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Fon Davis Biography

Birth Name:Fon Davis

Birth Place:Saigon, Vietnam

Profession Visual effects, Art department, Special effects, Production designer, Actor, Costume department

Fast Facts

  • Got his start as a set and prop fabricator for Colossal Pictures, working on projects for MTV, Nick at Nite and the Grateful Dead
  • Worked as a concept designer and model maker for Disney, with one of his first projects being "The Nightmare Before Christmas․"
  • Best known as a production designer and model maker who has worked on the "Star Wars" film series, "Starship Troopers," "Interstellar" and "Guardians of the Galaxy․"
  • Creative director of Fonco Creative Services, which he founded in San Francisco in 1997
  • Was the BattleBots Lightweight Rumble Champion in 2000, winning with his robot Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Awards

  • 2022Broad Humor Award-Best Production Design: winner