Interview with Disney's Secret Weapon, Creative Producer, Lee Romaire

In this episode we interview Lee Romaire, an Emmy-award winning, creative producer and the founder of Romaire Studios.

Lee has built a distinguished name in the entertainment industry and as one of Disney and Universal Creative's greatest secret weapons, crafting live-action creatures and characters. In this episode he shares where the love for character creation began and how did his childhood visits to Disneyland play a part in this fascination. Plus: 

• How his early involvement in taxidermy experiments helped spurn a quest to create the lifelike characters he's developed over the years.


• His move to Los Angeles and working with legendary makeup artist Dick Smith.


• What was it like to create characters for films including Steven Spielberg's War of The Worlds, Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and Legend of the Guardians


• What were the most challenging characters to create.


• His work on the theme park attractions Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World and Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash Attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood.


• What distinguishes his company from other special effects and animatronic studios.

Dive into the world of creation with us and find out what it takes to make these lifelike characters come to life.