Moe Gans-Pomerantz (Director, Puppetrantz!) AGVA, SAG
Puppetry & Vocal Character Performance
| Spider-Man 2 | Doc Octopus puppet dev. team | EdgeFX / Sony Pictures |
| First Monday (Television) | Shadow Artist | Paramount/Belisarius Prod. |
| I'm Gonna Be an Angel (Video Series) | Saiki (VO) | Digital Manga, Inc. |
| Herman? (Film) | Parrot (VO) | FentonArts Productions |
| White Collar Suitcase Pimps (Video) | Jack, Crab (VO) | Simple Films |
| Kiwi's Good News (Television) | Kiwi | American Catholic Channel |
| Brother Francis and Me (Television) | Zachary | American Catholic Channel |
| Bit Parts (Video series) | Papa Slug | Prescription Films |
| The Wahoo Wagon | Fuzz, Headley | Buena Vista Productions |
| Yoda, E.T., i-Cybie | lip-synch & character movement | Tiger Toys/Krofft Productions |
| Furby (Foreign Lang. & Furby Babies) | lip-synch & character movement | Tiger Toys/Krofft Productions |
| Play Along (Video series) | Bunny | New Media Productions, Inc. |
| Tippet (Video) | Tippet - 2nd Puppeteer | A.B.I.D. Toy Productions |
| The Three Not-So-Little Pigs, Rufus | All characters | Puppetrantz! |
| Peter and The Wolf | Peter | E. CT Symphony Orchestra |
| The Wild Party | Jackie, Madeline True | Nat. Puppetry Conf./Larry Reed |
| Monster in My Toy Box (Video) | Bellfry, ensemble | Fantasy Factory Productions |
| Servant of Two Masters | The Servant Truffaldino | CT Rep. Theatre |
Puppet Design, Direction, Construction
| GoBabies.com (DVD series) | Design, Construction, Puppet Coordinator |
| P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (Film-Steve Guttenberg, Dir.) | Design, Construction, Head Puppeteer |
| Turkey Day (Video in pre-production) | Design, Construction, Direction |
| Bit Parts (Video series) | Design, Construction, Head Puppeteer |
| McDonalds Live shows | Design, Construction of "Iris" the camera (40 copies for perf. nation wide) |
| League of Women Voters | Design, Construction of Bunraku style Table Top puppets |
| News Inserts (Ch.22 - KWHY Los Angeles ) | Design, Construction of eight hand/rod puppets |
| Play Along (Video series) | Hand & Rod Puppet Design/Const./Perf., New Media Prod.,Inc |
| Man of La Mancha | Shadow Puppet Design & Construction, CT Rep. Theatre |
| Surrealistic 3 Pigs (Video) | Clay Miniature Design, Direction, Construction, Camera, Editing |
| Rufus, The Three Not-So-Little Pigs | Puppet, Set & Prop Design and Direction |
| Wings and Walls | Puppet Design / Workshop Direction at Nat. Pup. Conf. (page to stage) |
| A Connecticut Yankee | Shadow Joust Design and Direction, Tech Direction, CT Rep. Theatre |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Sculpting, Casting, Construction, CT Rep. Theatre |
| Servant of Two Masters | Servo control design & Construction, CT Rep. Theatre |
Human Theatre (Selected)
| The Ghetto Cabaret | Srulik | Los Angeles Jewish Theatre |
| The Three Musketeers | Bonecieux, Father, ensemble | CT Rep. Theatre |
| Biloxi Blues | Arnold Epstein | CT Rep. Theatre |
| Day of Absence | Jackson | CT Rep. Theatre |
| Arms and the Man | Russian Soldier | La Jolla Playhouse |
| Luck, Pluck, and Virtue | Ensemble | La Jolla Playhouse |
Teaching 1997-98, Greater Hartford Academy for the Performing Arts (High School) - Teacher of Puppet Arts 1993, Teacher of Puppetry and Drama for 5th - 7th graders - Blue Sky Puppet Theatre 1990-1994, Conducted Teacher-Training Workshops for using dramatics in the classroom - Blue Sky Puppet Theatre
Awards
Puppeteers of America Emma Warfield Scholarship, 1997 Puppeteers of America Endowment Fund Grant for Wings and Walls, 1997 Jim Henson Memorial Scholarship, 1995 & 1996 Telly Awards (Fairfax VA Cable Access): 1993 Best Entertainment Program - Tour De Farce #1 (sketch comedy),
1994 Best Comedy, Best Director, Best Editing (studio & location) - Tour De Farce #2 (sketch comedy) Best Actor 1989, Adventure Theatre
Training
Andrea Romano, Pat Fraley, animation voiceover; Nancy Wolfson - commercial voiceover Cherie Franklin - camera technique MFA Candidate, University of Connecticut Puppet Arts Program National Puppetry Conference La Jolla Playhouse Acting Apprenticeship Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory, The Living Stage American Conservatory Theatre Summer Training Congress B.A. Psychology, B.A. Theatre - University of Maryland College Park
Technical Skills
Sculpting (additive & subtractive) in clay, wood, foam block. Flat foam construction. Multi-sectional moldmaking for
Neoprene & Latex. Painting & Make-up techniques, Linear & Non-linear editing workstations. Video camera operation,
Studio lighting control, Still Photography, B&W Darkroom, Basic Lightwave 3-D (Amiga), Computers (Mac), Hand Shadows.
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