Robert is a freelance Puppeteer, Motion Capture Director and Puppet Performance Director. Also has many years experience as a Digital Puppeteer/Performance Animation/CG Real-time puppeteer. He helped set up the Real-time CG department at Passion Picture and was involved on numerous projects using Mocap and CG puppeteering techniques. Robert has numerous Film and TV credits as a puppeteer. His more recent are FAUNTANLAND AND THE LOST MAGIC. Other credits include BLACK MIRROR 2 episode “The Waldo Moment”, WIZARD VS ALIENS, YOKO, ANTICHIRST and WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. His handy-work as a puppeteer can also be seen in a number of advertisements aired worldwide.
Work History
Puppeteer
Mother
March 2020 - March 2020
London Black Island Studios
IKEA Advert
Campaign: THE HARE & THE TORTOISE
Puppeteer: Tortoise.
Puppeteer
John Nolan Studio
November 2019 - November 2019
London, United Kingdom
TV Advert CALIFORNIA ALMONDS "Logs"
Puppeteer for Squirrel
Puppeteer
Independent Films
October 2019 - October 2019
Ipswich, United Kingdom
Film - JACK
Puppeteered the Dog Buddy.
Lead Tutor for Motion Capture Module
National Film & Television School
September 2019 - September 2019
Beaconsfield
Once a year, since 2009, over the course of a month I work with the 1st year "DigiPost" vfx/sfx students on their Optical Motion Capture module.
Puppeteer and Voice Over
Phelecan Films AB
June 2019 - June 2019
Sweden
Post Production puppeteering and Voice-Over work for FAUNUTLAND AND THE LOST MAGIC
Puppeteer
John Nolan Studio
May 2019 - May 2019
Bucharest, Romania
TV Advert Germany - 120 IKEA
Puppeteer
Lifecast UK
April 2019 - May 2019
London, United Kingdom
TV Advert - PPI Arnie
Puppeteer
Phelecan Films AB
June 2018 - July 2018
Sweden
Feature Film FAUNUTLAND AND THE LOST MAGIC
Performance Supervisor
Passion Pictures
June 2018 - June 2018
London, United Kingdom
Real Time Motion Capture
Freelance
Robert Tygner
November 2017 - May 2018
London, United Kingdom
Puppeteer
The Story Emporium Repair Shop
August 2017 - November 2017
London, United Kingdom
Out now on YouTube. Kids will love it, so will you.
Performance Supervisor
Passion Pictures
February 2017 - June 2017
London, United Kingdom
Real-time motion capture work.
Puppeteer
Cherry Tree Lane Productions
February 2017 - February 2017
Shepperton Studios
Feature Film - MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Puppeteer
Fido Films Germany
September 2016 - November 2016
Feature Film - DIE KLEINE HEKE / THE LITTLE WITCH
Character - The Crow Abraxas
Puppeteer
The Family sri
August 2016 - August 2016
Barcelona Area, Spain
TV Commercial - TIM
Puppeteer
John Nolan Studio
August 2016 - August 2016
London
Music Video - The Wytches C-SIDE
Puppeteer
Now
July 2016 - July 2016
Lonond
TV Commercial - Leo Vegas STRICTLY COME CARCUSS
Visiting Puppet Director
Wimbledon College of Art UAL
May 2016 - May 2016
Wimbledon
Directing the 1st Year Tech Art Students Puppet project performance.
Mocap Director/Puppeteer
Passion Pictures, London
July 2014 - February 2016
Visiting Motion Capture Tutor
National Film and Televison School
November 2009 - October 2015
Once a year, since 2009, I work with the 1st year "DigiPost" vfx/sfx students on their Optical Motion Capture module.
Performance Animation/Digital Puppeteering
Passion Pictures
August 2012 - July 2014
London, United Kingdom
PROJECTS:
July 2014 - to present day
Real-time Animation
Performance Director
Puppeteer
June/July 2014
Real-time Animation for Nike RISK EVERYTHING
Performance Director
January - June 2014
Puppeteer
October/November 2013
Aleks Meekat "Gary Barlow" Interview
CG Performance animator. Animation created using Performance animation techniques.
September/October 2013
Alexs Meerkat "ITV Awards with Ant and Dec".
Puppeteer for live-time CG character Alexs.
Miaya and Gok presenting the winner of the People's Choice Award for SPECTACLE WEARER OF THE YEAR 2013.
Puppeteer for live-time CG character Miaya.
