On the set of the movie “Jack” where I did the butterfly scenes.
Working with spiders on the set of CSI with my assistant Diana Terranova
On the set of “Now and Again”
(New York City)
Casting six-legged “actors” in Hollywood
FILMS, MUSIC VIDEOS, TV COMMERCIALS, ETC.
My specialty is working with arthropods: Insects, arachnids, and crustaceans. I specialize in doing unusual things with insects (tricks, costuming, coloring, obtaining, consulting & solving bug problems). A short list of productions worked on is available on IMDB.
Please contact me for current updates.
Theatrical Films Movies And Productions Made For TV Music Videos Commercials
| Project Name | Year | Bugs Used |
|---|---|---|
| A Very Brady Sequel | 1996 | Tarantula |
| Alien 4 | 1997 | spider, spiderweb |
| Ant-Man | 2015 | Ants, mounted ants, test shots and consultation |
| Antwone Fisher Story (FISH) | 2001 | grasshoppers |
| Arachnophobia (In Charge of Spider project) | 1990 | spiders, cricket, bugs + cameo |
| Astronomy (Canteclair Films) | 1987 | beetles & other insects |
| Barbarian Queen 2 | 1988 | tarantula |
| Back to the Future 2 | 1989 | Insect displays and varies dead insects |
| Bad Ass Bugs (in production) | 2013 | Mealworms, tarantula + cameo |
| Blankman | 1994 | flies |
| Blind Fury | 1988 | wasp (tarantula hawk) |
| Burbs, The | 1989 | bees |
| Captain Nuke and The Bomber Boys | 1994 | cockroaches (pizza) |
| Cherry 2000 | 1985 | bees |
| Clifford | 1991 | butterflies |
| Cold Heaven | 1992 | monarch butterflies |
| Contact | 1997 | cockroach |
| Copycat | 1995 | carpenter ants |
| Cursed (Wes Craven) | 2003 | fly |
| Cyborg | 1989 | cockroach |
| Dead Heat | 1990 | cockroaches |
| Dracula | 1991 -1992 | bugs, edible bugs |
| Dutch Treat | 1986 | cockroaches |
| Ed | 1995-1996 | orb spider |
| Exorcist 2 | 1977 | grasshoppers |
| Exhuming Mr. Rice | 2000 | ants, scorpion? |
| Extremities | 1985 | wasps and wasp nest |
| Fatal Instinct | 1993 | butterflies (cut) |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1997 | beetles, mealworms |
| Fright Night Part 2 | 1989 | mealworms, lots of bugs |
| Follow, The Trail Mickey Roarke (ants on sandwich, scene cut) | 1989 | mealworms, lots of bugs |
| G-Force | 2009 | tarantula, cockroach (test shots for animation) |
| Golden Child | 1986 | monarch butterfly |
| Good Shepherd, The | 2006 | grasshoppers |
| Goonies | 1985 | leech scene in cave(cut) |
| Green Monkey | 1987 | consultation, script |
| Hitcher, The | 2006 | spiders, scorpion (my foot kicks scorpion) |
| Hocus Pocus | 1993 | cabbage white butterflies fly out of mouth |
| How to Eat Fried Worms | 2005 | consultant on script |
| Jack | 1995 | monarch butterflies worked with Robin Williams |
| James and the Giant Peach | 1994 | dwarf tarantulas |
| Jungle Book Mowgli's Story | 1997 | honey bees |
| Jurassic Park | 1993 | live mosquitoes, amber bugs, created amber bugs |
| Keep the Change | 1991 | cockroach (hissing |
| L.A. Confidential | 1996 | maggots on body under house |
| Leprechaun 2 (Leprecaun tarantulas and bugs 1991) | 1994 | painted cockroaches green |
| Like Jake and Me (short?) | 1988 | spider |
