JERYD POJAWA
(323) 833 – 3416
Member Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG)
Internet Movie Data Base (IMDb):
City of Glendale Open Studio Tour 2006:
Sculpture, painting and miscellaneous
feature films and acting resume
RESUME OF SALIENT / RECENT WORKS
MIRROR, MIRROR – DESIGNER/ART DEPARTMENT
Zohar Studios/Stephan Berkman for Relativity Media. Designed props for still shoot including a dog sled, boxing ring and set.
CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION FOUNDATION – VIDEO EDITOR
Preservation Design Award for “Michael White Adobe Documentary Film and 3rd Grade Curriculum” with Abby Shamray.
Bedtime Stories
BEDTIME STORIES – DESIGNER/MAKE UP EFX/COSTUME DESIGN/PUPPETEER
Alterian Studios for Disney. Designed numerous inflatable characters, designed and constructed leather and fabric Troll suit for Lucy Lawless.
Land of the Lost
LAND OF THE LOST – SCULPTOR
Universal Studios/Sid and Marty Krofft
Play-Doh
CARLSON & CO – LEAD SCULPTOR
Sculpting new Jeff Koons project “PLAY-DOH” a twelve foot version in plaster of a fist-sized blob of Play-Doh, to be finally fabricated in polypropelene.
Pirates of the Caribbean III
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN III
Sculpting sailing ship details, figures, planks and assorted set elements. Disney Entertainment
THE NIGHTSTALKER – SET DESIGNER / SCULPTOR
Designed caves, built maquette, sculpted caverns, Beacon logo, automotive grilles. Touchstone Pictures.
Poseidon
POSEIDON – MINIATURIST/SET DESIGNER/GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Set design and model construction. Graphic designer for set decoration department. Created twenty-two 24’x36’ antique travel posters in various styles for set decoration.
Ozzy’s Slay
OZZIE OZBOURNE’S BLACK XMAS TOUR
Production designer/sculptor/scenic artist. Designed and sculpted Ozzie’s fantasy sled, crucified Santa Claus sculpture, snow blower devices and other show props. JEM effects.
Memoirs Of A Geisha
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – MINIATURIST/SET DESIGNER
National Treasure
NATIONAL TREASURE – MINIATURIST/SET DESIGNER
LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
Art director for CPS. Designing/implementing large scale miniatures and applying scenic finishes.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
MINI-CHEX COMMERCIAL – PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Design large scale green screen lab set and full size set/prop elements. Palomar Pictures
THE ALAMO – MINIATURIST/SET DESIGNER
Built high detail, large scale models of 52 acre set ofBexarVillage, and Alamo Fort for Production Designer Michael Corenbluth.
X Files
X-FILES – MINIATURIST/SET DESIGNER
Show # 13, season 9 “AUDREY PAULEY” for production designer Corey Kaplan. Large scale on camera model hospital.
Shoe Set
PALOMAR PICTURES – MINIATURIST/SET DESIGNER
Real estate commercial featuring large scale shoe-shaped dollhouse set.
Stuart Little Plane
STUART LITTLE II – SET DESIGNER/SENIOR MODEL BUILDER
Designed and produced maquettes of Treasure Room, Falcon’s Lair, and exterior gargoyles. Construction and detailing of Stuart’s bi-plane.
Pluto Nash
PLUTO NASH – ART DIRECTOR/SET DESIGNER
Designed and supervised miniatures inCanadaandLos Angeles. Constructed Las Vegas Strip on the Moon, Mining Operation, Vehicles, Lunar Cityand large Moonscapes.
Reindeer Games
CINEMA PRODUCTION SERVICES – PRODUCTION DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR/SCENIC CHIEF
Responsible for design of sets, props, and effects elements on all recent projects/bid presentations including the following: The Grinch (trailer) – Reindeer Games – What Dreams May Come – Godzilla – Mouse Hunt – Armageddon! – Frost – As well as numerous other films, commercials, trailers, and other entertainment related projects
ACME DIVISION OF WARNER BROTHERS DIGITAL – PRODUCTION DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR
Responsible for design and construction of miniature and full size sets all projects.
BRC IMAGINATION ARTS – DESIGN CONSULTANT/CONCEPTUAL ARTIST
Member of Theme Park Design Group for Densu Advertising, Tokyo
Monty Python’s Holy Grail
7th LEVEL CORPORATION – CREATIVE DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Duties included writing, directing, and designing CD-Rom projects including: MONTY PYTHON’S TOTAL WASTE OF TIME – Awarded best CD-Rom, Best Strategy Game, MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL – Best Strategy Game, RAY FEIST’S “RETURN TO KRONDOR”.
Ed Wood
ED WOOD TITLE – PRODUCTION DESIGNER / CO- DIRECTOR
Designed and co-directed award winning opening title and closing title sequences for Tim Burton.
Monolith
INTROVISION – ART DIRECTOR/WRITER
Art direction on “Monolith”, action-adventure film. Cops vs. space men starring Bill Paxton. Writer on in house projects for Tom Naud.
Terminator II
FANTASY II FILM EFX – PRODUCTION DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR
Includes: TERMINATOR II – Future Wars and tanker truck crash, THE ABYSS – Spire rising and Benthic Explorer, ATTACK OF 50-FOOT WOMAN, THE FLASH, CAPTAIN AMERICA, TREMORS, PET SEMATARY, SPACE HUNTER, KILLER KLOWNS, and many other films and commercials. Two ACADEMY AWARDS for effects, BAPTE AWARD, SATURN AWARD.
Tattooed Teenaged Alien Fighters
DESIGNER/2nd UNIT DIRECTOR (STUNTS/EFFECTS/MODELS) – TATTOOED TEENAGE ALIEN FIGHTERS FROM BEVERLY HILLS
Designer/Director for miniatures, stunts (sword fights, martial arts) and selected live action principal photography.
LA MIRADA CIVIC THEATRE – PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Two years as house designer for all playhouse productions.
Death Race 2000
NEW WORLD PICTURES (ROGER CORMAN) – ARTIST/DESIGNER
Death Race 2000, Death Sport 2020, Galaxy of Terror, others.
ADDITIONAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE/INTEREST
Photography, Photoshop, painting, sculpture, acting, puppetry (marionettes, hand and rod, special effects), writing, winemaking, beekeeping, landscape design, backpacking, music (keyboards, wind, drums), custom build musical instruments, cooking.
