Over a period of twenty five years, I have had the pleasure of working with Sam Holland on many stop-motion animation projects.

He has created and produced a wide range of puppets for many of the different stop-motion animation disciplines that I have worked on, including series, commercials and features.

Sam’s ability to consistently produce quality puppets under the usual time and budget constraints is firmly based on his ability to access some of the most talented puppet makers available. His skill is being able to gather and develop a key team who can get the job done.

With a thorough knowledge of budgeting a wide range of projects, Sam can see this process through from initial concepts, through design phase and into production.

Being able to maintain and adapt puppets through a project is also one of his key abilities, which ultimately is based on his in-depth understanding of the process as a whole.

From working with Sam on the many projects over the years, I would not hesitate in recommending him, and would look to him as a key player in any project I work on in the future.

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I Originally worked with Sam Holland whilst making ball and socket
puppets for the “Astro Farm” Children’s series at Film Fair back in 1991. Through this meeting we later went on to form a partnership and formed “The Puppet Factory” a stop-frame puppet making company where we worked on over, 100 commercials, 30 children’s series and over 20 award winning short films producing over 2000 stop-motion puppets along the way. We had a small dedicated team of 20 employees and trained and nurtured their talents not only to our benefit but also the industry as a whole. Sam’s expertise, knowledge of materials and techniques in stop-motion animation has therefore been built up over many years and he has an extensive knowledge of how to lead a team, listen to the clients needs and build puppets that not only function in the short term but will be user friendly and maintainable throughout the duration of the project.

It must be remembered that there are only a very limited pool of good stop-motion puppet makers in the world and those with motion picture experience are in an elite class.

In conclusion, Sam has made critical creative contributions to many projects and major motion pictures and several award winning television productions.

I therefore do not hesitate to recommend Sam to you as he is more than qualified to offer assistance to your on your project.

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​​I have worked with Sam on many projects, including feature films and many commercials. His commitment to the budget and scheduling as well as the creative aspect of the projects has proved to be a skill that many others I have worked with have quite often struggled to balance. While working together on the feature films – Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ and Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ - Sam was able to make sure the puppets were produced not only on time, but also of a very high quality, allowing them to perform as they were required to do. Of the many commercials I have asked him to work with me on, not only has he provided a fine quote in the early stages, but he has also seen the job through, always going above and beyond to ensure the project reaches its full potential. Sam is professional, committed and always good fun on set which combined with his experience of dealing with Aardman, Passion Pictures, Tim Burton and Disney make him a first choice in my opinion.​​