| Lord of Illusion | 1995 | cockroaches, tarantulas |
| Lost Empire, The (Harwood prods) | 1983 – 1984 | tarantula walk on lady in bed |
| Lost Highway (worked with David Lynch recording moths sound) | 1996 | black widow spider, moths |
| Mamitas | 2011 | Monarch butterfly |
| Matilda | 1995 | California newt, cockroach |
| Meet the Applegates | 1989 | praying mantis, tarantula |
| Mighty Ducks III | 1995 | carpenter ants in tubes and ant farm |
| Mimic | 1997 | ants(as termite substitutes), termites |
| Mr. Payback | 1995 | roaches, mealworms |
| My Sinful Life (Possible name Change?) | 1983 | darkling beetles |
| Music From Another Room | 1998 | bees |
| Nocturnal Animals | 2016 | flies on curtains and windows |
| National Treasure 2, Book of Secrets | 2007 | beetles and various insects |
| Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3 | 1986 -1987 | dragonfly w? purple wings, fly |
| Night of the Demons 2 | 1994 | maggots sub., cockroach |
| Open House | 1987 | flies in shower stall, fly on face |
| Pacific Heights | 1990 | cockroaches |
| Paranoia ("Brain Dead") (butterfly flies out of head off brain) | 1989 | butterfly |
| Police Academy 6 | 1989 | cabbage butterflies (moths) |
| Prince of Darkness | 1987 | darkling beetles, worms, maggots |
| Race The Sun | 1995 | cockroach walk a specific path, filmed in Australia, Halle Berry |
| Rising Sun | 1992 | harvester ants, ant nest in western scene |
| Roadhouse 66 | 1984 | scorpion in car and on Judge Reinhold’s shoulder |
| Roadside Prophet (filmed 1990) | 1992 | scorpion, with Timothy Leary |
| Road Trip(Rocken Road Trip? | 1985 | cockroaches |
| Runaway Jury | 2003 | carpenter ants |
| Runaways | 2009 | spider |
| Scoring | 1995 | tarantula, snake |
| Second Coming | 1992 | cockroaches |
| Seven Hours of Judgment | 1988 | ants |
| Sky's on Fire, The | 1998 | bees, bugs |
| Soap Dish | 1991 | cockroaches |
| Spiderman | 2001 -2002 | spiders, Web down, consulting. Worked with Toby McGuire |
| Spiderman 3 (scene cut) | 2006 | spider runs on floor |
| Taphaphobia | 2006 | spider |
| Teenage Werewolf II | 1987 | fleas (actually small gnats, phorids) (ants collected) |
| Temp, The | 1992 | wasps, scorpions, roaches |
| Texaekana (TV Feature) | 1992 | ants, ant farm |
| Tigers Tail | 1986 | wollybear caterpillars |
| Vampire in Brooklyn | 1995 | cockroach |
| Vanishing, The | 1992 | spider, fly |
| Walk In The Clouds | 1995 | butterflies |
| We Bought A Zoo | 2011 | honey bee swarm around Matt Damon |
| Wild Wild West | 1998 | tarantulas (on White House cake) |
| Arise and Fall (Mikael Hayes )TV | 1997 | cockroaches |
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Movies And Productions Made For TV |
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|---|---|---|
| PROJECT NAME | YEAR | BUGS USED |
| Amazing Stories Commercial
(fly walk thru ink and |
1991 | fly |
| An Inconvenient Woman | 1991 | Flew wasp (vespid) in Roddy Mcdowall’s mouth |
| Beekman’s World | 199 | tarantulas, ants |
| Blindsided (USA Network) | 1993? | tarantula, wasps |
| Bernie Mac Show, The “Love Bug” | 2003 | mealworm beetles |
| Boy Meets World | 1997? | snails |
