Pons Maar
Pons Maar is originally from Florida where he studied ceramics and visual art. After moving to San Francisco he became a fixture on the local arts scene as a graphic designer and performance artist, and, as a musician, playing in a couple of art/punk bands. At one of his solo performances of 'Natural Enemies' he was seen by Oscar-winning Sound Designer/Editor Walter Murch and cast as the Lead Wheeler in Walter's first directing effort Return to Oz (1985). Pons acted in the film as well as serving as the Performance Coordinator, starting what was to become a pattern of working on both sides of the camera. Following with other non-human roles in Golden Child (1987) and Masters of the Universe (1988) he continued to delve deeper into extreme latex makeup and huge, hot, and heavy creature and fantasy character suits. After the full 65 episode run on the TV show Dinosaurs (1991) and playing the lead character in Theodore Rex (1995). Pons then focused on Coordinating Puppets and Creatures in various feature films and TV productions. Pons served as the Co-Head of the Screen Actor's Guild Puppeteer Committee from 2003-2005. During this time he and co-head, Kevin Carlson, were able to change the puppeteer's status from a caucus to a full committee. Currently (2017) he is a partner in TASTY NAME a boutique video production company based in Alameda, CA.
The Blob
as Theatre ManagerIn Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a...
Movie pageMasters of the Universe
as SaurodThe world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won...
Movie pageThe Golden Child
as FuAfter a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa,...
Movie pageReturn to Oz
as Lead Wheeler / Nome MessengerDorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the...
Movie pageDead Heat
as Pool ZombieDetective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies:...
Movie pageTheodore Rex
as Theodore Rex (performer)In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking...
Movie pageThe American Scream
as Ben BenzigerAn American family takes their classic Christmas vacation at a perfect mountain resort, but the...
Movie pageRemembering Return to Oz
as SelfThe gathered memories and warm recollections of the cast and crew of the 1985 Walt Disney...
Movie pageCitizen
as uncreditedA group of anonymous young people embark on an apparently random journey through a disjointed...
Movie pageMy Puberty
as uncreditedSegalove re-enacts the trials and travails of her desperate, hormonal, pubescent years with...
Movie pageDigital Dance
as DancerA figure performs a dance to disco and beautiful abstractions are created.
Movie pageOua Oua
as Lip Syncing"Recorded live in performance at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. The audience saw...
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