SURFACE For the Emmy nominated NBC series “Surface” Short was given the assignment to supervise the North Carolina/on set special visual effects. After contributing to the designs of the creature named Nim, Short interfaced for 7.5 months on set with the series directors and Los Angeles based visual effects supervisor Mitch Suskin in designing and boarding the plate shots. Short also supervised the more complex special make-up effects throughout the series.
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| VANISHED For season one of the Fox network series "Vanished", Short provided concept boards for VFX and action sequences.
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INTRODUCING THE HONDA PRELUDE The top secret introduction to Honda’s new Prelude was shot on the big island of Hawaii and required a very special dashboard mounted Hula Doll. Short was chosen as the visual effects supervisor for the commercial campaign and was also responsible for the creation and puppeteering of the Hula Doll featured inside the car.
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SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH For the ABC TV movie “Sabrina Down Under” Short and his team found themselves once again underwater but this time of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Using the same techniques pioneered on “Splash” they brought an entire colony of merpeople to life. Short’s designs, based on local tropical fish, fit perfectly with in the fantasy realm of the teenage witch. Short would also go on to become a regular puppeteer on the weekly series helping to bring “Salem” the cat to life.
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THE FLASH For the CBS series “The Flash” producers Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, asked Short to create a costume that looked like it dashed off the pages of the famous comic book. To capture the look Short’s team fashioned a two piece suit made from 30 interlocking foam pieces and then covered with a coating of electrostatic fiber. For comfort the actor, John Wesley Shipp, wore a cooling vest underneath the suit.
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INTRUDERS Working from descriptions of aliens provided by real abductees while under hypnosis Short and crew fashioned a phalanx of fully articulated animatronic creatures for “Intruders”. Under the late Dan Curtis’ direction Short’s special make-up effects team also created and supervised the hybrid alien/humans and their children.
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STAR TREK: VOYAGER
Short’s CGI skill’s were pressed into service by Star Trek: Voyager to flesh out the evolution of a race of intelligent dinosaurs
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CAPTAIN POWER AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE Dismissed by some as a Saturday morning children’s series Capt. Power was an intense and provocative Sci-Fi series that strove for innovation. Working from productions designs Short’s team crafted all of the power suits for the main characters and their nemesis Lord Dread, which included prosthetic make-up and a robotic arm.
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