| Boy Meets World “Bee True” | 1999 | bees |
| Brothers & Sisters “You Get What You Need” |
2008 | caterpillar |
| Buck Rogers in the 21st Century | 1980? | dragonflies |
| Burke’s Law Who Killed Mr. Game Show?” |
1994 | butterfly cases, spiders |
| Burning Zone |
1996 | script worms? |
| CSI NY “Fair Game” | 2006 | insect cuisine scorpions mealworms cameo as chief (hands) |
| Capital Hill | bees | |
| Chicago Hope | 2000 | tarantula |
| Chamber, The Game Show | 2002 | misc. insects |
| Criminal Minds “Inspiration” ep 901 | 2013 | praying mantis |
| Criminal Minds “The Inspired” ep 902 | 2013 | praying mantis |
| Criminal Minds Perennials | 2012 | maggots, flies, wax worms |
| Dark Skies “The Last Wave” | 1997 | maggots |
| District, The | 2002 | cockroaches |
| Exhuming Mr. Rice | 1998 | scorpions? |
| Family Matters | 1995? | giant mealworms |
| Hidden Video | spiders, bugs | |
| House “Distractions” | 2005 | maggots |
| It’s a Miracle “Summer Miricles” (season 7 episode 2?) | 2002? | bee (on arm) |
| JAG | flies | |
| Jericho “Episode 6” | 2006 | worms grasshoppers |
| Judy’s Got A Gun (Pilot) | 2007 | ants |
| Kung Fu, The Movie | 1986 | grasshopper |
| Larry Sanders Show, The Season One, Episode Number 6Spiders (Nominated for Emmy, Best Comedy) |
1992 | tarantulas, Steven Kutcher |
| Laverne and Shirley Reunion | 2002 | insects cockroaches |
| Life with Bonnie (The Bonnie Hunt Show) “Therabeautic” Epis 219 bonnie destroys office trying to kill bee | 2004 | honey bee. Cameo of me at end of show over credits |
| Making It (with Jack Lemon) Getting There?? HBO |
1991 | ants |
| Marker | bees | |
| Mentalist, The “Red in Tooth and Claw” | 2013 | Super worms, hissing cockroaches, bug zoo |
| Mikael Hayes “Arise and Fall” | 1997 | cockroaches |
| McGiver (for Birds and Animals unlimited Gary Gero) |
1991 | cockroaches |
| Monk “Mr. Monk Bumps his head” | 2005 | bees |
| Murder of Innocence (with Bertinelli) |
1993 | butterflies |
| Now and Again: Bugmeister Parts 1 and 2 | 2000 | many insect types: flies, butterflies etc. |
| Power Rangers | 1994 | praying mantis, cockroaches |
| Pretender, The | 1996 | cockroaches |
| Rescue 911 (2) 1994 | 1994 | yellow jackets |
| Scars that Heal | 1993 | tarantula |
| Scoop, The ((British TV) Story about Steven Kutcher |
1997 | lots of insects tarantulas, |
| Secret Life on 122 Green Street, The | 1994 | fly, cockroach, spider, etc. |
| Sliders | 1996 | cockroach |
| Strong Medicine “Jeaneology” | 2003 | mosquitoes |
| Supah Ninjas “Mr Bradford” | 2011 | cockroaches bugs in tanks, bugs crawling on desk, bugs crawling |
| Tarantulas, The Deadly Cargo | 1977 | tarantulas, worked actors |
| Texarkana | 1998 | ants ant farm |
| Their Eyes Are Watching God | 2004 | caterpillar, honey bee |
| Tom Hertz Project (Fox TV Pilot) | 2003 | insect zoo |
| Viper | 1994 | tarantula, spiders |
| Women of Brewster Place | 1989 | cockroach |
| Wonder Woman, Formicida | 1978 | ants |
| Young and Restless, The | 1991 | ants |
| X-Files “Millennium” | 1999 | flies, |
| X-Files “the Sixth Extinction” | 2005 | Moths |
|
Music Videos |
||
|---|---|---|
| PROJECT NAME | YEAR | BUGS USED |
