User:Anthony John Dyson

Tony Dyson is the man behind Star Wars R2-D2. The versatile Emmy nominated Film SFX supervisor is the creative genius at the helm of many of the biggest SCI-FI movies to date. Among them are Superman 2, Moon Raker, Dragon Slayer, and of course, The Empire Strikes Back.

When it comes to Robot technicians Tony Dyson is quite unique, as well as building one of the most famous Robots ever, R2-D2 he has also designed and built Robots for some of the largest electronic companies in the world, for example Sony, Philips and Toshiba.

You can also find examples of his creations on permanent display in one of the most prestige’s museums in the world ‘Smithsonian Institution’ and R2-D2 was one of the very first Robots to be honored in the ‘Carnegie Mellon University’ Robot Hall of Fame and Tony was also Nominated for an ‘Emmy’ for the Sony television commercial.

In 2013, Tony is working as digital publisher, producing multimedia children books for fun and education, using advanced animations. His motto is ‘Technology for life and living’ because we believe if you add imagination it’s a kind of magic. He is working with Chantal Harvey. Their first publications will be available in spring 2013.

Knighted in the order of The Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre in promoting Philanthropic, Cultural and Ecumenical activities. Honoured with the title of Hon.-Prof MBA in multimedia for the Stichting Euregio University in the Netherlands.

Tony Dyson was born on 13.04.1947 in Dewsbury, west Yorkshire, England.

INTERNATIONAL BOOKS AND NEWS PAPER ARTICLES British Design and Art Direction (Hardback 1985) Robots by Peter Marsh (Hardback) Het Robot Book by Chriet Titulaer (Hardback) Star Wars CP 30 Book about robots by Random House (Hardback) The Robot Book by Richard Pawson (Hardback) The Making of the Empire Strikes Back by Alan Arnold (Paperback) Art of The Empire Strikes Back The Evening Standard (London) The Sunday Times (Malta) The Times (Malta) Il-Torca (Malta) South Oxfordshire Star (Oxfordshire) The Gazette (Oxfordshire) World Business Weekly Son Haber (Mersin) Anadolu (Sivas) Koparan (Corun)

FILMS AND TELEVISION COMPANIES STAR WARS - LUCAS FILMS INC. Commissioned to build eight R2-D2 robots for the film "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK". This was completed in only five months. SUPERMAN 2 - THE MOVIE Designed and built 24 scale model cars for the street scene in Metropolis. MOONRAKER - A JAMES BOND FILM My studios designed and built 36 model spacemen complete with backpacks, laser guns and clothes for the space scene. DRAGON SLAYER Worked on a giant robot dragon and special effect props including the anvil for the famous scene in the forge. SATURN 3 Worked with Peter Parks of Oxford Scientific Films to produce the meteor belt around a model of Saturn. Also directed the SFX filming of HECTOR the evil Robot DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD - HEART SURGEON We built a working model of the human stomach for his TV series " THE LIVING BODY ANGLIA T.V. - U.K INDEPENDENT TELEVISION Constructed a globe of the world to show the devastation of the rain forests caused by acid rain, for the TV programme "SURVIVAL". ALTERED STATES Designed and produced a 35 feet of latex human intestines, used in the dream scene for Ken Russell.

- LEISURE PARKS GREEK TOURIST FACILITIES To evaluate through the means of a feasibility study, a theme park on a sight below the Mount of Olives on the general theme of the old Greek gods. BEIJING LEISURE COMPLEX (CHINA) To evaluate and design 14 leisure parks for the promotion of tourism and recreation for the Chinese people. NORMAN CASTLE LEISURE PARK Built and installed three animatronic characters. King Alfred, a torturer and his victim. All the characters were in period costume. WINDSOR SAFARI PARK Built a road train designed as a caterpillar. The cab of the train was the head and the following four carriages being the body. BRITANNIA LEISURE PARK We produced sixteen animatronic figures for Britannia park including Queen Elizabeth 1, Sir Francis Drake, Isambard K. Brunel, Sir Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, W.G. Grace, Michael Farraday and Florence Nightingale, (which were correct in every detail including costume, height, size, hair, skin and eye colour as historically recorded) for the British Genius Pavilion. CAMELOT LEISURE PARK Designed, built and installed a dragon band plus two trumpeters.The four dragons were man size, dressed in medieval costumes and played medieval music.

 RACING CAR COMPANIES HESKETH RACING LTD Fabricated the car bodies for their formula 1 racing cars. MARCH ENGINEERING RACING LTD. Designed and fabricated the bodies for their formula 2 racing cars.

LIGIER - RACING COMPANY Constructed a quarter size model of LIGIER ford engine for wind tunnel tests.

-- PRESTIGIOUS COMMISSIONS BOBBY BARE THE PANDA Designed and built a life size animatronic panda, which I took to an exhibition of Leisure Equipment in Peking,China. JIM DAVIDSON - AN ENGLISH COMEDIAN Designed and built a full size life like robotic fox to star with Jim Davidson in his Christmas panto in Oxford. KUWAIT STORE Designed and build a customized robot for a Kuwait " Harrods " style department store. ADEL ROOTSTEIN "MANNEQUINS" Worked closely for six months with Adel Rootstein on a feasibility study into surveillance mannequins for department stores world wide. GENERAL FOODS LTD. Designed and also built a prototype MaxPax Maxwell House coffee vending machines. This contract was over a period of three year. FODEN TRUCKS Worked in close liaison with the designer of their new range of sleeper cabs and produced the prototype. This contract was for two years. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY Designed, built and operated a "Talking Cartoon" to promote the PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE company used at exhibitions and for staff training to promote better customer relations. THE WHO Designed, constructed and operated a "Laser" special effect for their Wembley concerts in London.

INTERNATIONAL T.V. AND MEDIA PRETTY POLLY - STOCKING MANUFACTURER Designed, constructed and operated three pairs of robotic male walking legs, dressed in evening trousers and black dancing shoes, for a T.V. commercial to advertise women's stockings. ET3 GREEK T.V. Designed and produced Super Droid a sixteen functional android to promote their T.V. station. BRITISH GAS Made three model houses to show the advantages of using British Gas central heating. TOSHIBA U.K LTD. Tony was commissioned to build the "TOSHIBA BLUE PRINT MAN". "TOSH" which starred in three T.V. commercials. PHILIPS LTD. Designed, built and operated the first android in Europe. "Phil" starred in two T.V. commercials and later toured the U.K promoting white goods. SONY U.K LTD. Tony's studio was given only seven weeks to design and construct a robot look - a - like of a famous English actor comedian John Cleese, the robot was a success in four T.V. commercials and became a cult figure. For this, he was nominated for an EMMY award.

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 WEBSITES

http://tonydyson.com http://scissores.com http://turnpagestudios.com http://netdreamer.com http://robotworld.com http://bobbekinworld.com http://fairyworld.com