Bring John Rosengrant to Wonderfest 2025

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John Rosengrant

Here's his introduction from Modelphilosopher.

"Like many of us, John Rosengrant started modelling as a young child, in his case; historical and classic monster models. After studying at art college, he moved to Los Angeles to break into the movie business, and after a period of hard work and hustle, he managed to get into the famous Stan Winston Studios where he learned his trade in character design and effects, working on movies like the Terminator series, Aliens, Predator, the Jurassic Park series, Ironman, and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.

He went on to co-found his own effects studio; Legacy Effects where he continued to work on some of the most famous movies of the late 20th and early 21st century, including Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hunger Games, Avengers movies, Iron Man series, Pacific Rim, and a personal favourite of my own, Guillermo del Toro’s the Shape of Water.

Lately, he created, and operated the puppet of Grogu in the Mandalorian, a character that was intended to be CGI until he convinced Jon Favreau to try a puppet, and it became the character we know and love today.

Throughout his film career, you could say that what John has always delivered, is characters. Creatures and characters that have suspended disbelief to connect with viewers on an emotional or visceral level, to serve the story of the films he worked on.

alongside 40 years of work in the film industry, he has always continued to work on scale modelling, as a personal pursuit and for companies like S&T Products, and Warriors Scale Models, with Chris Mrosko."


You can see some of his work, read about him, and listen to interviews here with Rosengrant here.

https://modelphilosopher.com/character- ... osengrant/

https://www.boxdioramas.com/smallsubjec ... rosengrant

He now lives in Tennessee. He could drive up to Louisville.

Mike

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