
His grandfather made masks and props for the original Wolfman and the Twilight Zone series, and his father, renowned Make-up FX Artist Thomas R Burman, started building creature suits on his son when Barney was just 8 years old. In 2008, Barney was hired to design the make-up for Tom Cruise in the summer blockbuster Tropic Thunder.īarney is a third-generation monster maker, literally raised in and around the art of make-up effects. Since opening his first FX company, Proteus Make-up FX Team in 2004, and his new studio, B 2FX in 2011, Barney has been able to do exactly that for films such as Mission: Impossible III, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, Blades of Glory and Camille, starring James Franco and Sienna Miller. It’s almost as exhilarating as being there when they come to life on set in Portland. He is a producer and actor, known for The Spreading Ground (2000), The Thirst: Blood War (2008) and Ultimate Love Games (1998).īARNEY BURMAN – Producer/Special Make-Up FX Designīarney Burman finds great joy in designing and creating the special characters for Grimm in his studio in North Hollywood. Mark Burman was born on Jin Los Angeles, California, USA. Walter is following up Voodoo Possession with a slate of films he’s producing in all genres including horror, thriller, action, comedy and even a female driven romantic comedy. Walter is a passionate Florida Gator alumnus, an entertainment lawyer, snowboarder, was MVP of his state ranked high school football team and plays point guard in his basketball league. On nights and weekends Walter toiled away to produce short films that have played in dozens of film festivals, a lifestyle DVD about the import car scene called “Thrust video candy,” a comedy feature film “Thrust,” music videos, PSA’s, comedy shorts for the youtube channel “The Power of Thrust” (which he operates with Voodoo Possession actor Abe Spigner) and his well-received zombie short film “D-volution” that led to his foray into horror thrillers. days Walter held down day jobs at Hollywood heavyweight companies such as MGM Pictures, Disney, Rhino Entertainment and Image Entertainment and working for A-list producers John Davis (“Predator”) and Graham King (“The Departed”). After passing the Florida Bar Exam, Walter decided to pursue his life long passion of becoming a film maker and move to LA.ĭuring L.A. He did day classes, ate dinner in the car and then night classes. Walter attended the University of Florida (Go Gators!) and then simultaneously went to the University of Miami law school while doing 2 years at Miami-Dade Community College School of Film and TV. Walter was born in Neptune, NJ and was raised in the small town of Crystal River, FL. WALTER BOHOLST – Writer/Director/Producer
