Web Site URL http://possumeggs.com/

A professional with over 35 years experience in the entertainment industry as a production designer, sculptor and prop master; specializing in the production of practical props and effects, scenery, museum habitat exhibits, and technical direction, field art direction and production management.

A creative problem solver who is concerned with the bottom line.

• Management – Solid background in planning, estimating, production and production installation. Hands on manager with highly developed team building skills. Equally strong in budgeting and financial management. Consistent record of saving money on production budgets.
  
• Production – Proven ability as a creative problem solver. Broad knowledge of production techniques and materials. Plastics, coatings, fire retarding and concrete are some of my specialties.
  
• Communication – Persuasive communicator able to develop productive relationships with colleagues and staff at all levels.

Blue Ridge Motion Pictures

Motion Picture and Television Production Experience, Props & Practical Effects -- (partial listing)

- Unsolved Mysteries - Dare Devils - Bandit - Christy - Coca Cola - Wendy's - Burger King - Joy - Ivory Soap - Zest - Kentucky Fried Chicken - Kodak - Kool Aid - Subaru - Thunderball - Wells Fargo Bank  - Go For Broke - The Black Hole - Airport - Herbie Goes Bananas - The Muppet Movie - The Wiz - Raise The Titanic - Beer Drinkers In Space - Star Trek - Battlestar Gallactica - Watcher In The Woods - The Incredible Hulk - The Lone Ranger - and many others.  

Theme Park Production Experience  with Walt Disney Imagineering, WED & Walt Disney Productions --  (partial listing)

- Prop Boats (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at Tokyo DisneySeas - 1998 to present
- Artificial Tree and Foliage (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at Tokyo DisneySeas - 1998 to present
- Animal Kingdom, Tiger Temple, Architectural Ornamentation (Field Art Direction) - 1998
- Toon Town (Field Art Direction) at Tokyo Disneyland -1995
- Typhoon Lagoon rehab (Design & Production) at Disney World - 1994
- Show Quality Enhancements (Design & Production) at Disney World & EPCOT - 1993-1994
- Tower of Terror (Hardscape Design & Production) at the Disney/MGM Studio Tour -1992
- Artificial Tree and Foliage (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at Euro-Disneyland - self employed, contract 1990
- Honey I Shrunk The Kids (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at the Disney/MGM Studio Tour - Spectra F/x 1989
- Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at the Disney/MGM Studio Tour - 1989
- Roger Rabbit (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at the Disney/MGM Studio Tour - 1988
- Typhoon Lagoon (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at Disney World - 1988
- Artificial Tree and Foliage (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at the Disney/MGM Studio Tour - 1987-1988
- Star Tours (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at Tujunga - 1986
- Tiki Room rehab (Field Art Direction) at Tokyo Disneyland -1985
- Artificial Tree and Foliage (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at Disney World - WDW Decorating 1983-1984
- Artificial Tree and Foliage (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at Tokyo Disneyland -1982
- Artificial Tree and Foliage (Design & Production) Sr. Show Production Designer at EPCOT Center - 1979-1982
- Sub Ride Rehab (field Art Direction) at Disneyland - 1979, 1986
- 20,000 Leagues under the Sea Rehab (field Art Direction)  - 1979, 1986, and 1992
- Ornamental Plasterer (Model/Mold Maker) at Disney Studios - 1978-1979
- Ornamental Plasterer (Model/Mold Maker, Production Foreman) at Disney World - 1969-1972

Museum Experience and Themed Environments  -- (partial listing)

- Regional Forestry Interpretive Exhibits for The North Carolina Department of Environmental & Natural Resources
            Sr. Show Production Designer Unchained Duck Studios 1996-1997
- Delta Expansion Project Rock Work (Field Art Direction) at The Opryland Hotel, Nashville - self-employed, contract 1994-1996
- Sea World (Cleveland, OH) - self-employed, contract 1988
- Marriott Inn Themed Restaurant (Cincinnati, OH) - self-employed, contract 1966
- Windjammer Themed Restaurant (Cincinnati, OH) - self-employed, contract 1966
- Museum of Science (St. Louis, MO) - self-employed, contract 1965
- The Ocean Reef Yacht Club, an exclusive private club (themed Bar) (Key Largo, FL) - self-employed, contract 1965
- Museum Of Science and Planetarium (Miami, FL) staff 1961-1965,1967,1968
          Coral Reef Habitat - Orchids of the Everglades - Florida's Poisonous Plants - Giant Ground Sloth (full size)
          The Florida Mangrove Habitat - Fox, Possum, Raccoon & Mink Habitats - & others
- Seaquarium (Miami, FL) - self-employed, contract 1961

