COSTUME DESIGNER I’D GO BACK Producer, costume designer, set decorator, even music coordinator, Melva has done it all over the course of the past 35 years. Though originally from Southern California, she didn’t really get her start in the business until...
VISUAL FX SUPERVISOR SHOT GR22 Another stop on our tour through Atlanta was a visit with Visual Effects Society Luminary, Art David! Another Hollywood East guy who spent part of his early career with The Post Group when they had a facility on the Disney-MGM Studios...
PRODUCTION DESIGNER – ART DEPARTMENT I HAVE THE POWER! Did you know Gentry Akens was a layout artist on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe? It’s true. Fat Albert too. There’s a fascinating story about how he got his job at Hanna Barbera, but...
CENTRAL FLORIDA’S PREMIERE PRODUCER Mutant Turtles What?! How to become a movie producer: Start out as a soda vendor for a major leagues baseball team. Get to know the team’s play-by-play radio announcer. Have him recommend you for work with a sports TV...
PROPMASTER AND MODEL MAKER GIVE THE MAN HIS PROPS Here’s a guy who must love his work. Rich West’s house is full of movie replica props, including a working full-size Robot, as in the original Lost in Space Robot! When we last visited, he was working on...
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS EXECUTIVE Another Big Get! Finally hooked us a big fish from Universal Studios. Paul Meena is the former Vice President and General Manager of the Universal Studios Florida Production Group, but he earned his stripes the hard way. As a young man...
