Television
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We built a working model of the human stomach for his TV series” THE LIVING BODY
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FX Supervisor
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DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD - HEART SURGEON
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Constructed a globe of the world to show the devastation of the rain forests caused by acid rain, for the TV programme “SURVIVAL”
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FX Supervisor
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ANGLIA T.V. - U.K INDEPENDENT TELEVISION
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Commercials
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Designed, constructed and operated three pairs of robotic male walking legs, dressed in evening trousers and black dancing shoes, for a T.V. commercial to advertise women’s stockings
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FX Supervisor
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PRETTY POLLY
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Designed, built and operated the first android in Europe. “Phil” starred in two T.V. commercials and later toured the U.K promoting white goods
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FX Supervisor
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PHILIPS LTD
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Designed and produced Super Droid a sixteen functional android to promote their T.V. station
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FX Supervisor
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ET3 GREEK T.V
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Made three model houses to show the advantages of using British Gas central heating
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FX Supervisor
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BRITISH GAS UK
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I was commissioned to build the “TOSHIBA BLUE PRINT MAN”. “TOSH” which starred in three T.V. commercials
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FX Supervisor
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TOSHIBA U.K LTD
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My studio was given only seven weeks to design and construct a robot look - a - like of a famous English actor comedian John Cleese, the robot was a success in four T.V. commercials and became a cult figure
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FX Supervisor
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SONY U.K LTD
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Theater
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Designed and built a full size life like robotic fox to star with Jim Davidson in his Christmas panto in Oxford
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FX Supervisor
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JIM DAVIDSON - AN ENGLISH COMEDIAN
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Music
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Designed, constructed and operated a “Laser” special effect for their Wembley concerts in London
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FX Supervisor
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THE WHO GROUP
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Industrial
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To evaluate through the means of a feasibility study, a theme park on a sight below the Mount of Olives on the general theme of the old Greek gods
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FX Supervisor
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GREEK TOURIST FACILITIES
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To evaluate and design 14 leisure parks for the promotion of tourism and recreation for the Chinese people
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FX Supervisor
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BEIJING LEISURE COMPLEX (CHINA)
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Built and installed three animatronic characters. King Alfred, a torturer and his victim. All the characters were in period costume.
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FX Supervisor
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NORMAN CASTLE LEISURE PARK
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Built a road train designed as a caterpillar. The cab of the train was the head and the following four carriages being the body
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FX Supervisor
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WINDSOR SAFARI PARK UK
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Designed, built and installed a dragon band plus two trumpeters. The four dragons were man size, dressed in medieval costumes and played medieval music
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FX Supervisor
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CAMELOT LEISURE PARK UK
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Designed and build a customized robot for a Kuwait ” Harrods ” style department store
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FX Supervisor
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KUWAIT STORE
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Worked closely for six months with Adel Rootstein on a feasibility study into surveillance mannequins for department stores world wide
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FX Supervisor
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ADEL ROOTSTEIN MANNEQUINS
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Designed and also built a prototype MaxPax Maxwell House coffee vending machines. This contract was over a period of three year
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FX Supervisor
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GENERAL FOODS LTD
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Worked in close liaison with the designer of their new range of sleeper cabs and produced the prototype. This contract was for two years
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FX Supervisor
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FODEN TRUCKS UK
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Designed and built sixteen animatronic figures for Britannia park including Queen Elizabeth 1, Sir Francis Drake, Isambard K. Brunel, Sir Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, W.G. Grace, Michael Farraday and Florence Nightingale, (which were correct in every detail including costume, height, size, hair, skin and eye colour as historically recorded) for the British Genius Pavilion
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FX Supervisor
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BRITANNIA LEISURE PARK UK
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Awards
- Television Commercial Awards, Emmy Nominated, 1985, Nominated for an Emmy for the :Sony robot television commercial With John cleese voice over
- The Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Knighted, 1991, Knighted in the order of The Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre For promoting Philanthropic, Cultural and Ecumenical activities.
IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY
“What’s special about Tony is that I don’t think he’ll ever grow up … and that makes him interested in almost everything.” Could it be that, as Tony Dyson’s wife commented, it’s the quest for knowledge so characteristic to children that drives a person like Tony to success? One thing is for certain, Tony has got that something that leaves you thoroughly breathless … and that’s his mind. Having grown up watching films like Star Wars and Superman, fantasizing about a world so unreal and yet so vivid in my mind, I must say that meeting Tony Dyson was like a dream come true.
ANYTHING LESS THAN TOTAL VISUAL PERFECTION
“If any one man may be held responsible for this state of affairs then it must be Tony Dyson, creator and only begetter of the thinking mans pedal bin R2D2 in the film The Empire Strikes Back, if it were not for him then film special effect would still be back in the far off innocent days of Papier-mache dinosaurs. ” Next U.K.
PRETTY POLLY COMMERCIAL
“The new Pretty Polly commercial was going to be something special so somebody special was needed to translate the ideas into workable artifacts and the whole problem of the men legs was handed over to Tony Dyson a genius at constructing workable models. It was Tony Dyson who made the robots for ” Star Wars” and the Angle poise ” thing” used on the Sony T.V commercial with John Cleese’s voice over, fortunately England still breed eccentrics, and there are people like Tony about, who actually earn their living making lamps walk and bits of Perspex and nylon pot scourers look like the hall of the mountain king.” The Grape Vine U.K
VISUALLY STIMULATING
“Tony Dyson’s goal is for all his products to be visually stimulating, it is a goal he unfailing achieves and with the advent of more and more amusement parks around the globe, his own brand of scientific showmanship looks set to put the Droid Factory on the leisure map, not only in the U.K and China but throughout the world.” Park World U.K
JOHN CLEESE’S NEW BABY ROBOT
“Following the arrival of John Cleese’s new baby, BMP (UK) the agency which thought up the Sony T V commercials featuring a robot version of Cleese has presented him with a baby robot, the gesture was made by Tony Dyson of Star Wars fame, who also constructed the Sony robots.” Evening Standard U.K
AWFULLY CLEVER CHAP
“There’s a rather good robot that looks awfully like John Cleese who does the voice over, Well the credit should really go to any awfully clever chap from Abingdon, Tony Dyson.” Oxford Journal U.K
Employment Details
- Work History : Radio, Film, Commercial, Music Video, Internet, Television, Industrial, Theater
- Job Categories: Writing, Producing, Special Effects, Directing, Production
- Are you willing to work unpaid?: No
- Authorized to work in United States: Yes
- Primary Citizenship: United Kingdom
- Valid Passport: Yes
- Prior Job Title(s): Managing Director for Turn Page Studios Ltd, Managing Director for International Time Travel Ltd, Managing Director for ABT Designs Ltd
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