| Abdul, Paula | butterflies (display case) | |
| Aguilara, Christina, FIGHTER | 2003 | moths |
| Arachnophobia (2) | 1990 | spiders, insects |
| Brad, “The Day Brings” * |
1999 | butterflies |
| Cantrell, Jerry, “Anger Rising” |
2002 | emperor scorpion |
| Christine Aguilara “Fighter” directed by Floria Sigismondi | 2002 | Moths |
| Cold “No One” (Remix) * |
2001 | tarantula |
| Cooper, Alice welcome to my nightmare (possibly cut) |
19 | scorpions, mealworms |
| Crazy Town “Butterfly” |
2000 | butterflies |
| G, Gina “Tonight’s the Night” * | 2006 | spider |
| Godsmack, “I stand Alone” * |
2002 | scorpion |
| M. C. Hammer | 1992 | butterflies |
| Idle, Billy, L A WOMAN |
1990 | cockroach in drink, meal worm |
| Jackson, Janet, TOGETHER AGAIN (Deeper Remix) * |
1997 | butterfly |
| Jackson, Michael, “Stranger in Moscow” * |
1996 | wasp (in slow motion) |
| Jet Boy, “Evil” * (spider on body and face) |
1990 | spider |
| Korn | 1996 | cockroaches |
| Lexi “I’m a Winner” |
1999 | scorpion |
| Moments in Grace “Stratus” * |
1997 | swallowtail butterfly, millipede |
| M People, “Just for you” |
1997 | insects, many types |
| No Doubt “Don’t Speak” * |
1996 | fly, mealworms |
| Outkast “Prototype” * |
2004 | Monarch butterfly |
| Phillips, Bijou, “When I Hated Ham” * (fly scene cut) |
1999 | flies |
| Pru, “Aaroma” * |
2001 | butterflies |
| Texas “Say What you Want” |
1997 | dragonfly, monarch butterfly |
| Xhibit “Multiply”* |
2002 | scorpion |
| Other Artists: Miki “Something I never had”, 1998 Seiko “Touch the Love”, 1999 Bijou Phillips “When I hated him” flies cut, 1996QKumba Zoo , Supplied cockroach for Papa Roach Poster (2000) M.C. Hammer1992 butterflies. Note a “*” indicts the video can be watched on the internet |
dragonfly, monarch butterfly | |
| Commercials | ||
|---|---|---|
| PROJECT NAME | YEAR | BUGS USED |
| ** Doritos spot for super bowl contest Tracy Wren / Steven Kutcher A Boy and A BugLink below. Copy and past if it does not workhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOSzV9OT5sg&context=C3ac1637ADOEgsToPDskKMSveuRfv6VnCZe71j9lm2 |
2011 | Praying Mantis |
| Commercials I have worked on | ||
| ADD Council | 2009 | misc. bugs |
| ADIDAS (David Lynch) | 1993? | misc. bugs |
| ALCOA ALUMINUM | 1989 | spiderweb, butterfly |
| ALL (soap) “A Short Story” |
1998 | caterpillar |
| ANDERSON WINDOWS | 19 | butterfly |
| APPLEBEE’S ” A Garden Party” (Shot at Disney Ranch) |
2006 | butterfly |
| APPLE COMPUTER “Snail” (For Super Bowl) * Touch Pad Air Verses 2013 (Praying Mantis) |
1998 | snail |
| AT&T | cabbage butterfly | |
| ATLANTIC BELL | 1989 | monarch butterfly |
| AVIA (shoes) | 1991 | lady bugs |
| BARCLAYCARD “Men” or “the Same” |
2004 | bees |
| BELL CANADA |
200 | bees |
| BLAUPUNKT | 1993 | butterfly |
| BLUE CROSS | 1991 | bee,bugs, caterpillars |
| BUD LIGHT “Cricket” (Traktor Films) * filmed 1999 |
2000 | Jerusalem cricket in costume |
| BUD LIGHT -Ants Cedric the Entertainer Chicago* | 2003 | ants |
| CAPITAL ONE “Camping” | 2006 | Butterflies |
| CARL’S JR “Aliens & Plant” | 1997 | |
| CARTOON NETWORK “My Gym Partner Is A Monkey” |
2003? | ants |
| CHASE “Whoa” |
2011 | walking stick |
