Helena Smee - CV Resume helena.hup@btinternet.com I am a Professional Puppeteer, Puppet Maker and Scriptwriter. Professional Memberships: British Actors Equity, Writers Guild of Great Britain, PRS, ALCS, Screen Actors Guild USA. Awards: Milkshake Monkey - 2014 BAFTA Nominated - Short Form Milkshake Show 2008 -  BAFTA Nominated - Pre-School Live Action Milkshake Summer 2006  - BAFTA Nominated - Pre-School Live Action The Christmas Milkshake Show 2009 - BAFTA Nominated - Pre-School Live Action Puppeteer credits include: TV * Dark Crystal; Age of Resistance - Principal Puppeteer - Core Group - Jim Henson Company and Netflix *  Milkshake Monkey                         (4 Series) - BAFTA Nominated - Iconic puppet character presenter for Milkshake Channel 5 presentation. *  Hacker time                                   CBBC (series 4 & 5) - BAFTA Nominated - CBBC *  The Milkshake Show                     BAFTA Nominated  - Milkshake/Channel 5 *  Smarteenies                                  Cbeebies *  Dappledown Farm                         C5 & TVAM *  Punctuation Pals                           BBC Learning *  Playbox                                         Ragdoll for CITV *  Dotty and Buzz                              C4 education *  A House That's Just Like Yours    Milkshake/Channel 5 *  The Softies                                    Milkshake/Channel 5 *  Big Bag (Chelli)                             Sesame Production for CITV *  Tickle, Patch & Friends                 Milkshake/Channel 5 (11 series) *  Top Banana                                  TVAM *  The Great Bong                            CITV *  Sandy and Mr Flapper                  Milkshake/Channel 5 *  The Slow Norris (original cast)      CITV *  Havakazoo                                    Milkshake/Channel 5 *  The Children's Channel & TCC - all on-air presentation from 1993-1995     Including: Ike & Webber, Ratkan Zoo, Ratkan Live, Droibee Time. FILM *  Solo: A Star Wars Story - Lucas Films *  Muppets Most Wanted - Disney *  Muppets Treasure Island - Jim Henson Company *  10th Kingdom - Carnival Films ADS - COMMERCIALS *  Hewlett Packard (TV Commercial) 2017 Xmas Campaign "Create wonder in your World". *  McDonalds (TV Commercial) 2016 Christmas 'The Doll'. *  O2 (TV Commercial) 2016 "Gift Box". *  Travelodge  (TV Commercial) 2016 'That's Travelogical'. *  Dolmio Pasta Sauce (TV Commercial) 'The Meeting' & 'Stay for Dinner'. *  Beagle Insurance  (TV Commercial) Blink Productions *  Hyundai (Web  Commercial) Viral Factory        Script-writing credits include: ANIMATION *  Daisy & Ollie                            CHF *  Wissper                                     Absolutely Cookoo *  Pip Ahoy                                   CHF *  Wanda and the Alien                 Komixx  *  Toby's Travelling Circus             Komixx *  Bottle Top Bill                             Southern Star *  The Beeps                                 Impossible TV *  Angels of Jarm                          Impossible TV *  The Milky and Shake Show       Kerrupt TV *  Castle Farm                               Impossible TV     TV * Tickle, Patch & Friends               C5 * Sandy and Mr Flapper                C5 * The Softies                                 C5             * Milkshake Monkey                      C5  THEATRE PLAY * Dreaming with Roo - Funded by ACE & REEP TV Series Created and Co-created: * The Softies                                     80 x 5 min eps        Created for C5       * Beachcomber Bay                         90 x 24 min eps       Co-created for C5           * Sandy and Mr. Flapper                  26 x 5 min eps         Co-created for C5           * Tickle, Patch and Friends              11  Series                Co-created for C5    Real Time Animation: I spent 8 months in Los Angeles writing scripts for Medialab and Canal+ CG RTA presentations, as well as Performing RTA CG Characters for many Hollywood Studio presentations and working on the resulting productions for NBC and Fox Studios Beverly Hills. I have written, presented and performed similar presentations in Osaka, Amsterdam, New Orleans, Orlando and Hamburg. TV Puppet Maker: I am one half of 'Hands up Puppets'. www.handsuppuppets.com. Formed in 1989 with my partner, Marcus Clarke, we have designed and created over 70 Puppets, appearing in as many Children's TV Series over 28 years including Milkshake Monkey. Teaching Experience: Teaching EEC Euro funded ‘lesser language initiative’. I helped to devise a course and teach T.V Puppetry to a mixed age group of Gaelic speakers over a 16 week period. This resulted in the students successfully performing in an award-winning Gaelic TV series that aired on Eire and British Gaelic TV Services. Teaching Real-Time Animation in the USA and Japan: I taught a mixed age group of primarily ‘Muppet’ Puppeteers to perform the Medialab France computer animation system in Los Angeles over a 16 week period. Also, a shorter course in Tokyo, Japan.