 PropmakerProducing the original Stormtroopers for the first Star Wars film was just the start of five great years of propmaking for Andrew Ainsworth. Read our story below! Genuine. Authentic. Quality.
Andrew smiles as he thinks back to 1976. "After Star Wars my reputation grew. The management at Shepperton Studios asked if I would like to operate from the Old Power House at the studios. I leapt at this chance. I therefore moved to Shepperton Studios to concentrate on film, advertisement and television prop production for about five years (1976-1981). I did work for Gerry Anderson on Space 1999. I designed and built the front projection screen and wind machines for Superman in 1977 and also worked on Alien for Ridley Scott." 
The Old Power House at Shepperton Studios during Andrew's time there Andrew continues "I had a great five years in the world of props and then suddenly, as if out of nowhere, somebody invented the computer and conventional prop makers were history. Well, I hate computers so I gave up the film business and proceeded to build another empire related to other products I had designed by this time - water sports." Find out more in Andrews pictorial guide to his film work below: part 1 covers the period to 1978, part 2 covers from 1979 on. Both of these are large files and may take some time to download. |
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