Michael Curry is one of the world’s leading production designers. He works widely in both conceptual and technical development with the foremost entertainment companies such as Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, London’s Royal National Theatre, Disney Theatrical Productions, LA Opera, and Universal Pictures. He collaborates regularly with directors such as Robert Lepage, Nicholas Hytner, Julie Taymor and William Friedken. Michael has been the recipient of many prestigious awards for his continuing innovations in the fields of visual effects and puppetry design. He owns and operates Michael Curry Design Inc, which designs and creates live-performance oriented dimensional characters and productions, such as those seen by world-wide audiences in the 1996 and 2002 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, Superbowl 2000, and New York City’s epoch 2000 millennium event. |
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THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
- Co-designer with Julie Taymor, masks and puppets, Walt Disney Theatrical, Ltd., The Lion King on Broadway, 1997. New York, Tokyo, Osaka, Toronto, London, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Johannesburg, and two National Tours
- Puppet Design, Disney Creative Entertainment, Finding Nemo at Walt Disney World
- Puppets and Special Effects, Disney California Adventure Hyperion Theater’s Aladdin Live Show directed by Francesca Zambello
- Superbowl 2000 halftime entertainment, puppet and scenic design, Walt Disney Entertainment
- Puppet design and fabrication, Walt Disney World, Epcot’s Tapestry of Nations Millennium Walk 2000
- Puppet and Costume Mechanics, Disney's "World On Ice" Beauty and the Beast
- Mechanical Animation Design and Puppet Fabrication, Disneyland's Celebration of the Lion King parade
- Puppet Mechanics and Design, Disney's Buena Vista Pictures' Show West
- Mechanical Animation Design and Puppet Fabrication, Walt Disney World's Lion King stage show
- Puppet Mechanics and Design, Disney's Pocahontas stage show
- Mechanical Animation, Puppet Design and Fabrication, MGM/Disney's Toy StoryParade
- Design and Puppet Fabrication, Tokyo Disney Seas Little Mermaid Show; Ursula character, giant four-person robotic puppet
- Design and fabrication, Disneyland's Fantasmic Show
- Character design and puppet fabrication, Walt Disney World's Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Mechanical animation design and fabrication, Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Parade
- Technical design and fabrication, Disneyland and Walt Disney World, Hercules Parade
- Design and fabrication, Hydra puppet for Buena Vista Pictures. Disney’s Hercules promotion
- Puppet design and fabrication, Walt Disney World’s, Animal Kingdom Opening Ceremony and Jungle Book
- Art Direction, design and fabrication, scenic design and floats for Disney’s California Adventure Park Eureka parade and opening ceremonies
- Puppet Designer, Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom’s Mickey’s Jammin Jungle Parade
- Puppet and Costume Mechanics, Disney's "World on Ice" Aladdin
- Mechanical animation design, fabrication and costumes, Tokyo DisneySeas, Mermaid Theater
- Art Director, Puppet Designer, Euro Disney’s Animagique Show
- Puppet Designer, Mythica Parade, Tokyo Disney Seas, Tokyo Japan
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
- Puppet Design, Cirque du Soleil, KA at the MGM Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas directed by Robert LePage
- Puppet Design, Cirque du Soleil, LOVE at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas directed by Dominic Champagne
- Puppets and prop Designer, Cirque du Soleil and Criss Angel at the LUXOR 2008
OPERA
- Co-Designer of Masks and Puppets with Julie Taymor, The Metropolitan Opera production of the Magic Flute Directed by Julie Taymor
- Puppet Designer, LA Opera’s Bluebeard’s Castle directed by William Friedkin