Production and Production Support Companies -- (partial listing)

20th Century Fox; AFI Productions; Bandit Productions; Buena Vista Construction Co.; Buena Vista Productions; Burbank Studios; CBS Studios; Cloudlands Productions; Cooper, Dennis & Hirsch Prod'ns; Cosgrove/Meurer Productions; Culver City Studios; Disneyland; Disney Productions; Euro-Disneyland Ltd.; Daniel Flannery Productions; Family Productions; Jenkins Covington Productions; Jeremy Rialton & Assoc.; Gaylord Entertainment; Go For Broke Productions; Landmark Entertainment Group; Lorimar Productions; Mountain Ear Productions; Museum Services; Paramount Studios; Producer's Studio; Rick Levine Productions; Rock It Productions; Sea World; Spectra F/x; Steve Horn Productions; TOHO Studios (Japan); Tokyo Disneyland; Unicorn Productions; Universal Studios; Vertex Productions; Walt Disney Imagineering; Walt Disney Productions; Walt Disney Productions Japan Ltd.; Walt Disney World; Whole Hog Productions; Blue Ridge Motion Pictures

Education --

Miami Senior High School, Miami Florida – graduated 1959
Florida State University - Graduate Level - Archaeology, Anthropology & Oceanography
 University of Miami (FL) - Subtropical Nature, Myan Studies

 Misc.:  Taxidermy, Plastics Technology, Oil Painting, Mural Painting, Video Production & Sound Engineering,
And many Business Management courses.

Other Interests --

                  Computers & Networks, Robotics and Systems Control, Radio Control, Photography, Herbal Studies, Ecosystems.

Company Owner – 1984 to present - Mountain Ear Productions

Mountain Ear Productions, Mountain City Tennessee, a group of independent business associates in the entertainment industry, specializing in creative consultation, technical direction and production design as well as production supervision and management. All of the associates have excellent records of cost effectiveness.

Audio, video and film production/post production are conducted on location and in our studio near Mountain City, Tennessee. We design and fabricate specialty props and practical effects as well as scenic backings. And, also have just begun costume design and production here in Tennessee.

For more see:                http://possumeggs.com

Recognition --

Biography included in:

Marquis’ “Who’s Who”

Marquis’ “Who’s Who in Entertainment”

Marquis’ “Who’s Who in the American South and Southwest”

Strathmore’s “Who’s Who”

Short biography published in:

“Video Pro” magazine

Have published many “how to” articles in trade magazines for museums, zoos, aquariums and theme parks.

  Have been included in the human-interest sections of:

“The Miami Herald”
“The Bristol Times News”
“The Tomahawk”
“The Johnson City Press”
“The MountainTimes”
“The Boone Times”
“The Kingsport Times”
“The Gainesville Reporter”
“The Tallahassee Democrat”

Past & Present Memberships -- (many are lifetime memberships)

Themed Entertainment Association (founding member), CA
North East Tennessee Film and Video Association (founding member), TN
Tennessee Film Entertainment and Music Commission (registered film worker), TN
Film Committee of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, NC
Johnson County Community Theater (founding member), TN
Johnson County Arts Council (founding member), TN
Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, TN
Korean Air Combat Museum (board member), Mtn. City, TN
Florida Motion Picture and Television Association, FL
Cinematography Club of Orlando, FL
American Film Institute, CA
Florida Marine Aquarium Society (founding member), FL
Peninsular Archaeology Society (founding member), FL
South Florida Historical Society, FL
Institute for Myan Studies, FL
Ornamental Sculptors, Mold Makers and Operative Plasterers (AFL-CIO), CA - 1976 to 1979
Brick Masons, Plasterers and Cement Workers of America (AFL-CIO), FL – 1969 to 1972  

Licenses --

Business (Mountain Ear Productions-Mtn. City, TN)
Tennessee Driver's license
International Driver's license
Radio Operator's license
N.A.U.I. Scuba Certification

References –

Eric Westin                             (615) 316-6203
Gaylord Entertainment, Nashville, Tennessee

Orlando Ferrante                     (818) 544-6500
Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale, California

Philip Vaughan                        (626) 794-6777
Vertex Productions, Altadena, California

Bob Doyon                               (704) 264-2704
Unchained Duck Studios, Boone, North Carolina

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