| CHEVRON OIL | 1983 | El Segundo butterfly |
| CHEVRON OIL | beetle | |
| CHEVRON OIL | 1987 | spider web |
| CHRYSLER “Wings” |
1997 | monarch butterfly, dragon fly |
| COMBAT | 1993, 1994, 1995 | roaches, ants |
| COMDEX | 1997 | monarch butterfly |
| CSX “Fireworks?”* |
2011 | butterfly (high speed?) |
| DELL | 1998 | ants |
| DESPERADOS (BEER) Director directed by Floria Sigismondi |
2012 | moths Manduca Monarchs |
| DIAL SOAP | 1998 | cabbage white butterfly |
| DOCKERS | 1993 | butterfly |
| DODGE DYNASTY “show” |
1995 | butterfly, |
| DODGE DYNASTY (Trettin Rodenbush) | 1991 | Gulf fritillary butterfly spider webs |
| DR PEPPER “Sack” (with Michael Strahan) * | 2010 | caterpillar |
| DRYER’S ICE CREAM | 1985 | monarch butterfly |
| DUNKIN’ DONUTS |
2010 | monarch butterfly |
| ECOLOGISER | 1998? | monarch butterfly |
| EVENRUDE “Bugs” |
2006 | bugs hit windshield |
| FIAT (ABARTH) | 2012 | Scorpion |
| FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT | 1990 | ants |
| FRENCH SHAMPOO (Tim Otay) | bees | |
| FUJI BANK | 1995 | monarch butterfly |
| GALLO, GOSSAMER BAY (wine) | 1997 | monarch butterfly |
| GALOOP TOYS | 1990 | monarch butterfly |
| GEORGIA PACIFIC | butterflies | |
| GERBER’S BABY FOOD “One Baby Food” |
1990 | butterfly |
| GLADLOCK “Your bag doesn’t have a green seal” * (Peter Story Piccallo Gullivar) |
1989 | bees |
| HALLMARK | 2012 | caterpillar |
| GOLDSTAR | 1990 | ants |
| HALLMARK “Back Yard” |
2011 | butterfly |
| HARTFORD INSURANCE |
2009 | insects ladybug caterpillar millipede butterfly |
| HEWLETT PACKARD (4) Touch Screen 150 computer * |
198 | monarch butterfly/caterpillar |
| HITACHI | 1992 | butterfly |
| HONDA “Survival” |
1997 | grasshopper |
| HUNDAI | 2000 | butterfly (shoe) |
| IKON OFFICE SUPPLY | 1996 | spider, moth |
| INSECT LORE “Live Butterfly Garden” |
2010 | Painted lady butterflies |
| INTERSTATE BANK | bee | |
| JEEP “Bug” |
1996, 1998 | ladybug, darkling beetle |
| JOLLY RANCHER | 1998 | spider, tarantula |
| KIA | 2000 | carpenter desert bees |
| K-MART (shoes) | 1983 | butterflies |
| KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN | 1991 | bees |
| KLEENEX “Guru” (Shot in SF) * |
2005 | spider , beetle, mosquito |
| KODAK | ||
| LEXUS “Fly” * |
1999, 2002 | flies, carpenter bee |
| LEVI STRAUSS | 1991 | cockroach |
| LOWE’S | 2002 | monarch butterflies, ladybugs |
| MAUNA LOA MACADAMIA NUTS |
1986 | bees |
| MCDONALDS | 1989 | praying mantis, other insects |
| MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL | monarch butterfly | |
| MICHELOB | 1995 | bumble bee |
| MILK ADVISORY BOARD (GOT MILK) |
2000 | carpenter ants |
| MILK ADVISORY BOARD | 1992 | wasps |
| MINI COOPER “Bumble Bee” |
2004 | bumble bee |
| MITSUBISHI | 1997 | fly |
| MOBIL OIL | 19 | ladybug |
| MOET CHANDON CHAMPAGNE | 1994 | bumble bee |
| MONSANTO | 1989 | ants, moths |
| Natria ” Natria” Bayer 2010 |
2010 | monarch butterfly |
| New York Times “Science Times” |
1998 | butterfly |
| NIKE 1997 “Anthem ” ,1998 “Marathon Man”, 2005 “Team” |
1998, 2005 |
monarch butterfly |
| NINTENDO (GAME BOY) | 2003 | moths (cabbage whites) |
