Don Bies

Background

About Don Bies

I began my career working as a mechanical designer on the Academy Award winning film THE FLY followed shortly after on THE FLY II. My career with Lucasfilm began operating the remote control R2-D2 for personal appearances and commercials while acting as the Lucasfilm Archives curator. As curator, I organized a number of exhibitions and eventually began working at Industrial Light & Magic on INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE and GHOSTBUSTERS II. I remained at the ILM Model Shop until it was sold off as Kerner Optical in 2006. As a supervising model maker, my credits include the STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITIONS, the STAR WARS prequels, the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN films, GALAXY QUEST, PETER PAN and countless television commercials. In 2009, I formed White Room Artifacts, LLC and conceived, designed and curated the exhibition “NASA: A Human Adventure”, as well as worked on numerous commercials for clients such as Disney, Frito-Lay, Microsoft and Google. I also provided conceptual designs and exhibition proposals for other clients, including Lucasfilm and Discovery Channel.In December 2014, I began work as a mechanical and conceptual designer for Trauma FX Solutions, Inc, creating highly realistic and technologically advanced trauma training mannequins for the military and first responders. In addition to my design services, I also provide product photography, videos and graphic design.