Resume of BJ Winslow
Skills:
• Plastic fabrication • Molding and casting • Clay sculpting • Foam sculpting • Latex casting • Plaster molding • Urethane casting |
• Airbrush • Painting • Faux finish and texturing • Hot wire sculpting • Silk screening • Photoshop • Electronics |
• LEDS • Lathe • Vacuum Molding • Layout • Photography • Formica • Carpentry |
Professional Experience
2004 - 2005 Post Mortem Studio Rentals Los Angeles, Ca
Lead Prop Artist, Studio Manager, Web Designer
• Creating custom props and special effects
• Molding and casting props
• Creating high-tech and mechanical props
• Painting realistic faux finishes on hard and soft props
• Sculpting in clay and foam
• Writing, designing, and promoting a professional website.
• Managing prop house activities, including promotion, customer service, and inventory.
• Designing, publishing, and distributing catalogs for the prop house
• Locating and purchasing props and supplies
• On set death industry, medical, and art department consultation.
• Set design and decoration
1999 - 2004 Santa Cruz Seaside Company Santa Cruz, Ca
Games Department Technician and Supervisor
• Designing and constructing carnival games attractions for a world famous theme park
• Construction and repair of electronic mechanisms, including hydraulics, robotics, light, and sound.
• Painting, decorating, and displaying attractions
• Carpentry, cabinetry, and Formica
• Employee management
1996 - 1997 Bala-Rassmuessen Toy Design Petaluma, Ca
Toy Designer
• Design and construction of miniatures, mock-ups, replicas, and mechanisms
• Toy prototyping
• Character and back story creations
• Mechanism design
• Electronics design
• Plastic fabrication
• Molding and casting
Assets
• Black Cadillac Hearse
• Over 50 Foam Headstones
• Full corpses
• Body parts including arms, hearts, heads, and hands
• Fabrication supplies
• Industry resources for authentic morgue, mortuary, and medical supplies
Partial List of Credits
Stu Segal Productions , The Dark (pilot) and Veronica Mars (television series) – custom foam filled latex props, effects, hard resin props
Robert Zemeckis, Infant Terrible (short film) –Custom foam filled latex prop, effects
CBS , The Dead Will Tell (television movie), Half and Half (television series), and Nightmare on Elm Street: Real Nightmare (television series) – Custom foam filled latex props, Custom Styrofoam props, custom vinyl props, effects
Nickelodeon , Best Friends Date ( television series ) and All That ( television series ) , “Key to the City” Custom Styrofoam prop, arms
Lucasarts, Star Wars (toys)– sculpting, plastic fabrication, electronics
20 th Century Fox , Mad TV (television series) and Anastasia (toys)– Custom painted props, custom Styrofoam props, toy design and mechanisms
Jamie Foxx, Sketch Show (pilot) –custom prop design, painting, and finishing
The Cure , Alt.End (music video) – “Hearts” Custom foam filled latex props
E!tv , Scream Play (Television series) – Custom foam filled latex props, custom Styrofoam props, custom wooden and mechanical props, effects, painting, on-set consultant and art department
Twintalk Entertainment , Death Tunnel (feature film) – Sets, effects, character acting, Custom urethane resin and mechanical props
Hallmark Channel, Mystery Woman (television series) – Custom foam filled latex props
References
Bruce Schiller - Owner, Post Mortem Studio Rentals (310) 575-5666
Joshua Heller, Art Director , ( 323) 253 5799
Education
1997 - 2004 University of California Santa Cruz, Ca
BA in Journalism
• Graduated with a cumulative 3.44 GPA
• Awarded Honors for Senior Thesis