September 2013
Miaya Live interview with Elizabeth Hurley for SECRET CINEMA .
Puppeteer for live-time CG character Miaya.
May 2013
Charmin Bear "Base Ball Game song"
Puppeteer for live-time CG character Charmin Bear
Dec 2012
Alexs Meerkat interview on THIS MORNING tv.
Puppeteer for live-time CG character Alexs.
September/Oct 2012
Charlie Brookers TV series "BLACK MIRROR 2" Episode 2 "The Waldo Moment".
Puppeteer for live-time CG character Waldo.
Alexs Meerkat "Live Book readings".
Puppeteer for live-time CG character Alexs.
CG Performance animator (also known as Digital Puppeteering) uses puppeteered input devices rigged to CG characters that are generated in real-time.
Lecturer for Skills Fusion
The Film and Video Workshop
November 2013 - December 2013
This Skills Fusions workshop gave introductory tuition in the use of After Effects. After the tuition I was asked to talk about my experiences in the vfx industry.
Puppeteer
ArtsMediaPeople
September 2013 - September 2013
Live Lexus promotional event featuring the Amazing in Motion "STEPS" puppet.
Puppet performance co-ordinator/Puppeteer
Camp David
August 2013 - August 2013
TV Commercial - RADDEN BARMAN
For Save the Children
Puppet Director/Puppeteer
Baby Cow Animations Ltd.
July 2013 - August 2013
TV - Title sequence for MAN DOWN
Puppeteer
Fight Films Ltd.
June 2013 - July 2013
Film - HARRY HILL THE MOVIE
Directed by Steve Bendelack
Visiting Puppet Director
Wimbledon College of Art
June 2013 - June 2013
Assisting 1st year Design for Performance students with puppeteering on their Puppet project.
Puppeteer
ArtsMediaPeople
March 2013 - March 2013
Live Lexus promotional event featuring the Amazing in Motion "STEPS" puppet.
Puppeteer
CHI & Partners Ltd
January 2013 - February 2013
TV Commercial Lexus Global "STEPS". Directed by Daniel Kleinman
Puppeteer
Red Bee Media
October 2012 - October 2012
TV Commercial "BBC Digital Radio 2012", DAB D-Love.
Lead Puppeteer - VOLDEMORT
London 2012 Ceremonies Ltd
May 2012 - July 2012
Working as a Lead puppeteer for Voldemort with Blind Summit theatre company who cast and directed 50 puppeteers (15 professionals and 35 volunteers) to bring to life giant puppets of Voldemort (90 feet high!), Captain Hook, Cruella De Ville and the Queen of Hearts in the 'Second on the Right' section of Danny Boyle's thrillingly original Opening Ceremony for London 2012.
Puppeteer
BBC Wales
April 2012 - April 2012
TV Series - "WIZARDS VS ALIENS"
Episode - "Grazlax Attacks"
Grazlax puppeteer
Puppeteer
Hogarth Worldwide
April 2012 - April 2012
Commercial for Nectar. "GIFT HORSE"
Visiting Puppet Performance Tutor
Wimbledon College of Art
January 2012 - January 2012
Assisting 1st Year Tech Arts students with Puppet films.
Performance Animation/Digital Puppeteering
Phyzog TV
November 2011 - December 2011
Creating the MoCap animation (using Optical and Device driven Motion Capture) for Phyzog.
Phyzog is a kind of Satire Direct, in which the powers that be are caricatured via images and sketches that come straight to your smartphones.
2nd Puppeteer FOZZY BEAR
Baker/Coogan
November 2011 - November 2011
TV - "X FACTOR"
Puppet performer with The Muppets for Olly Murs performance on the X-Factor semi- final.
Performance Animation/Digital Puppeteering
Phyzog TV
July 2011 - September 2011
Creating the MoCap animation (using Optical and Device driven Motion Capture) for Phyzog.
Phyzog is a kind of Satire Direct, in which the powers that be are caricatured via images and sketches that come straight to your smartphones.
MoCap Director
TT Animation
May 2011 - July 2011
TV - “WHAT’S YOUR NEWS” series 2
Mocap Director for the 2nd Season of the award winning series“WHAT’S YOUR NEWS”, a half hour news program for children produced by TT Animation. The CG animation is created using a combination of “Optical Motion Capture” and traditional key frame animation techniques.
Mocap Supervisor
Animagine Studios
February 2011 - May 2011
Motion Capture supervisor; finding talent, rehearsing, running mocap shoot, motion editing and keeping a sense of humour throughout it all.