- Co-Designer of Masks and Puppets with Julie Taymor, LA Opera’s production of Grendel Directed by Julie Taymor
- Costume and Mechanics Design, Magic Flute. Washington DC Opera 1990
- Technical Character Director, Oedipus Rex Directed by Julie Taymor, Seiji Ozawa, Conductor. Performed in Matsumoto, Japan
- Co-Designer of Masks and Puppets with Julie Taymor, Die Zauberflote Directed by Julie Taymor, Maggio Musicale, Florence, Italy. Zubin Mehta, Conductor
- Puppet Designer, LeRossignol, Paris Opera, directed by Rober LePage, 2009
- Set and Costume Designer, Ludwig 2 at the Festspielhaus Neuschwanstein in Fussen Germany
- Puppet Designer, AIDA at Teatro Regio in Tornio Italy directed by William Friedkin
- Puppet Designer, LA Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos directed by William Fredkin
BALLET
- Puppet Designer, American Ballet Theatre’s production of The Pied Piper, David Parsons, choreographer
- Costume Puppet Mechanics, The Nutcracker, Oregon Ballet
THEATER
- Mask Designer, The Visit, 36 masks. Roundabout Theater, NYC 1994
- Costume Mechanics, Crazy For You, 1992 Tony Award (Best Costumes), William Ivy Long, Costume Designer
- Producer, Director, Designer, Michael Curry’s Spirits. 2001
- Costume Mechanics for Chita Rivera, Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1993 Tony Award (Best Musical)
- Puppet and Character Design, His Dark Materials at The Royal National Theater directed by Nicholas Hytner
- Puppet Consultant, Spamalot
THEME PARKS
- Technical design and fabrication, Harris Productions, Las Vegas. Large-scale Octopus and Peacock characters
- Design and fabrication, Busch Garden’s Katonga, Tampa FL
- Production Design, Batman Stunt Spectacular, Six Flags Great Adventure
- Concept development and pre-design, Universal’s Islands of Adventure Theme Park, “The Lost Continent”, Black Box Theater Show Merlin’s Magic Box
- Puppet Designer, Universal Studios Osaka Jurassic Park III Parade
THE OLYMPICS
- Puppet Consultant,The Special Olympics Opening Ceremony, Don Mischer Productions, Shanghai, China, 2007
- Production Designer, 2002 Olympic Opening & Closing Ceremonies
- 1996 Olympic Opening Ceremonies
- Production Design & Development, 2010 Vancouver BC Winter Olympics Logo Unveiling
LAS VEGAS / INTERNATIONAL CASINOS
- Art Director, Live Theatrical Lake Features – Wynn Las Vegas Lake of Dreams
- Mechanical Animation Design of costumes and devices, Siegfried and Roy Show, Las Vegas
- Prosperity Tree Feature, Wynn, Macau, China
THEMED EVENTS
- Production Designer, 160 puppets and props, New York City’s Times Square 2000 Millennium Celebration
- Production Design, World Stunt Awards 2005, in Los Angeles
- Designer, Art Director, Performance Pieces. Winner (Best Short Fiction Film) Cannes Film Festival, 1989
- Interior Design, Executive Wing, Polygram Records, NYC Power of Wonder exhibit: four interactive pieces
- Art Director, EXPO 1986 (World's Fair) Vancouver BC
- Design and fabrication, Nintendo’s Star Wars exhibit ’99 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Atlanta
- Puppet Design, Ringling Bros. Circus
- Puppet Design and Fabrication, Will Vinton Studios
- Puppet Design and Fabrication, Atlanta Center for the Puppetry Arts Museum
- Mask Technical Direction and Fabrication of Puppets, Super Live Adventures, Lucas Film, Tokyo, Japan
- Production Designer, Aeros, AGR Associati, Milano, Italy
- Puppet Designer, Salto Natale – Swiss Circus
FEATURE FILMS / TELEVISION
- Costume design and fabrication, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, directed by Ron Howard, Universal Studios
- Hat effects designer, The Cat in the Hat, Universal Pictures
- Character Puppets and Costume Fabrication, Fool's Fire, designed and directed by Julie Taymor, American Playhouse, PBS
- Puppet design and fabrication, Jive Records, mechanical, armored puppet army for Britney Spears’ performance during the 2000 Grammy Awards
Site Design: Imaginosis Media Design
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