LAZZARINI, Rick 1960(?)–

PERSONAL

Born c. 1960; married; children: two sons. Education: Loyola Marymount University, B.A., communication arts, 1982.

Addresses:

Office—Character Shop, 1464 Madera Rd., Suite N–310, Simi Valley, CA 93065.

Career:

Special effects creator and makeup artist, puppeteer, and actor. Character Shop, Simi Valley, CA, principal, designer of animatronic animals and other creatures, puppets, ice sculptures, ghost effects, and special effects; also worked on special effects crews for Apogee, Boss Films, Stan Winston Studios, and XFX, Inc. Creator of special effects for several commercials. Taught classes at University of California at Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and American Film Institute.

Awards, Honors:

Saturn Award (with Gordon J. Smith), Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best makeup, 1998, for Mimic.

CREDITS

Film Work; Special Effects Creator:

Special makeup effects, The Slumber Party Massacre (also known as Sleepless Nights, Slumberparty Massacre, and The Slumber Party Murders), PFC, 1981.

Special puppet effects, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street: Part 2), New Line Cinema, 1985.

Coordinator, Aliens, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1986.

Coordinator, Invaders from Mars, Cannon, 1986.

Animatronics and special makeup effects, Spaceballs, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1987.

Animatronics and makeup effects, The Unholy, Vestron, 1988.

Chicken animatronics, Dead Heat, New World, 1988.

Life cast maker and special costume consultant, Batman, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1989.

Theatre and subway ghosts, Ghostbusters II, Columbia, 1989.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child), New Line Cinema, 1989.

Special makeup effects, Young Guns II (also known as Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1990.

Animatronics and puppets, Hook, TriStar, 1991.

Robot design, And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, Trimark Pictures, 1991.

Special makeup effects, Barton Fink, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1991.

Animatronic buffalo, Radio Flyer, Columbia, 1992.

Animatronic monster dog effects, The Sandlot (also known as The Sandlot Kids), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1993.

Ice sculptures, Groundhog Day, Columbia, 1993.

Miniature flying witch puppets, Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993.

Pebble and Bam–Bam replicas, The Flintstones, Universal, 1994.

Reindeer puppets, The Santa Clause, Buena Vista, 1994.

Animatronic elephants, Operation Dumbo Drop (also known as Dumbo Drop), Buena Vista, 1995.

Animatronic monkey, Outbreak, Warner Bros., 1995.

Ghost replicas, Casper (live action and animated; also known as Casper, the Friendly Ghost), Universal, 1995.

Puppets, Escape from L.A. (also known as John Carpenter's "Escape from L.A."), Paramount, 1996.

Creatures, Mimic, Dimension Films, 1997.

Animatronic dog and ostrich, Dude, Where's My Car?, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2000.

Trout replicas, Dr. Dolittle 2 (also known as DR.2 and DR2), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

Animatronic frog, Big Trouble, Buena Vista, 2002.

(Uncredited) Bloodhound replica, Sweet Home Alabama, Buena Vista, 2002.

Animatronic rats, Willard, New Line Cinema, 2003.

Television Work; Series:

Caterpillar operator, The Astronomers, PBS, 1991.

Television Work; Movies:

Creatures, special makeup effects, and puppeteer, Journey to the Center of the Earth, ABC, 1993.

Animatronic dog puppets, The Shaggy Dog, ABC, 1994.

Television Appearances:

Himself, Movie Magic (documentary series), The Discovery Channel, 1994.

Guest in episodes of various news programs and talk shows.

Video Game Work; Creator of Special Effects:

Frankenstein, Sony Imageworks, 1994.

Phantasmagoria, Sierra Online, 1994.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Back Stage, May 18, 1990, p. 7.

How, June, 1998.

Screen Actor, summer, 1991.