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JOHN COPPINGER - CV
Virtute et
Fidelitate
DOB 13/07/1947
Education
Sevenoaks School, Kent (State Scholarship) 1959 -1966
Photo - John Meakin
Maidstone College of Art, Kent 1966 - 1967
St. Martins School of Art, London 1967 - 1970
Work for Employers
Fenton School, Nr. Brixham, Devon 1970 - 1971 (Teaching Art, English, Biology & History)
The Natural History Museum, London 1972 - 1980 (Scientific Model Maker - Higher Scientific Officer)
Photo - Natural History Museum
Freelance Work - (1972 - 1980)
BBC TV - Masks for Homo Erectus Make-up (Series - 'The Making of Mankind')
Tropical Stored Products Institute - X30 Insect Models (For Training Program in Indonesia)
Photo - Tropical Stored Products Inst.
Left Natural History Museum 1980
Freelance Work - John Coppinger (Life Form) Ltd
1980 - 1981
'The Dark Crystal' - EMI Studios (Animatronic Group Head - Environment Puppets)
1981 - 1982
Star Wars - 'The Return of the Jedi' - EMI Studios
(Animatronic Engineer - For Stuart Freeborn)
(Sculptor of Jabba the Hutt & radio operator on set)
1982 - 1983
'Greystoke' - EMI Studios (Head of Sculpture Workshop - For Rick Baker)
'Return to Oz' - EMI Studios (Senior Animatronics Model Designer)
1983 - 1985
'Santa Claus' - Pinewood Studios (Supervising Animatronic Model Designer)
'Umbrij' - Oxford Scientific Films (1/4 & Full size sculpts of Gotharn) (Pilot project)
1986
Sabbatical year (Sculpting & Script Writing)
1987 - 1988
National Museum of Natural Science Taichung, Republic of China
(Dinosaur restoration
sculpts & 10' Jellyfish model)
1989
Natural History Museum - London (Models & Dioramas for 'Creepy Crawly' Gallery)
Dept. of Trade and Industry (1/4 scale Maquette of D.T.I. Man)
1990
Museum of Science and Technology - Ohio (Sculpt of 21' Allosaurus restoration - For Cycad)
'Lost World' - Pinewood Studios (Dinosaur & Creature sculpts - For Crawley Creatures)
Natural History Museum - London (Green Man sculpt - For Centaur Studios / Graham High)
1991
'Selling Hitler' - BBC TV (Costume Props for Centaur Studios / Graham High)
Natural History Museum - London (Anatomical restorations of Dinosaur legs - For Ronson Gallery)
Photo - Natural History Museum
The Wellcome Institute - London (Wire Frame mannequin with Prostheses & Cell Wall Model - For 'Science for Life' Gallery)
1992
'Little Buddha' - Pinewood Studios (Baby elephant costume for Richard Conway) (Performer - Ailsa Berk)
1993
Natural History Museum - London (Moulded & Cast Diplodocus tail, vertebrae, for Main Hall)
Natural History Museum - London (Moulded & Cast 12 Gibbon Skeletons , for Primate Gallery)
1994
Portraits of Irish Poets, Faeries & Mythical Creatures (Sculpts - For Arran Studios pilot project)
1995 - 1996
'Pinocchio' - Jim Hensons Creature Shop (Sculpt &
fabrication of Pinocchio's tree)
(Also Pinocchio Maquette - For Limelight)
'Snow White in the Black Forest' - Pinewood Studios (Sculpts for Nick Dudman / Pigs Might Fly)
'The Fifth Element' - Pinewood Studios (Sculpts of Creatures
& Costumes - For Nick Dudman)
(Sculptor of The Diva)
'Odyssey' - Jim Hensons Creature Shop (Sculpts of 2 Sea Creatures & CGI scan models)
Project in Dyfed - Wales Jim Hensons Creature Shop (Sculpts of Anomalocaris & Megalodon)
1997
'Lost in Space' - Costume Effects Dept. (Sculpts of Cryo Suits - For Vin Burnham)
Star Wars - Episode 1 'The Phantom Menace' (Sculptor on
Creature Effects Team - For Nick Dudman)
(Also Played Wookiee Senator Yarua,
Graxol Kelvyyn and one scene as Ki-Adi-Mundi)
Thrust SSC - Supersonic Land Speed Record Car
(Farnborough, UK and Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA - For Richard Noble)
(Sponsored by assisting Mike Horne - Bodywork Specialist)
1998
'Walking with Dinosaurs' - Bray Studios (Horizon BBC TV - Sculpts for Jez Harris - Crawley Creatures)
'The Mummy' - Shepperton Studios (Sculpts, fabrication &
costume assistant - For Nick Dudman)
(Also played background mummy)
1999
'The Flintstones' (2) - Jim Hensons Creature Shop (Sculpt of octopus)
'The Visitors' - Artem (Sculpts of prosthetic & animatronic heads & human figures)
'Peter Pan' - Jim Hensons Creature Shop (Sculpts of background creatures)
'L'homme qui marche' - Crawling baby sculpt for Patrick Mimran @ Hensons Creature Shop
Year 2000 - 2001
'The Mummy Returns' - Shepperton Studios (Sculpts & fabrication for Nick Dudman)
'Harry Potter' - Leavesden Studios (Sculpts & fabrication for Nick Dudman)
2001 - 2002
'Harry Potter 2' - Leavesden Studios (Sculpts & fabrication for Nick Dudman)
2003
'Harry Potter 3' - Leavesden Studios (VFX sculpt for Nick Dudman)
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Planet, geological & human figure models
2004
'The Deep' - Whale skeleton for sealife tank
With Nicole Klein
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Landscape model of Antarctica & anatomical models
2005
Royal Institution - Model of animal cell interior
British Antarctic Survey - Accurate 'puppet' of albatross chick on data gathering 'nest'
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Mouth, tongue, taste bud & intestine models
2006
Convention tour in Tokyo - 'Joke Shop', 'Bandit' and Tokyo Toy Fair
'1408' - Elstree Studios (Ash Girl figure for Karl Derrick / ArkaneFX)
Dinocafe, Castletownroche, Ireland - Assisting with Medieval Banqueting Hall project
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Enigma Machine and Number Cruncher
2007
Deafness Research - Models of human ear and cortex
Celebration IV in Los Angeles - 30th Anniversary of Star Wars
Celebration Europe in London - 30th Anniversary of Star Wars
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Lung demo. and mitochondrian models
2008
Sabbatical year (Sculpting & Writing)
2009
The Portrait Guild - Demonstration Sculpts
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Cut-away cow and working plant cell models
2010
Deafness Research - Models of middle ear and cochlea
2012 - Technically Retired
Writing articles, science-fiction stories,
part-finished sequels & novels,
plus continuing with occasional appearances
at conventions and talks
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Photo - Michael Tang Nielsen
