Menagerie Productions is owned by Tony McVey , a sculptor and character designer with more than 30 years experience in model making for museum display, films and T.V.commercials. He spent several years working as a model maker for the British Museum: Natural History, before moving into the film industry and employment with companies like Jim Henson Productions,Industrial Light and Magic, Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures Television, Disney, Electronic Arts, Atari and JAK Films, among others.

Film work includes character design and sculpting on Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Superman, The Dark Crystal, Return of the Jedi, Gremlins,Enemy Mine, Howard the Duck, Star Trek 3 and Star Wars:The Phantom Menace. Additionally, T.V. commercial projects involving prop building, puppet fabrication and operation, model and miniature construction and effects design and direction covered several years. Clients included Prudential, Detroit Edison, Box Co.(Japan), Grey Advertising, Columbia Pictures Television and the American Cancer Society.
We are available for one-of-a-kind commissions, character design and maquette creation for special projects. We also handle stop-motion model fabrication, covering the entire process from design through armature construction, molding, foam casting and finishing.

Click here for examples of stop-motion model construction and portrait sculpting.