About BJ Guyer
BJ Guyer has been designing, building, and performing puppets and costumed characters since his start at The Walt Disney Company in 1989. He has been a member of SAG/AFTRA for over 20 years and has worked professionally in the film, television, music, theme park, and live entertainment industries both internationally and across the United States from New York City in the the northeast to Orlando, FL in the southeast and Los Angeles, CA in the west before recently settling back on the east coast in Atlanta, GA. BJ's work can be seen in feature films like: Grudge Match, Team America, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Sandy Wexler, Goosebumps 2, The Muppets, and Muppets from Space, television programs like: Massive Monster Mayhem, Young & Hungry, Disney's The Book of Pooh, Teen Titan's Go!, Glee, Undateable Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Crank Yankers in which he also acted as Coordinating Producer, and live tours and musical performances with artists like: Ed Sheeran, Eminem, Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg, Trace Adkins, and Toby Keith. He also has over 200 commercials under his belt with clients such as: Realtor.com, Nike, Grocery Outlet, Sprint, LG, Verizon, Boost Mobile, Burger King, Electronic Arts, Adult Swim, General Mills, Toyota, Eastpak, and more.
Most projects require more than a single person and BJ is very grateful for having had the good fortune to have been part of the team on many extraordinary projects with some of the most noted and esteemed special effects shops like: Legacy Effects, The Chiodo Brothers, Sid and Marty Krofft Productions, The Jim Henson Creature Shop, and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. He looks forward to continuing these relationships and providing an east coast connection to the LA based companies.
BJ is also the Master Instructor for Puppet Design and Fabrication for The Stan Winston School of the Character Arts with a series of live online classes available both on demand and on DVD.
With his new home in Atlanta BJ is continuing to design and build with an added focus on performance, education, and Voice Over in this new market and in the creation of new content for the rapidly growing new media market with his new company "Bob's Your Uncle, Productions" with local Atlanta business partner Thom Stanley.