Romaire Studios

PEEK CLIP

kirsten — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:46:03 +0000

The Chinese Crested Genius. By Animatronics Supervisor Dave Barclay and Lee Romaire Studios.

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Mr. Tinkles Clip

kirsten — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:43:44 +0000

Featuring the baddest animatronic cat ever made. By Animatronics Supervisor Dave Barclay and Lee Romaire Studios.

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CATS AND DOGS: REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE PREMIERE

kirsten — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:22:27 +0000

Pictures from the premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. (Lee Romaire with Animal actors: Courtesy Boone’s Animals)( Lee Romaire with Animatronics Supervisor Dave Barclay)

Mr. Tinkles Poster

kirsten — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:13:47 +0000

Our animatronic Mr. Tinkles has his own poster.

Reinventing Mr. Lincoln

kirsten — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:07:12 +0000

We were privileged to be part of the Disney Imagineering Research and Development team that recreated the famous GREAT MOMENTS WITH MR. LINCOLN for Disneyland. This was the first Audio Animatronic human created by Walt Disney and an icon in entertainment history.

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Letters From the Big Man

kirsten — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:56:16 +0000

Lee Romaire Studios recently created special make-up effects for LETTERS FROM THE BIG MAN, written and directed by Christopher Munch (HARRY+MAX, THE HOURS AND TIMES).

LFTBM is currently filming in Oregon.

Congratulations Dick!

kirsten — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:29:15 +0000

I was incredibly fortunate to be invited to help honor my teacher at “A Tribute to Dick Smith: the Godfather of Special Makeup Effects”, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on June 17, 2009.

Hosted by six time Academy Award winner Rick Baker, the audience was filled with adoring fans and students from around the world. It was an incredible evening that I’ll never forget.

From AMPAS tribute . Dick Smith, front and center. I’m the shiny bald head at the very top left

ROW 1: (seated on ground) Frederic Laine, Arjen Tuiten, Morten Jacobsen and Ivan Poharnok.

ROW 2: Mike Elizalde, Howard Berger, Tom Woodruff, Jr., Shane Mahan, John Rosengrant, Leonard Engelman, Jill Rockow, Dick Smith, Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Kevin Haney, Richie Alonzo, Carl Fullerton, Greg Cannom and Alec Gillis.

ROW 3: Michael Fontaine, Michael Key, Robert Ryan, Michael Westmore, Susan Cabral-Ebert, Tommy Cole, Jose Manuel Meneses, Robert Short, Steve Laporte, Jamie Kelman, Peter Montagna, Mike Smithson, Bill Sturgeon and Roland Blancaflor.

ROW 4: Lee Romaire, Lynda Gurasich, Allan Apone, Cherie Minns, Melanie Gerbaux Lane, Maurice Stein, Kenny Myers, Jay Wejebe, Montse Ribe, David Marti, Stephen Prouty, Doug Drexler, Stephen Dupuis, Fred Blau, Doug Beswick and James Belohovek.

Cats and Dogs Too

kirsten — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:20:57 +0000

We just completed practical effects work for CATS AND DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE for Warner Brothers, slated for release in 2010. Working closely with Animatronic Effects Supervisor Dave Barclay, we recreated several animatronic puppet characters from the first film, as well as designing and creating several new characters that will add a whole new dimension to the Cats and Dogs franchise.

A radical change

kirsten — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:33:32 +0000

One of our most challenging jobs to date: we created an old Yogi disguise make-up for the beautiful actress Kashmira Shah for the movie CHASING HAPPINESS. And we did it in record time: from beginning to end, we created this make-up in 29 hours- less than a day and a half.

A big bug problem

kirsten — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:32:13 +0000

We fabricated these giant beetle suits for the short film JUSTICE FOR ALL for director Francesco Gastel using plastic, foam and aluminum understructures. Pretty scary, eh?