Central Florida Effects

Just some footage our team shot for our website…here is a look at the lab I work in everyday:

Here are some shots I did for a facial reconstruction project:

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Barry Anderson Loves His Job: Believe It or Not!
by Owen Keehnen

Barry Anderson has the coolest job on the planet or one of them anyway. He is the Director of the Art Department for Ripley’s Entertainment and Believe It Or Not! And that is his day job! He also has done a great deal of work on horror film FX as well he’ll be heading the effects of the new Sid Haig directed horror flick ‘Bubba The Redneck Werewolf’ which is still in pre-production. His additional horror credits include ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Parts 1 & 2, ‘The Unholy’ , George Romero’s ‘Day of the Dead’ , ‘Scared Stiff’ , ‘The Disturbance’ , ‘The Girl With the Hungry Eyes’ , ‘Oliver Twisted’ , etc. Recently I had a chance to catch up with Barry for this exclusive www.racksandrazors.com review and by the second or third question I had some pretty severe career envy.

Hi Barry, hope you are doing well. Let’s start this www.racksandrazors.com readers off with a graphic and describe the room where you’re answering these questions.

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7/11/2007: Barry Anderson Interview

Ripley's Visual FX Lab

Barry at Work

Greetings Mez-Ites! Today Mezco Toyz takes some time to interview artist Barry Anderson from Ripley’s. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not headquarters is located in Florida and Barry’s workshop looks like a cross between House Of Wax (with Vincent Price) and a standard issue Mad Scientist Lab. I am filled with envy.

So what do you do at Ripley’s?
I am the Director of Ripley’s Entertainments Art Dept. I am the lead artist and manager with a small but very talented staff of six artists. I have been with the Ripley Company for almost thirteen years. We create museum figures for all of our Ripley’s attractions around the world and we make many other artistic creations for our company’s other attractions such as our mini golf and haunted attractions and Louis Tussauds wax museums.

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