DARREN E MARSHALL CHARACTER DESIGNER TRADITIONAL SCULPTOR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LUCASFILM ANIMATION, LTD., Nicasio, CA, 2003-2013 • Star Wars Rebels animated TV series • Star Wars the Clone Wars animated TV series, Seasons 1 - 6 • Untitled animated feature • Star Wars the Clone Wars animated feature • Character design maquette sculptor for features development department
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC / LUCAS DIGITAL, LTD., San Rafael, CA, 2002 Curious George, Universal • Character design maquette sculptor for CGI feature development
PANIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUPE, Sausalito, CA, 2002 Princess Pequena • Character design development for proposed children’s TV series
SKYLER ANIMATION STUDIO, Portland, OR, 2002 Do You Really Need Roundup? • Character sculptor for Roundup weed-killer commercial
HILL HOLIDAY, San Francisco, CA, 2001 Red • Character designer and sculptor for Red Roof Inns TV advertising campaign
COSGROVE HALL FILMS, UK, 2001 F1 Race for the Future • Character designer for CGI TV series development
MACKINNON AND SAUNDERS, LTD., UK, 1992-2001 • Puppet and maquette sculptor and painter for the following productions:
FEATURE FILMS
Chicken Run Aardman Animations / Dreamworks A Life Less Ordinary Figment films / Channel Four Films / 20th Century Fox Mars Attacks! Warner Bros. The Magic Sword, Quest for Camelot Warner Bros.
FEATURE FILM DEVELOPMENT
The Jester Warner Bros. Iguana Brothers Warner Bros. Winnie the Pooh Disney / Cosgrove Hall Films The Frog Prince Will Vinton Studios
MUSIC VIDEO
Tindersticks Cosgrove Hall Films
SHORT FILMS
Cabbage Patch Kids: The Club House Famous Flying Films Cabbage Patch Kids: The New Kid Famous Flying Films Rigoletto Bare Boards Productions / S4C / BBC Screenplay Bare Boards Productions Achilles Bare Boards Productions Hamilton Mattress Harvest Films The Trojan Horse Cosgrove Hall Films Interrogating Ernie Ken Lidster / Loose Moose Arnold the Hipposaur (pilot) Paul Berry / Mackinnon and Saunders, Ltd.
TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
DEVELOPMENT:
The Ice Warriors Granada Television Sprinkly Wood Phil Jackson, Darren Marshall
PILOTS:
Tatterjack Cosgrove Hall Films Thunderpig and Leon Loose Moose Dinosaur Roar Hot Animation Sommel Toonder Studios
TV SERIES:
Bob the Builder Hot Animation Brambly Hedge Hot Animation Little Robots Cosgrove Hall Films Bill and Ben Cosgrove Hall Films Rotten Ralph Cosgrove Hall Films Gerry Anderson’s Lavender Castle Cosgrove Hall Films Noddy BBC / Cosgrove Hall Films Oakie Doke BBC / Cosgrove Hall Films Bump in the Night Danger Productions The Story Store Carlton TV Captain Scarlet Gerry Anderson
TELEVISION ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS
COMMERCIALS:
Brisk Tea Loose Moose Jailhouse Rock Babe Ruth Baseball Rocky Frank Sinatra Stagg Chili Loose Moose Pepperidge Farms Goldfish Loose Moose Flora Passion Pictures Dairylea Fridge Raids (1, 2 and 3) Passion Pictures Golden Wonder Crisps Passion Pictures Alka Seltzer Passion Pictures US Postal Service: Statue of Liberty Hellzapoppin Thomy Cheese Hellzapoppin Puffs Tissues Proctor and Gamble Chewits Munch Monster Bare Boards Productions Fred Astaire Teapot Catalyst Pictures
PROMOTIONS:
Reebok Ryan Giggs, Doppelganger Passion Pictures Cheesy in a Scrape Ocean Graphics Brittania Building Society B.D.H Squashed Chick Smart Advertising Burmatex Carpets Geoff Smith Photography Peugot: Car Moneybank Geoff Smith Photography Wall’s Ice Cream: Shark Geoff Smith Photography
HALCYON MODEL KITS, UK, 1994 Judge Anderson from the Judge Dredd collection • Character sculptor and painter
BARROW MODEL MAKERS, UK, 1993 Rigoletto, Bare Boards Prodcutions / S4C / BBC • Set designer, builder and painter
JIM HENSON’S CREATURE SHOP, UK, 1990-1992 • Assistant sculptor, painter and seamer for the following productions:
FEATURE FILMS
Dragonheart Raffaella de Laurentiis Productions / Henson’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II Golden Harvest Films
TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
Dinosaurs (series 1 and 2) Disney / Henson’s
EDUCATION
CLWYD COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY, North Wales, 1989-1990 Film and animation studies
CHESHIRE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, UK, 1987-1989 BTEC First Diploma: Art and Design BTEC National Diploma: Art and Design