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Fon H Davis
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Visual Story Teller- Fonco Studios CEO/creative director, director, producer, designer, SPFX supervisor, guest host, celebrity judge, & Stan Winston School instructor.
Catch me at the Not So Virtual Cantina Special Edition Signing!

Thursday, April 17, 6:00 pm- 10:00 pm
HUB Kaihimmakuhari, 261-0021 Chiba, Mihama Ward, Hibino, Japan
April 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Disney’s James and the Giant Peach was release on this day in 1996. We made 68 peach sections for the 24 #stopmotion #animation stages at Skellington Productions in San Francisco. On a good week, we’d get about 1 minute of final footage.
April 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
For the #DrewBarrymore movie, The Big Miracle, #KernerStudios made a 1/12 #miniature Russian Ice Breaker that the #SPFX team, led by Geoff Heron, crashed into an ice ridge made of wax and foam, shot at high speed to create the #VFX. I was the MiniFX Sup. Follow and share for more #setlife, #BTS
January 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The new Stanley commercial is out, featuring
miniatures and sets from @foncostudios !!
From: @wpagency Stanley - Dir. Clay Weiner
DP: Eric Schmidt (@ericschmidtdp)

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@stanley @biscuitfilmworks #stanley #epic
#inventive #pov #storytelling #Wasserman
#fonco #vfx #play #monster
December 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
We made 68 #miniature giant peach sections for Disney’s #stopmoion movie, James and the Giant Peach, cast from hydrocal, skinned with felt and painted. Left to right: Todd Lookinland, Ben Nichols, Velia Contramas, Fon Davis, Bo Henry, Steve Gawley, and Phil Brotherton
December 8, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Modern #Miniature Effects Part 1: Project Planning & Acquiring: you’ll learn expert strategies for client collaboration, project planning, budgeting, and sourcing high-quality 3D models crucial for creating convincing miniature FX.

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December 7, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Building a 1/24th scale #miniature #SpaceStation for the movie Deep Impact in the #ILM model shop. It’s mostly Plastruct tubes and laser cut acrylic. #FunFact: The gold foil is made from Rolo wrappers. Follow for more #VFX #BTS.
December 1, 2024 at 9:14 PM
On James and the Giant Peach I carved styrofoam with a snap knife, epoxy coated them, and then vacuum formed over the foam with PETG plastic to create the #miniature icebergs. Follow for more #BTS #funfacts!
November 30, 2024 at 9:19 PM
With 24 shooting stages at Skellington Productions, we were lucky to get 1 minute of final #stopmotion #animation per week on #NightmareBeforeChristmas.
November 28, 2024 at 6:15 PM
This is one of my favorite photos. It’s me doing a quick repair on a “half-puppet scale” miniature Jack’s Sleigh on #Disney’s #NighmareBeforeChristmas. Follow for more!
November 28, 2024 at 6:10 PM
This was a fun #miniature of a #London Street for a Peter Pan movie shooting at #ILM. I am seen here adjusting windows scenes, trying not to get burned by the many hot bulbs in these buildings. Follow for more cool #BTS
November 28, 2024 at 6:51 AM
#Miniature Supervisor, Brian Gernand, and I discussing the 8’ USS Protector model while studying the mock-up, in the #ILM model shop, while on #GalaxyQuest.
November 27, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Here’s a good #BTS picture working at the #ILM model shop on a #miniature #battleship on Michael Bay’s #PearlHarbor movie. It was built to play as multiple ships on #BattleshipRow with interchangeable deck detail.
November 26, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Adding last minute detail to the particle accelerator #miniature for #terminator 3.
November 26, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Working on the lunar ring interior tunnel #miniature for #StarshipTroopers at #ILM. This was the scene where Carman Ibanez (Denise Richards) did a lunar ring fly through to scare her classmates.
November 25, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I am 19 or 20 here, making one of the Jack’s house #miniatures for the #NightBeforeChristmas, out of balsa wood, styrene, styrofoam, and plywood. Then it was painted black w/a little dry-brush of grey.
November 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM
As my first BlueSky post I am sharing my favorite #BTS photo. Here I am working in the #miniature Federation Battleship Hangar while shooting #StarWars #ThePhantomMenace. If you like it, follow for more.
November 24, 2024 at 4:39 AM