Six Flags Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor, Valencia CA 2010-Current

DEAN MATHERLY

43889 NORMANDY LANE, LANCASTER, CA 93536
Phone: 661.557.2453 E-Mail:

Objective

My objective is to contribute my creative skills to an industry that I have been passionate about most of my life. I would like to work with a team of people who have similar interests and skills and to become an innovator in the field of custom guitar building.

Skills

21 years in special effects for theme parks, television, and motion pictures. Hands-on experience includes casting, painting, figure finishing, fiberglass fabrication and repair. Model making, puppet making, prop building, animatronics, fur work, and artificial skins. Make-up, prosthetics, latex masks, sculpting, and all aspects of mold making. Application of automotive finishes, woodworking and finishing,
Guitar specific knowledge: Set ups, truss rod adjustment, intonation, pickup replacement,
headstock shaping, sanding and filing bodies, fret leveling and dressing.
Familiarity with the following tools: Table saw, radial arm saw, band saw, drill press, bench grinder, orbital sanders, airbrush, paint sprayers, spray booth, woodworking hand tools.
30-year guitar player and enthusiast.
Composing original music for television productions.
Certified forklift operator

Experience

Six Flags Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor, Valencia CA 2010-current

Daily inspections and preventive maintenance of roller coaster vehicles, boats, water flumes, and water slides. Upkeep and on-sight replacement of safety devices such as lap belts, shoulder restraints, and head rests. Operation of table saw, radial arm saw, band saw, drill press, bench grinder, orbital sanders,
paint sprayers, and spray booth. Fiberglass repair and preparation for automotive finishes. Application of automotive finishes to parts, fiberglass rollercoaster bodies and water park slides.

Drac Studios Burbank CA 2009-2010

Mold making, life casting, and puppet fabrication. Work featured in: “Christmas Tails” “ Seconds Apart” “Wizards of Waverly Place” “Saving Grace”

Nav-FX (formerly FX Masters, Palmdale CA 2005-2009

Mold making, life casting fiberglass fabrication.
Projects: Monster Mansion Rehab (Six Flags over Georgia), Custom Mannequins for Nike, Figures for Hollywood Wax Museum, Palmdale Fall Festival attractions, City of Palmdale Puppet Theater,
Fine Art reproductions
Dumpsterpiece Theatre, Lancaster CA 1994-2010
Producer, puppeteer, writer, and prop builder for weekly independent late night live-broadcast television show, featuring cult movies and skit comedy, now shown online. Responsible for building puppets, props and sets. Composed and performed original music for the show. Several episodes currently online at
Anatomorphex- North Hollywood CA 1997 - 2002
Prop maker, mold maker, skin and parts fabricator, puppeteer. Credits include: "Friends" "Mafia" "The Waterboy" "The Patriot" and numerous commercials
XFX Inc. Burbank CA 1996 - 1999
Mold maker and parts fabricator for a variety of motion pictures, including: "Virus" "Species 2" "Phantoms" "Sphere" "Bicentennial Man" '"Monkeybone"
Stargate Films, Burbank CA 1996
Model maker, assisted with production of miniatures for the television movie "Asteroid"
Alterian Studios, Monrovia CA 1996
Mold maker for frozen people effect in the film"Batman and Robin"
Rob Bottin Productions, Azusa CA 1996
Mold making, parts casting and figure finishing for the film"Deep Rising"
DNA Inc. Hollywood CA 1996
Created and applied facial appliance for Bad Religion music video"Streets of America"
Alternative Realities, Palmdale CA 1996
Mold making prop building and painting for the film"Alien Species"
Creative Character Engineering, Van Nuys CA 1995
Lab Assistant, Model maker
Constructed large urethane molds and fiberglass parts.
Global Effects Inc. North Hollywood CA 1994-1995
Model maker and mold shop technician. Constructed props and specialty wardrobe items. Created Silicone, stone, fiberglass molds, latex masks, miniatures, head and full body life casts. Films included"Outbreak" "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie" "VR Troopers" "Ellen""Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Live Action Stage Show"- Commercials for Mrs. Smith Pies, Miller Lite, Hershey’s Chocolate, Chinet Paper Plates and Ford Motor Co.
Walt Disney Imagineering, North Hollywood CA 1993-1994
Surface preparation of facades and scenery for"Indiana Jones” and"Extra-Terror-estial Alien Encounter"attractions.
Image Engineering, Burbank CA 1993
Refurbished interiors and exteriors of antique aircraft for a television movie based on Amelia Earhart. Constructed "gizmo" props for Disney's"Honey, I Shrunk the Audience"attraction.
Creative Presentations Inc, Valencia CA 1989-1993
Plastics technician and figure finisher - Created fiberglass understructures, acrylic eyes and teeth and body part casts. Fiberglass and silicone mold making. Airbrush painting. Hair and fur work. Skin fabrication and seaming
Special projects at Creative Presentations:
*E.T.’s Adventure- Universal Studios Theme Parks
*Kingdom of the Dinosaurs- Knott's Berry Farm
*LA County Museum of Natural History - Bird Exhibit
*Timber Mountain-Camp Snoopy, Mall of America, MN
*Festival Fountain- Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
*I, Corsari- Gardaland, Italy
* Backyard Monsters- Museums nationwide
* Fuji TV dinosaurs- Asian touring show
* Fantastic Odyssey- Lotte World, South Korea
* Adventure Lagoon- Japanese amusement park
* Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz Pizza- Nationwide