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Promo spot by Mercurio Film for Sky Choice filmed in beautiful Milan, Italy |
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Burt as a Louisiana Black Bear Series of ads for Bohn Bros auto dealerships by Rhino Marketing in Houston Texas |
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Burt's European Adventures continue in "Trust
the Natives" 10m mpg by End Client: Nokian Tyres No- that's not me at the end- a local actor was used for the reveal scene. Matt remains unseen still! --- Behind the scenes: Photo #1 / Photo #2 |
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"Bear Care" 18meg QuickTime Burt & our Rental Grizzly as sloppy college bruins by Reel Impact of St. Louis |
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Lounge Bear Burt hangs out at Spots by... |
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Comic specs for Bayer Aspirin |
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Sunset Cottage Tourist Bears Pigeon Forge, TN still shoot by & for client: "Accommodations by Sunset" |
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Burt goes "Human Wrestling" "What would you do to get $686?" Bear Wrestling spot by NFL Films. Small QuickTime vid ( .7meg) ---- Big WMV version (1.7meg) End Client: Palisades Insurance |
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The hunter becomes the hunted! A role reversal for the Sundance Channel by Phasmatrope Studios (Click for 3m QuickTime Video) |
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See the article in Ad Week on Burt's tourism spots! | ||
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Ice Fishing
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Burt co-stars in the German
language feature film comedy- "Siegfried",
Filmed in Bratislava, Slovakia & released in Germany
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Following are stills and clips of Burt in his feature film debut. Hmm, is that Oscar calling? Client: Constantin Film Produktion GmbH , Munich |
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The worlds worst Park Ranger & Burt combine to wreak havoc with 2 lovers at a romantic picnic in the woods. Prod: "Big Robot" Advertising, NYC |
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Burtrams' 1st still photo shoot Burtram was caught on film, paw in honey jar, courtesy of Simon Griffiths Photography in Raleigh, North Carolina. Fortunately for Burt, he got to take home the props afterwards! :-9 |
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Burt dives into Piranha Pictures "Bearly There" ...for a lucky 'scratch' View Bearly There spot (QuickTime- .8meg) |
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Burt's 1st visit to Vancouver, BC in 2002 to film a spot for Canfisco's GoldSeal Salmon: |
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Digging for Grubs (7 mg QuickTime) Walking & Scratching (12 mg QuickTime) |
Sustained Quadrupedal Bear Walk (no audio) Burt's 3rd Canadian gig, returning to Vancouver for another indie project featuring realistic bear impersonation. The combination of a talented director, careful camera positioning, effective use of the natural landscape and practiced movement yielded a realistic bear performance. Footage is dark- video brightness & contrast must be bumped up to see the action clearly. There is no sound in these 2 experimental film clips. Save to disk for local playback and to allow increasing the video viewing size. |
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Mimicking realistic quadrupedal bear behavior in Alberta, Canada. Here are video clips from Burt's 2nd gig in Canada in the summer of 2005: |
What do bears do in the woods? They play chess, of course! Burt goes one on one with... himself in this double exposure magazine ad series for the 2005 Hyundai Elantra. <awaiting photos from Team Halprin> Client: Team Halprin , Beverly Hills, CA. |
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Example Clips from miscellaneous video projects over the years Click the descriptive links to the right --> |
1) Burt the Bear after a light rainfall (QuickTime, .7 megs)
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Stephen Colbert Report |