Creating Creature FX and Puppetry for Indies with Raymond Carr

This interactive presentation walks you through examples, behind the scenes footage, and shooting and lighting techniques, to explore how to craft realistic puppets and creature FX from the director’s POV on a budget. Raymond Carr is a filmmaker, theatrical director, designer and puppeteer whose career spans more than 20 years, and his award-winning films have been accepted into Oscar-qualifying festivals around the world. His highly stylized films specialize in sci-fi, dark fantasy, and horror. He has designed and puppeteered for The Jim Henson Company, Nick Jr, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, IFC, and the BBC. He has produced content for Discovery Channel, Vice TV, and Facebook TV, among others. As a director, he uses his background as a designer, builder and puppeteer of animatronic creature effects to create worlds that feel dynamic, unique and rich, while his background as a theatrical director grounds his stories in character-driven narratives. Bring your ideas! Presenter: Raymond Carr Raymond Carr is a Jim Henson Company–trained puppeteer and director with over 25 years of experience bringing characters to life across television, streaming, and live performance. A former board member of The Jim Henson Foundation, he has directed projects including Yo Gabba Gabbaland (Apple TV+) and served as Puppetry Director on the Netflix limited series Eric , starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Raymond also led puppetry for the Adult Swim adaptation of Smiling Friends and is the lead puppeteer behind the Aflac Duck’s widely recognized social media presence. As a performer, he portrayed Dunk the Puffer Fish on PBS Kids’ Splash and Bubbles . Raymond's extensive credits include Earth to Ned (Disney+), Word Party (The Jim Henson Company), Crank Yankers , Moon and Me (BBC), LazyTown (Nick Jr.), Doom Patrol (HBO Max), Woke (Hulu), and Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular . He has also collaborated on numerous projects with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Cartoon Network, and Adult Swim.