Studio artist Tim Lawrence worked in Hollywood Special FX for over 25 years where he designed, fabricated and performed fantasy characters. As an actor he was an original Thriller zombie (‘Tor’) and Nunzio Scoleri in Ghostbusters 2. He also performed on Starman’s Star Baby, Harry and the Hendersons’ Bigfoot, a Ghostbusters Terror Dog, Caddyshack 2’s gopher, Apocalypto’s howler monkeys and for Gremlins 2 he was lead performer on Mohawk & the Brain Gremlin. He also did the two stop-motion replacement animation transformations (‘Adam’ and ‘Barbara’) for Beetlejuice.
Mr. Lawrence began working in Hollywood fabrication in the early 80s in places like the Rick Baker Studio, the Stan Winston Studio and Lucasfilm where he supervised the ILM Creature Shop for Ghostbusters 2. For his work there he was submitted for an Academy Award. For Jurassic Park he worked in the Amblin story bungalow on the Universal lot with Steven Spielberg for six weeks where, as part of the design team, he made some of the first Visual Development sculpts of the T-Rex.
He has since worked in the Story Departments of Warner Brothers, Sony, Vanguard and Dreamworks where, as a member of the design team, he made some of the first Visual Development sculpts for Shrek.
He is now building a not-for-profit company called Conservation Arts (ConservationArts.net) where he works with live zoo animals and the visually impaired to create bronze art so people can see the animals with their hands.
Videos Date Credit Genre 1 Genre 2 Genre 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - III - Turtles In Time 1993 Animatronic Puppeteer Action Adventure Comedy
Gremlins 2: New Batch 1990 Creature Crew Comedy Fantasy Horror
Purple People Eater 1988 Purple Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi
Something Is Out There 1988 Creature Technician Horror Mystery Sci-Fi
Dumbo's Circus 1985 Constructor: Character Costumes Family
Very Retail Christmas 1990 Puppet Performer
Wake, Rattle & Roll 1990 D.E.C.K.S. Animation Comedy Family
Poochinski 1990 Short Comedy
Ghostbusters 2 1989 Scoleri Brother Action Comedy Fantasy
Caddyshack 2 1988 Key Puppeteer Comedy Sport
Beetlejuice 1988 Visual Effects Comedy Fantasy
Howard the Duck 1986 ILM Creature Shop Action Adventure Comedy
Shrek the Third 2007 Moldmaker / Sculpter Animation Adventure Comedy
Valiant 2005 Sculpter Animation Adventure Comedy
Shrek 2 2004 Sculpter Animation Adventure Comedy
Shrek 2001 Pre-Production Animation Adventure Comedy
Harry and the Hendersons 1987 Puppeteer Comedy Family Fantasy
Captain EO 1986 Puppeteer Short Adventure Fantasy
Night of the Creeps 1986 Makeup Effects Comedy Horror Sci-Fi
Starman 1984 Transformation Crew Romance Sci-Fi
