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Scott Land is a professional puppeteer and actor. His skills are on display in many scenes in Paramount Pictures’ Team America: World Police. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Team America World Police is a 2004 Comedy film, written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady and directed During the four months making the movie — the most expensive puppet-driven feature film ever produced — director/producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone relied on his 25 years of marionette experience to help them create their landmark film. Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American Animator, Screenwriter, Film director Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Academy Award - nominated Emmy Award - winning American Animator Other screen credits include Disney’s The Princess Diaries 2, for which he created and performed a Julie Andrews look-alike marionette, seen on the Special Features section of the DVD. The Princess Diaries 2 Royal Engagement is the 2004 sequel to 2001 's The Princess Diaries. Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on October 1 1935) is an award-winning English Actress His other TV and film credits include Pee Wee’s Playhouse, The Ben Stiller Show, Still Breathing, Shakes the Clown and Rodney Dangerfield’s Birthday Bash. The Ben Stiller Show was a Sketch comedy Television show that aired on FOX from September 1992 to January 1993 Still Breathing is 1997 drama Feature film starring Brendan Fraser and Joanna Going. Shakes the Clown is a 1992 American movie directed and written by Bobcat Goldthwait, who performs the title role
Land was raised in Redlands, California — a small community that supported the arts. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. At age nine he joined the local community circus and learned juggling, tightrope walking, trapeze, unicycle and clowning. It was the lead clown of this community circus who introduced him to marionettes. But it was seeing puppetry pioneer Bob Baker perform his professional marionettes at the National Orange Show that inspired him to create his own cast of whimsical variety marionettes. Bob Baker (born in Bristol, England in 1939 is an accomplished television and film writer At age 12 he earned $10 performing at a birthday party as combination clown, juggler, balloon sculptor and puppeteer for an hour, his first paying job. He then landed the part of circus performer/puppeteer in a Mountain Dew TV ad. Mountain Dew is a popular drink distributed and manufactured by PepsiCo. His first year in college, Scott landed a job with his childhood hero, Bob Baker, as lead puppeteer in his road show, also working as a puppet builder in Baker’s shop. This led to a summer job as lead puppeteer for Tony Urbano — four shows a day. Scott also studied for a summer under Albrecht Roser at University of Connecticut. Albrecht Roser, (born 1930, German master puppeteer, is based in Stuttgart, Germany. The University of Connecticut ( Connecticut or UConn) is the State of Connecticut 's Land-grant university. Roser, the German puppet master was in his eighties, and considered to be the greatest marionettist in the world. From this experience Scott gained a profound awareness of the marionette tradition as an art form that he had become a part of. He also studied with renowned American marionettist Phillip Huber (the manipulator behind Being John Malkovich), and hand puppet manipulation with former Muppeteer, Michael Earl (Mr. Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street), from whom he learned the importance of specifics, such as the puppet’s breath, in creating character through movement. Being John Malkovich is a 1999 Film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. Michael Earl (born September 10, 1959 in Oakland California) is an American Puppeteer, actor writer singer and songwriter Aloysius Snuffleupagus more commonly known as Mr Snuffleupagus or Snuffy, is one of the Muppet characters on the long-running educational television program for Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining
The Scott Land Marionettes opened for business in 1984. Since then, Land has performed some 10,000 shows worldwide at theatres, convention centers, theme parks, corporate events and on cruise lines. Scott has entertained at more celebrity private parties than any other puppeteer. He has worked alongside Sylvester Stallone, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, Pee Wee Herman, Tom Hanks, Rod Stewart and Meg Ryan. Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961) professionally known as Meg Ryan, is a Golden Globe-nominated American film Scott has himself also acted in national television commercials without puppets. And he is one of a few marionette artists to be invited to perform at the legendary Magic Castle in Hollywood. In 2006, he traveled to Tibet, giving a "mini-me" marionette performance of the Dalai Lama to the Dalai Lama himself. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people according to Tibetan Buddhism.
In December of 2007,Scott Land made his musical debut performing in the world premiere of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Fifteen shows, many sold out, in the 2600 seats theater of the Gardiner Springs Auditorium located in Ontario, California. Scott performed the prime role of Willy Wonka utilizing his lifetime study of clowning, mime, puppetry and movement to bring a well rounded approach to the character of Wonka. Broadway writer Tim McDonald flew from New York for the premiere and gave an enthusiastic Thank You to the cast and crew for their professionalism, dedication and love of the show. He said that the widow to Roald Dahl would have loved the show. . . " It was the Wonka she hoped for. " Under the direction of David Masterson and David Billman, Willy Wonka did what most producers only dream of-- A show that entertains with a moral message for all.
Scott Land lives in Los Angeles.
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