Eric Hart
@ericbhart.bsky.social
Director of Animatronics at UNC School of the Arts. Prop and Effects fabricator for film and Broadway.
http://eric-hart.com/
http://eric-hart.com/
History dot com has a great article on the rise and fall of animatronic shows in restaurants during the 80s and 90s. www.history.com/articles/ani...
The Oddball Era of Animatronic Stage Shows
When pizza parlors came alive with animatronic bands.
www.history.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
History dot com has a great article on the rise and fall of animatronic shows in restaurants during the 80s and 90s. www.history.com/articles/ani...
The team behind the animatronics in Alien: Romulus is up for a VFX Oscar this year. variety.com/2025/artisan...
How Oscar-Nominated VFX Teams Created Alien Animatronics, Wicked Worlds and More
The VFX supervisors on Oscar nominees 'Alien: Romulus,' 'Better Man,' 'Dune 2,' 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' and 'Wicked.'
variety.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The team behind the animatronics in Alien: Romulus is up for a VFX Oscar this year. variety.com/2025/artisan...
My "Prop Building for Beginners" book is over 20% off at Amazon right now. TD&T Magazine says, "While the book is a primer for prop construction, the scope and sophistication of the projects make it valuable work for all aspiring artisans." Check it out!
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Prop Building for Beginners: Twenty Props for Stage and Screen
Prop Building for Beginners: Twenty Props for Stage and Screen [Hart, Eric] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Prop Building for Beginners: Twenty Props for Stage and Screen
amzn.to
January 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My "Prop Building for Beginners" book is over 20% off at Amazon right now. TD&T Magazine says, "While the book is a primer for prop construction, the scope and sophistication of the projects make it valuable work for all aspiring artisans." Check it out!
amzn.to/4hufOpY
amzn.to/4hufOpY
RIP to Richard Foreman, one of the visionaries of avant-garde theater. He didn't just make weird and wonderful stuff; he made weird and wonderful stuff consistently for decades.
January 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
RIP to Richard Foreman, one of the visionaries of avant-garde theater. He didn't just make weird and wonderful stuff; he made weird and wonderful stuff consistently for decades.
Defunctland just released an epic documentary on #animatronics called "Disney's Animatronics: A Living History." In under two hours, you get a comprehensive view at how the technology evolved to create this amazing new art form. youtu.be/jjNca1L6CUk?...
Disney's Animatronics: A Living History
YouTube video by Defunctland
youtu.be
December 29, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Defunctland just released an epic documentary on #animatronics called "Disney's Animatronics: A Living History." In under two hours, you get a comprehensive view at how the technology evolved to create this amazing new art form. youtu.be/jjNca1L6CUk?...
I missed it, but "animatronics" was yesterday's Word of the Day in The NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/l...
Word of the Day: animatronics
This word has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:39 PM
I missed it, but "animatronics" was yesterday's Word of the Day in The NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/l...
2024 has been an amazing year for #animatronics. Here are my favorite animatronic stories from this year:
First, we got a sneak peek at the new Universal monsters at Epic Universe. These guys are HUGE (10+ ft tall) and scary fast. ew.com/universal-ep...
First, we got a sneak peek at the new Universal monsters at Epic Universe. These guys are HUGE (10+ ft tall) and scary fast. ew.com/universal-ep...
Epic Universe animated figures revealed in exclusive first look
See horrifying Universal monsters come to life in a first look at the animated figures inside Epic Universe's Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment ride.
ew.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:27 PM
2024 has been an amazing year for #animatronics. Here are my favorite animatronic stories from this year:
First, we got a sneak peek at the new Universal monsters at Epic Universe. These guys are HUGE (10+ ft tall) and scary fast. ew.com/universal-ep...
First, we got a sneak peek at the new Universal monsters at Epic Universe. These guys are HUGE (10+ ft tall) and scary fast. ew.com/universal-ep...