![]() 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 * * 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: * 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. |
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