Verner Gresty

Verner Gresty is a visual effects technician who spent several years at Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Working primarily on the mechanical end, he was most often credited as supervisor or technical director.

Gresty left Henson to form his own special effects company, Solution studios (founded with Leo Burton), which specializes in prosthetics and other practical effects for film and commercials. He worked on Hellboy II and Nutcracker 3D (where he also had a brief on-camera appearance as the father of a frightened girl).

Muppet/Creature Shop credits

 * The StoryTeller: Creature Shop crew
 * The Jim Henson Hour
 * "Monster Maker": Special creature design
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mechanical supervisor
 * The Witches: Mechanical designer
 * The StoryTeller: Greek Myths: Creature Shop crew
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: Mechanical designer
 * The Flintstones: Mechanical design supervisor (Bronto)
 * The Neverending Story III: Project supervisor
 * Cutthroat Island: Animatronic creative project supervisor:
 * Muppet Treasure Island: Figurines supervisor
 * Loch Ness: Project supervisor
 * Lost in Space: Creative project supervisor
 * Animal Farm: Creative project supervisor/model maker
 * The Brotherhood of the Wolf: Technical director
 * Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Motion base supervisor
 * Mee-Shee: The Water Giant: Technical animatronics director
 * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Technical supervisor