David Skelly

David Skelly has designed and built for Jim Henson Company and Sesame Street, and performed puppets for two projects of The Muppets.

He has designed and built puppets for Sesame Street, Dinosaurs, Jim Henson's Animal Show, and The Muppet Christmas Carol. He has been trained as a puppeteer by Jane Henson, Brian Henson, and Kevin Clash, and participated in puppet improv workshops at Jim Henson Company. He has performed in two recent productions, The Muppets and Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular.

As a writer, Skelly co-wrote the screenplay for the theatrically released Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, the pitch Bible for Zevo-3, a cancelled Laika feature film, and a one-shot Batman comic script for DC Comics. He worked for eight years in Pixar's story development department, including the reimagining of Toy Story 2, to take it from direct-to-video to theatrical release, while it was already well into production.

He is series director for the Annoying Orange series broadcast on Cartoon Network, overseeing appearances by celebrities including Weird Al and Alice Cooper. He has storyboarded The LEGO Movie, and an Ivan Reitman film by Jim Henson Company and Montecito Films.

Muppet roles

 * The Muppets (2011): Lew Zealand in boardroom scene
 * Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular (2013)