Mike Cameron
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About
An industrial designer-turned-prop maker and designer. I have spent the past 5 years travelling the world working on some of the biggest productions in history (Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Second Age, Avatar 2 (Weta Workshop), Thor Ragnarok, Alien: Covenant, Pacific Rim: Uprising). I am now back in Toronto for the time being, looking for the next big challenge!
As I have practical manufacturing experience as well as design skills, I tend to thrive when put in an intermediary role between design and fabrication departments. I can also be depended upon to put in the long hours to get a particularly complex design or build done before the deadline.
Design and fabrication are more of a lifestyle than a profession... After a long day of building props, I want to go home and... Build Props! -
Education
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Bachelor of Design Industrial DesignOCAD University2007 - 2011Bachelor of Design in Industrial Design
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Bachelor of Design Furniture DesignLahden Ammattikoulu2010 - 2010Lahti, Finland. Design Exchange
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Certificate Design FoundationsGuelph-Humber University2006 - 2007Generalist design intro program.
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Experience
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Props, Greens, Set dec on-set workerToronto, ONMay 2018 - Present (6 years 7 months)On set permit worker with the film union in Toronto.
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Senior prop maker/Dightial fabrication facility coordinatorAmazon StreamingAuckland, New ZealandJan 2017 - Sep 2021 (4 years 8 months)LORD OF THE RINGS: THE SECOND AGE
Coordinator/operator of 3D print/digital prop manufacturing facility & prop fabrication -
Senior prop makerWellington, New ZealandOct 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 2 months)AVATAR 2: THE WAY OF WATER
Prop fabrication and structural engineering. Working with both analog and digitally-aided fabrication techniques. -
Project manager/FabricatorToronto, ONMar 2017 - Aug 2018 (1 year 5 months)Fabricating/designing complex costumes (armour, stilts, hard components, range of movement, etc), props, and other items for legendary video game companies like Blizzard and Bioware.
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Senior designer/fabricator- Action VehiclesLegendary PicturesSydney, AustraliaSep 2016 - Dec 2016 (3 months)PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING
Helped to design and fabricate a variety of working vehicles. 6X armoured personnel carriers, and a variety of support vehicles. -
Senior prop makerMarvel EntertainmentGold Coast, AustraliaJun 2016 - Sep 2016 (3 months)THOR: RAGNAROK
Prop fabrication utilizing digital and analog manufacturing methods. -
Senior prop maker20th Century FoxSydney, AustraliaJan 2016 - May 2016 (4 months)ALIEN: COVENANT
Props and set piece fabrication. -
Senior Industrial DesignerToronto, ONDec 2013 - Dec 2015 (2 years)New product design, concept renders and engineering drawings for custom orders, POP and package designs, presentations to executives and client stakeholders (Home Depot, Lowes, Living Lighting etc)
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Industrial DesignerToronto, ONDec 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years)Office furniture design, flat-pack & CNC engineered joiners, shipping package design, manufacturing process assessments, product/concept presentations for clients and executives.
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Furniture BuilderBrunswick ManufacturingToronto, ONJan 2009 - Nov 2011 (2 years 10 months)Office furniture builder, laminates, CNC, fine wood working.
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Piano RebuilderToronto, ONJan 2007 - Sep 2009 (2 years 8 months)Rebuilding high-end antique pianos. Fine woodworking and mechanical engineering.
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Awards
COSPLAY
Best in Show - Fan Expo Toronto 2017
Best in Category: Armour - New York Comicon 2017
Best in Show: Runner-up - New York Comicon 2017
DESIGN
OTSS Joubin-Selig Bursary Program The Ontario International Education Opportunity Scholarship Program
ACIDO Rocket Show 2011 'Jurors Choice: Best Consumer Product -
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IATSE 873 Permit Member
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@UnorthodoxDesign, member since 2011
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