Puppet Director
Shooting Fish Theatre Company
January 2011 - February 2011
Theatre - "LAMINATED"
Laminated is an imaginative and wonderfully visual piece, using puppetry and physical theatre to bring life to the stories and memories of Charlie’s world. It asks us to consider the reality of chasing our dreams, and all the things in life that we can see, but not touch.
Laminated will be at Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, London from Monday 31st January - Saturday 19th February 2011.
Technical Director
Andrew Dawson
November 2010 - November 2010
Theatre - "THE ARTICULATE HAND".
Through movement, Andrew Dawson uncovers the grace, beauty and psychological consequences of the impairments of the hand.
The Articulate Hand is a collaboration between performance artist Andrew Dawson and Jonathan Cole, neuroscientist and author.
Funded by a Wellcome Trust Arts award.
Animatronic Performance Director and Puppeteer
Fido Film
August 2010 - November 2010
Film - "YOKO"
Visiting Puppet Director
Wimbledon College of Art
May 2010 - May 2010
Director of the 1st year Tec Arts student puppet performance.
Pre-viz animator
Nviz
March 2009 - May 2009
Film - "GULLIVERS TRAVELS" Pre-viz animation
Mocap Animation Mentor
London College of Communication
March 2009 - April 2009
Worked with 1st Year animation students using Motion Capture to help create a 30sec Ident for the animation department. Funded by Skillset.
Motion Capture/Animation Director
TT Animation
June 2007 - November 2008
TV "WHAT'S YOUR NEWS" series 1.
Mocap & Animation Director for all 26 episodes of the CGI project “WHAT’S YOUR NEWS”, a half hour news program for children produced by TT Animation and Nickelodeon. The CG animation was created using a combination of “Optical Motion Capture” with “Performance Animation Techniques”.
Puppeteer
Zentropa
October 2008 - October 2008
Film - "ANTICHRIST" Directed by Lars Von Trier.
Lead Puppeteer
Crush Productions
March 2007 - May 2007
Film - "AGENT CRUSH"
Puppeteer
Baker/Coogan
April 2007 - April 2007
TV - "SCISSOR SISTERS" Brit awards
Head Puppeteer/Performance co-ordinator 2nd Unit
Warner Bros.
September 2006 - December 2006
Film - "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE"
CG Character Animator/Performance animator
Cinesite
September 2005 - September 2005
Test Pitch film test using Key frame and Performance animation techniques.
Motion Editing and re-animation
Centroid motion capture
July 2005 - August 2005
Using MotionBuilder software to motion edit, add animation and reblock cut-scenes.
Animation Director/CG Character Animator/Digital Puppeteer/Puppet Co-o
The Jim Henson Company
April 1985 - June 2005
Over my long association with the Jim Henson Company here in the UK and USA, I had the great pleasure of working on numerous films, TV and commercials in a variety of positions and in many different countries.
Films;
HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Puppeteer
FIVE CHILDREN AND IT Puppeteer/Digital Puppeteer
THE WATER GIANT CG Charactor Animator
SESAME ST 3-D FILM Animation Director
THE BROTHERHOOD OF WOLVES CG Charactor Animator
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE Puppeteer
BUDDY Puppeteer
PINOCCHIO Puppeteer
MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND Puppeteer
LOCH NESS Puppeteer/Performance Co-ordinator
MARY REILLY Puppeteer
THE FLINTSTONES Puppeteer/Performance Co-ordinator
THE NEVER ENDING STORY III Performance Co-ordinator
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL Puppeteer/Puppet Co-ordinator
THE POLAR BEAR KING Puppeteer/Puppet Co-ordinator
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II Puppeteer
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES I Puppeteer
THE WITCHES Puppeteer
THE BEAR Puppeteer/Puppet Co-ordinator
LABYRINTH Puppeteer
TV;
FRANCES THE BADGER Animation Director
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Puppeteer
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS CG Charactor Animator
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Puppeteer
THE STORYTELLER SERIES Puppeteer
CG Character Animator/Motion Editing
Scarlet Digital Imaging
November 2003 - January 2004
TV - "CAPTAIN SCARLET"
Used Maya to motion edit various motion captured scenes.
Principle Puppeteer
Warner Bros.
October 1986 - September 1997
Film "LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS" directed by Frank Oz
Puppeteer
Spitting Image
1989 - 1995
Puppeteered a variety of characters throughout Series 6,7,8,10,11,12 & 13. Insane and fun!
