British puppeteer Don Austen has worked with puppets on both the high and low-tech end of things. He assisted Frank Oz and others with Yoda in Star Wars: Episode I and joined Michael Caine in dance as the body of The Ghost of Christmas Present in The Muppet Christmas Carol.
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Labyrinth: Ludo Animatronics, Inside Green Riding Goblin, Junk Woman, Wisemans Hat, Fire Thing Marionettes, Flying Fairies, Shaft Of Hands.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Animating 3D inanimate objects for 2D animated cast!
The Little Shop Of Horrors: Crew co-ordinator/puppeteer placing up to 45 puppeteers about Audrey 2.
The Muppet Christmas Carol The Ghost of Christmas Present (body), The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
The Muppet Treasure Island Pirate Crew & Cannibals.
The Witches Bruno & Luke Animatronic Mice.
The Phantom Menace Assisting Frank Oz. Yoda Animatronics.