48th scale
Spaceship at 1/48th scale
Model shop crew also included:
Jack Edjourian, Glen Harrison, Patricia Lopez, Vahe Edjourian, Levon Edjourian, Tomika Harrison
Pinnacle film works
Production Designer: Ron Mason
Glacier Entertainment
Glacier Entertainment
Fabrication shop operated by Gary Young
1/12th-scale pyro breakaway building fabricated for Judge and Jury
Model builders: Patricia Lopez, Gary Young
Photos of model next to actual location building
glacier entertainment
Model Shop Supervisor: Larry Detweiller
Stargate Films
1/6th scale-Learjet Model
Stargate Films model shop lead for the ABC TV film, Quarantine
Stargate Films
Model Shop Supervisor: Larry Detweiller
1/24th-scale Pyro breakaway building for TV movie Y2K; 30' height
Model shop lead for Stargate Films
Stargate films Fx
Model shop supervisor larry detweiller
Introvision Int.
Visual FX Supervisor: William Mesa
1/6th-scale pyro breakaway model for the film Monolith.
One of five model builders on the project for Introvision International
Visual FX Supervisor: William Mesa
Introvision Int.
1/6th-scale partial breakaway building for a helicopter crash sequence. One of several model builders for Introvision Int.
Glacier Entertainment
Sony Imagesoft: Mike Giam
1/48th-scale model built for one of two Sony Playstation flagship games. My first paid directing and producing gigs.
I hired my talented friends to fill in all the production roles, including fabrication.
Production Designer: Hunter Cressall
Glacier Entertainment
1/6th-scale tank built by Gary Young and Hunter Cressall
David B. Sharp Productions
Visual FX Supervisor: Dave Sharp
1/35th-scale satellite dish Plus 1/12th-scale insert weight arm. I was one of a dozen model builders working for David B. Sharp.
Visual FX Supervisor: William Mesa
Introvision Int.
One of several model builders. Built the 1/6th-scale slug car. Assisted in 1/6th-scale landscaping for train derailment sequence. Working under Head Modelmaker Gene Rizzardi.
Visual Fx supervisor: Dave Sharp
David B. Sharp Productions
One of several model builders on the TV series "Ultraman 94." Built WINR building with Eric Brown, as well as Canyon Landscape and WINR Spaceship. Working under Head Modelmaker and VFX Supervisor David B. Sharp.
Visual FX Supervisor: William Mesa
Introvision Int.
One of several model builders for various models, including 1/48th-scale establishing castle model. Landscaping for 1/12th-scale windmill and 1/6th- & 1/12th-scale graveyard; 1/6th-scale cave and 1/48th-scale Dystopian cityscape under Head model Builder Gene Rizzardi.
Don Pennington, Inc.
Visual FX Supervisor: Rob Legato
Co-Lead/model builder for
Don Pennington, Inc., A subcontracting company from Digital Domain.
One of a dozen crew members who helped fabricate 1/6th-scale sinking ship, 1/4th-scale Forecastle, 1/4-scale Aft, and console board parts for MIR sub set piece.
Visual FX Supervisor Rob Legato won the Academy Award for Best Visual FX for Titanic.
Visual FX Supervisor: Dave Sharp
David B. Sharp Productions
One of several model builders on a 1/12th-scale spaceship under model head and Visual FX Supervisor Dave B. Sharp.
Visual FX Supervisor: Carlyle Livingston
1/8th-scale mountain range and forest. One of several model builders for Carlyle Livingston Productions.
Visual FX Supervisor: Dave Sharp
David B. Sharp Productions
One of over a dozen model builders fabricating a mountain range for David B. Sharp Productions.
Fabricated five of nine miniature cases at 1/4 scale. Mighty Joe Young was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual FX.
Visual FX Supervisor: John Dykstra
Apogee, Inc.
Michael Jackson's "Black or White" Music Video Opening sequence. One of six landscape model builders under Model Shop Supervisor Grant McCune.
Visual FX Supervisor: dave sharp
David b. Sharp Productions
One of several model builders. Fabricated two houses and landscaping for David B. Sharp Productions.
David B. Sharp Productions
1/24th-scale plane crash. One of four model builders for David B. Sharp Productions.
Visual Fx Supervisor: John Merritt
John Merritt Productions
1/12th-scale Sagrada Familia front face facade carved for Korean amusement park
1/12th-scale collapsible bridge for Stargate Films. Model lead Gary G. Young
1/48th-scale Hollywood buildings for System of a Down rock video. Glacier Entertainment.
1/12th-scale mansion and landscape. One of four model builders for Don Pennington, Inc.
1/6th-scale pyro cube van built for and with Production Designer Hunter Cressall for Glacier Entertainment.
1/48th-scale cityscape for video game "Dreadnaught" test footage. One of several model builders for David B. Sharp Productions.
1/12th-scale model robot for
unknown commercial.
1/48th-scale buildings and oversized carved football ABC Sports. One of Five model Builders for Stargate Films.
1/12th-scale Collapsible building for Wang Computer Super Bowl commercial. One of several model builders for Carlyle Livingston Designs.
Art Director: Gary G. Young
Production Designer: Erik Whittaker
Perfect Circle Productions
Canada's first stop-motion animated feature film. I had the good fortune to art direct, do a little model building, and work with my incredibly talented friends.
From Puppets to sets to props and mechanical rigs, we did it all.
Glacier Entertainment
Full Moon Entertainment
1/6th-scale pyro cabin model (title unknown).