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Odd Hollywood Jobs: Creature Creator

A Martinez and Ben Bayouth with his 12 foot long foam snake that he can control with his arm.
A Martinez and Ben Bayouth with his 12 foot long foam snake that he can control with his arm.
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With the popularity of computer generated effects in the movies these days, you'd think that hand made props would have gone the way of the floppy disk, but that's not the case.

In our most recent installment of Hollywood Jobs, we talk to talk to creature creator Ben Bayouth who regularly sculpts, molds and makes really cool props by hand for movies like Superman: Man of Steel and for TV shows like Grimm and Robot Chicken.