Simon Gosling

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Simon "Goose" Gosling (born April 9, 1969) is British designer and builder of special effects models. He is best known for his work on commercials featuring stop-frame animation for Brisk, Apple Jacks and Chips Ahoy in America, and the Windy Miller adverts for Quaker Oats in Britain. He has created props and models for films including The Brothers Grimm (2005), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) and Stormbreaker (2006). In 2006, he supervised the building of Hex during the Sky One production of Hogfather, an adaptation of the Discworld novel by author Terry Pratchett.

On 22 April 2007, Terry Pratchett's Hogfather won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for best special effects.

He is also a musician, appearing on the soundtrack of the Playstation videogame Croc 2.

[edit] Selected filmography

The Phantom Menace (1997) Assistant prop maker. Les Visiteurs 2 (1998) Prosthetic technician. Band Of Brothers (2000) Miniature model maker. Dinotopia (2002) Miniature model maker. The Brothers Grimm (2003) Prop maker. The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (2004) Prop maker. Stormbreaker (2005) Electronic prop maker. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006) Prop maker. I Want Candy (2006) Prop maker. Babylon A.D. (2007) Prop maker. The Colour of Magic (2007) Supervising Prop Maker. This British biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.