Cleve Hall

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Cleve Hall is a special effects artist, make-up artist, and actor who starred on the SyFy reality television series Monster Man.

Early life

Cleve Hall was born on June 22, 1959 and grew up in Florida next to a family cemetery. His mother regularly took him to see low-budget horror films. After seeing the film Godzilla vs. the Thing Cleve built a Godzilla costume that caught the attention of Six Flags, who hired him to build another costume.[1]

Career

Cleve started his own special effects company, Imagimation Productions, and worked on numerous commercials and theater. in the 1980s he moved to Hollywood and worked on many low-budget films, including Pee Wee's Big Adventure, in which he played Godzilla in a suit he had created himself.[1]

Although digital special effects became more popular in the 1990s, Cleve continued using physical based effects and received an Emmy nomination for his work on Yo Gabba Gabba. He also created props for bands such as KISS, Insane Clown Posse and Alice Cooper. For KISS he created Gene Simmons' chest armor.[2]

Cleve Hall starred in the SyFy reality television series Monster Man working with Sota F/X.[3] Notable clients as seen on Monster Man have been Sean S. Cunningham, Tony Randel, The Asylum, Devo, and Richard Elfman.[2]

Personal life

Cleve has three children. Two of which have become a part of Cleve's special effects team, Constance and Elora who co-starred with him on his reality show, Monster Man.[4] Zoe Stardust Hall was born in 2010.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Doc". "Syfy Digital Press Tour: Face Off returns, Monster Man cometh". SciFi Storm. Retrieved 11th April 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Joshua Emerick". "Q&A: Cleve Hall, "MONSTER MAN"". Fangoria. Retrieved 15th May 2012. 
  3. ↑ Sota F/X
  4. ↑ Neil Genzlinger. "Up to His Neck in Blood, Shark Heads and Deadlines". New York Times. Retrieved 11th April 2012. 

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