Michael F. Hoover

11684 Ventura Boulevard
Suite 814, Studio City, CA 91604

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Email:

323.650.1556

efreet@pacbell.net

Please find below a list of just some of the projects with which I have been associated. Recently it's all been Digital Animation, but for years previous to the CGI revolution I've worked as; Miniature Artist, Special Propmaker, Computer Motion Control Operator, Rubber Monster Maker, Mechanical / Radio Control Engineer, and Puppeteer
  • CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD: UNDERGROUND WASHINGTON D.C. (History Channel)
  • LITTLE HERCULES (Indie 3-D Feature)
  • QUEEN ("The Fremont Street Experience" - Las Vegas)
  • GOOSE: Voice PIctures
  • WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON: (Dreamworks SKG)
  • MOTOROLA: Saving LIves (Motorola Commercial)
  • DELTA FARCE (Lionsgate Films)
  • BIRTHDAY BARGE (New Masters short film)
  • CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON THE LOTTERY
    (New Masters short film)
  • CREATION (Crystal Cathedral)
  • "CATEGORY 6: DAY OF DESTRUCTION" (CBS TV Movie)
  • "BLACKBELT TV" (Cable Station)
  • "SPIDER-MAN 2" (Sony Pictures)
  • "THREAT MATRIX" (Disney)
  • "CHILDREN OF DUNE" (Scifi Miniseries)
  • "THEY!" (Dimension Films)
  • "PAPER DOLLS" (Samsung TV Spot)
  • "VIEW FROM THE TOP" (Miramax)
  • "TERMINAL FEAR" (Nu Image)
  • "SPIDERS I & II" (Nu Image)
  • "ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT" (Threshold)
  • "MORTAL KOMBAT: CONQUEST" (Newline)
  • "MAN MADE" (Disney)
  • "REDLINE" (Nu Image)
  • "MYSTERY MONSTERS" (Full Moon)
  • "HEAD OF THE FAMILY" (Full Moon)
  • "DEMON IN THE BOTTLE" (DIB Prods)
  • "PROPHECY" (Miramax)
  • "CYBERTRACKER 1 & 2" (PM Ent.)
  • "TIME WARRIOR" (Full Moon)
  • "MAGIC ISLAND" (Full Moon)
  • "ROSE PARADE INTRO/BUMPER" (CBS)
  • "TOOTHFAIRY" (McDonald's TV Spot)
  • "DRIVING" (McDonald's TV Spot)
  • "ALIGNMENT STRATEGIES" (Industrial Video)
  • "ODOMETER" (UnoVen 76 TV Spot)
  • "BUBBLE FUN" (McDonald's TV Spot)
  • "BIBLE" (TV Pilot)
  • "WONDRIES CHEVY GEO" (TV Spot)
  • "IMPACT" (Metroplex Indus. Video)
  • "THE MAGIC CASTLE" (Library Logo)
  • "HONEY I BLEW UP THE KID" (Disney)
  • "12TH NITE" (Throne)
  • "BATMAN II" (Warner Bros.)
  • "INTO THE SUN" (Indie)
  • HORIZON TOYS
  • "WEST OF KASHMIR" (Pteranadon)
  • "HOOK" (Amblin)
  • "HIGHWAY TO HELL" (Hemdale)
  • "MONSTERS" (Syndicated)
  • "TOTALLY HIDDEN VIDEO: GORILLA" (Syndicated)
  • "GATE I & II" (New Century)
  • "FRIDAY THE 13th PART VIII" (Paramount)
  • "DEEPSTAR 6" (Carolco)
  • "THE BLOB" (Tri-Star)
  • "SPELLBINDER" (MGM)
  • "DEEP SPACE" (Transworld Entertainment)
  • "THE ALIEN" (Lee Jeans TV Spot)
  • "MOONWALKER" (Michael Jackson)
  • "CRY WILDERNESS" (Indie)
  • "COURTSHIP" (Teleflora TV Spot)
  • "LOVE IS STRANGE" (Cheech & Chong)
  • "BLORG" (Miller Lite TV Spot)
