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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Details:
Name: James Miller
Date of Birth: 29th January 1973
Marital Status: Single
Address:
Swan Lodge Barns,
Cley Road,
Cley, HOLT
Norfolk.
NR25 7EA
ENGLAND
Telephone & Fax: +44 (0)1263 740 808
Mobile: +44 (0)7768 031 514
Web Site: www.james-miller.biz
E-mail: james@james-miller.biz
Occupation: Animatronics & Model Designer
Education:
1977 - 1983 Primary education in Paros, Cyclades, Greece.
1983 - 1984 Gresham’s Junior School, Holt, Norfolk.
1984 - 1986 East Court, Ramsgate, Kent.
1986 - 1990 Stanbridge Earl’s School, Romsey, Hampshire.
1990 - 1992 King’s Lynn Technical College. 2 Year N.D. in General Art & Design.
1992 - 1994 University of Hertfordshire School of Art & Design. B.A. Hons in Design Representation & H.N.D. in Design Modelmaking
Summer 1990-92 Photography course at The Aegean Art School, Greece.
Other Skills:
Advanced Scuba Diver, fluent Greek speaker, clean driving licence, Computing & word processing.
EMPLOYMENT RESUME:
Sept 94 - Feb 95 Hothouse Productions, Colchester. Made models of various versions and sizes of The Starship Enterprise for a theatre production, shop displays & private collections.
March - April 1995 Ack Ack, London. Pirelli and Kit Kat billboard advertisements & models for the B.B.C.
July 1995 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. Worked on the film “ The Adventures of Pinocchio”.
November 1995 Odysea Ltd, London. Designed and organised a stand for the B.B.C. Good Food Show at the N.E.C. Birmingham.
May - June 1996 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. Designed, organised and made the Pinocchio displays for an exhibition at The Lincoln Centre, New York.
December 1996 Pennicott Payne, London. Several TV Commercials and nine sleeping capsules for the film, “Event Horizon”.
March - April 1997 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. Robots for the film, “Lost in Space”.
May - June 1997 Asylum, London. TV Commercials. Kodak, Shell/Ferrari & Carlsberg.
June - July 1997 Pennicott Payne, London. Ericsson mobile phones for the 007 Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies”. Pan 10 & maquette of a coral set for Goldfish Credit Card. TV Commercials.
July - Dec 1997 The Unlimited Speedsailing Co., Norfolk. Constructing a 60ft (18.2m) long Catamaran, with a 72ft (22m) mast out of carbon fibre, to break the World Speed Sailing record, currently at 46 knots (53 mph).
January 1998 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. “Dr Dolittle” Theatre Production.
February 1998 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. Animatronic Pig, Sony TV Commercial.
March 1998 The Unlimited Speedsailing Co., Norfolk.
April - August & October 1998 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. Animatronic Horses for the film “Animal Farm” and location work in Ireland.
Feb - March 1999 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. Animatronic construction vehicles for the children's TV Series “Construction Site”.
May 1999 Artem, London. Animatronic Duck for Spanish Lottery TV Commercial, filmed on location in Madrid.
June - July 1999 Artem, London. Gas Machine Guns for Alton Towers summer show. Animatronic Bear & Raccoon for Italian chocolate TV Commercial, filmed on location near Milan.
Oct - December 1999 Asylum, London. Electron Microscope for the Body Zone Lab Room in “The Millennium Dome”.
Feb 2000 Harris Blyth, London. Stainless Steel Exhibit for Ford at the Geneva Motor Show.
April - May 2000 Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London. Toy Robot for the Cheetos TV Commercial.
May - August 2000 Neal Scanlan Studio’s, London. 14 Animatronic heads for the children's TV Series “Tweenies”, stage show & world tour.
August - Dec 2000 Neal Scanlan Studio’s, London. 11 Animatronic characters for children's TV Series “Rabbit in the Hole”. to be filmed in Vancouver.
Feb 2001 Magic Models - Mill Film, London. Built an 8 metre model of Noah’s Ark for a Mercedes Benz TV Commercial.
March 2001 Asylum, London. Built a 5 foot model set and large yogurt pots & coke cans for a German recycling TV Commercial.
April 2001 Asylum, London. Built a 16m x 5m x 2m billboard advertisement for Thames Water, with kinetic water features, displayed on the Cromwell Road, London.
May 2001 Asylum, London. Rowing machine and effects for the Walkers Crisps TV Commercial staring Gary Lineker and Sir Steve Redgrave.
June 2001 Asylum, London. A large model building for a Sony TV Commercial. Two chrome-plated body costumes for a Cannon TV Commercial.
July - Dec 2001 Asylum, London. 5 working life size vehicles for “Bob the Builder Stage show”.
March 2002 Asylum, London. Six commercials for 02 a new BT & Cellnet product. Made numerous Bubble rigs, diving and working under water with the film unit in Oceanic's film diving tank in Devon.
April - May 2002 James Bond 007 No 20 “Die Another Day” Model Unit.
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES:
Creative: Films, Special Effects and Animatronics. Photography & Art.
Sports and Outdoor Pursuits: Enjoy all sports, in particular Scuba Diving (Advanced), Basketball, Climbing and Skiing. Participated in a three week outward bound course in Wales.
Travel: Canada and extensive travel in Europe and recently Southern Africa.
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