| NORTHERN BATHROOM TISSUE | 1996 | butterflies |
| OMEGA WATCH “Racing” |
1995 | fly |
| ORIDA POTATOES |
1991 | swallowtail butterfly |
| ORKIN 93″classroom training ant” ant under water |
1989, 1991?, 1993 | cockroach, termite, ant |
| ORTHO “Bug Be Gone” “Weed b Gone” |
1986 | monarch butterfly |
| ORTHO (SCOTT’S) | 2003 | grubs, ants |
| PANASONIC (DVD player) |
1998 | monarch butterfly |
| PDFA Partnership for a Drug Free America “Slom” * leeches anti drug spot |
2006 | leeches |
| PEPSI “Slice 2” |
1998 | butterfly ? |
| PEUGEOT “Raindrop” |
1996 | dragonfly |
| PGA | 2002 | fly |
| PLANTER’S PEANUTS | 1987 | bees |
| PREMIERE INSURANCE | butterflies (out of jar) | |
| PROACTIVE | 2009 | butterfly |
| POLAROID | praying mantis | |
| PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS | 2000 | monarch butterfly |
| QUALCOMM “Bug Circus” Snapdragon (spot went viral on internet) on youtube |
2011 | tarantula, praying mantis, scorpion, darkling beetles death feigning beetles |
| REESE’S PIECES |
1991 | butterflies |
| REVLON | 2010 | lady bug |
| RATH BLACKHAWK BACON (Dexter, Dryer & Lai) | 1998? | tarantula |
| SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE | 1998 | fly |
| SCOTT’S “Bug b Gone” |
2010 | cockroach or ants? |
| SEARS | 19 | butterfly |
| SEGA | flies & misc. bugs | |
| SEMPRA ENERGY | 1998 | cabbage white butterfly |
| SEREVENT (Glaxo-Welcome) |
1997 | monarch butterfly |
| SEVEN-ELEVEN | 1992 | cocoon (moth) |
| SLICE | 1998 | darkling beetle |
| SMITH’S MARKETS | 1993? | ants |
| SNAPDRAGON Qualcom * “Bug Circus” (on youtube) Over one million hits |
2011 | Insect generate energy. Beetle, tarantula, scorpion, mantis, hissing cockroach |
| SNICKERS “Marking” filmed at L A Coliseum |
1997 | wasp chases man moving lawn |
| SNUGGLES | 1988 | monarch butterfly |
| SONY | 1992 | bumble bee |
| SOUPLANTATION “Big 126” |
2000 | butterflies |
| STANDARD BRANDS PAINT “Floor” |
1988 | butterfly or beetle? |
| STAINMASTER “Bee” |
2004 | bee on breakfast plate, chase bee |
| SUBARU (Laslo the snail on drag strip) (Spun Buggy) |
1988 | snail |
| SUNLIGHT DETERGENT (Mounted dead butterfly so wings moved with puffs of air) |
1987? | morpho blue butterfly |
| SWATCH (filmed in car wash, lady tries to kill bumble bee, watch gets wet) |
1994, 1995 | bumble bee, fly |
| TACO BELL (Do IT)? bee beard |
2008? | bees |
| TDK TAPE (worked with Stevie Wonder) |
1985 | butterflies |
| TELECOM ITALIA * (worked with Marlon Brando) |
2000 | monarch butterfly |
| TOYOTA HYBRID, Scorpion 2014(not for airing) |
2002 | scorpion |
| TRI COUNTY HEALTH | 1985 | monarch butterfly |
| US UNWIRED | 1997 | giant mealworms |
| VCR PLUS * Promo fly (15 sec.) (programs channel changer) |
1992 | flies |
| VERIZON * commercial (glued mosquitos on actors faces) (filmed in 2007) |
2008 | mosquitos |
| VIRGINIA LOTTERY “Barrel of Bucks” |
1993 | mealworms, beetles, roaches |
| VW Volkswagen |
2002 | fly |
| WCW (World Championship Wrestling) |
1999 | ants |
| ZIMA (Coors Brewing)) “Killer Bees” |
1998, 2000 | bee, fly |
| Note a “*” indicts the video can be watched on the internet |
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