Brooks with his creation, Prana Piranha.
Matthew Brooks (b. 1965)[1] joined the Jim Henson Company in 1993, working as a puppet builder for the movies Muppet Treasure Island, Elmo in Grouchland, Muppets from Space, and television series including Muppets Tonight, Bear in the Big Blue House, The Animal Show, and The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (nominated for an Emmy). He was an additional Muppet performer on Muppets Tonight episode 205 and uncredited on Bear in the Big Blue House.
Brooks continued to work with Henson after the sale of the Muppets, on projects like Late Night Liars. He worked as a puppeteer/puppet builder on The Book of Pooh, Crank Yankers and It's a Big, Big World. Brooks has also worked in stop motion animation, as a set dresser and other design capacities for Laika, Inc. on feature films including ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. He has his own puppet company, Matt Brooks Puppetry.
Muppet/Henson credits[]
- Muppet Meeting Films: built Betsy Ross
- The Animal Show: built Bart the Coyote, Jared the Tiger, Nico the Marine Iguana, Ralph the Moose, Trudy the Chimpanzee
- Muppet Treasure Island: built Black Dog, Island Pigs, Skulls
- Muppets Tonight: builder for Bill the Bubble Guy, Craniac, Larb, Bart, Cupid, Cynthia Rose, Jean-Dodd van Clamme, Sherlock Holmes, Sid Knishes, Squid, Starfish, The Two-Headed Comic, prawn costume for Pierce Brosnan in episode 204, others
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: built Terrence McBird
- Muppets from Space: built Cosmic Fish, Alien Gonzos, rebuilt heads for Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: built Football Stenchman
- Sesame Street (credited on Season 46, uncredited other seasons): Puppets, costumes, props, built Bongos, photo puppet Cookie Monster, others
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas stage show: built Fred Lizard, Catfish
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: Jim Henson's Creature Shop fabricators (US)