  • "GHOSTBUSTERS" (Columbia)
  • "THE LOST EMPIRE" (Plitt)
  • "FORBIDDEN WORLD" (New World)
  • "THE DAY TIME ENDED" (Charles Band)
  • HOW LIFE BEGAN (History Channel)
  • DARKEST EVIL (Nu-Image)
  • HILI FUN CITY (Project Development Video)
  • MYSTERY MINE RIDE: (Dollywood)
  • THE TRIANGLE: (Scifi Miniseries):
  • MOTOROLA: H12 (Motoroala Comercial)
  • CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD - DRACULA
     (HIstory Channel)
  • TAHITIAN WEDDING (New Masters short film)
  • MERRY WIDOW'S GOLDEN EXPRESS
    (New Masters short film)
  • SUPERNOVA (Disney Space Moutain)
  • D.O.A. (Dimension Films)
  • FOODFIGHT! (Indie)
  • "2001 MANIACS" (Theatrical)
  • "MISTIFY" (Seaworld San Diego)
  • "WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON" (Dreamworks)
  • "TIMECOP 2" (Universal)
  • "HITCHER 2" (Universal)
  • "RAINBOW" (Samsung TV Spot)
  • "FUN-O-METER" (Samsung TV Spot)
  • "JESUS AND JUDAS" (Paramount)
  • "FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE" (SciFi Miniseries)
  • "SHARK ATTACK" (Nu Image)
  • "Y2K" (PM Ent.)
  • "NOAH'S ARK" (Hallmark)
  • "JOHNNY X" (Disney)
  • "FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON" (HBO Series)
  • "VAMPIRE JOURNALS" (Full Moon)
  • "JOHNNY MISTO" (Cushner Locke)
  • "UFO's& THE GLOBAL SITUATION" (Indie)
  • "ZARKORR THE INVADER" (Full Moon)
  • "DARKBREED" (PM Ent.)
  • "CYBERELLA" (Full Moon)
  • "TO THE LIMIT" (PM Ent.)
  • "HOLOGRAM MAN" (PM Ent.)
  • "LEAPING LEPRECHAUNS" (Full Moon)
  • "PUPPETMASTER V" (Full Moon)
  • "DRAGONWORLD" (Full Moon)
  • "BODYBAGS" (John Carpenter)
  • "LATIN LEGENDS" (Barocio Bros. Films)
  • "SKEETER" (New Line)
  • "TEAM FIT" (Industrial Video)
  • "PLANTS" (McDonald's TV Spot)
  • "LINDORA" (TV Spot)
  • "PERSONAL COMFORT" (TV Spot)
  • "DISCOVERY" (Metroplex)
  • "CHAMELEON" (Panasonic TV Spot)
  • "EG & G ASTROPHYSICS" (Metroplex)
  • "JURASSIC PARK RIDE" (Landmark)
  • "MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN" (Warner)
  • "ANT FARM" (Dupont TV Spot)
  • "GET READY DINER" (CBS Spot)
  • BATMOBILE (Richman Toys)
  • "PYRAMIDS" (Conroy's TV Spot)
  • "GORILLA TOUGH" (Goodyear Canadian Print Ad)
  • "PEEWEE'S PLAYHOUSE" (CBS)
  • "THE ABYSS" (20th Century Fox)
  • "SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION" (Tobe Hooper)
  • "ROBOTS" (Martin Marietta TV Spot)
  • "HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS" (Disney)
  • "THE NEST" (Roger Corman)
  • "BLUE MONKEY" (Howard International)
  • "TECH FORCE" (Axlon)
  • "HEADLESS" (Binaca TV Spot)
  • "GET OUT OF MY ROOM" (Cheech & Chong)
  • "AIN'T NOBODY BETTER THAN ME" (Indie)
  • "2010" (MGM)
  • "JOHNNY CARSON'S PRACTICAL JOKES"
  • "CENTIPEDE" (Atari TV Spot)

Member S.A.G. And A.F.T.R.A.
BA Loyola University 1976
Conducted seminars in Architectural Model Making at UCLA and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
References available