DENNIS LARKINS DESIGN
CREATIVE DIRECTION, CONCEPT & SHOW DESIGN, ART DIRECTION

DESIGN RESUME:

FILM AND TELEVISION

Scenic Artist

Film – St John of Las Vegas (2008 in NM) • Batman Returns (1991) • Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1991) • Young Guns II (film credit for draftsman - 1990 in NM) • Coming to America (1987) • Big Top Pee Wee (1987) • Rust Never Sleeps (1979)

Television – The Craft, ABC Movie (1991) • The Time Machine (1978) • Grizzly Adams (1977 in NM) • Independence (1977 in NM)  

MUSIC AND THE ARTS

Designer / Art Director

Bill Graham Presents – Designed show sets for Rolling Stones, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Led Zepplin, Journey and many others (1974-1982) • US Festival, San Bernardino, CA, set design (1982) • Festival Theatre, Santa Fe, NM (1982) • New Mexico Ballet Co. (1985) • Jimmy Buffett, touring set (1990)

Scenic Artist (IATSE, local 816)

San Francisco Opera (1974-1976) / Lead Man (1976) • San Francisco Western Ballet (1974-1976) • American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA (1974-1976) • Bill Graham Presents – Painted sets for Rolling Stones, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Santana, Led Zepplin, Journey and many others. (1974-1983) 

Graphic Artist / Illustrator

Posters, Album Covers, T-Shirts for Grateful Dead, Bill Graham Presents, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Daniels Band, Scorpions, Simon & Garfunkel, Pablo Cruise, Police, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Phil Lesh and Friends (1979-2008)

Supervisor/Manager

FM Productions – (IATSE, local 816 union shop) Head of the Scenic Department, Resident Designer & Scenic Charge Man (1978-1980) 

THEMED ENTERTAINMENT

Designer / Art Director

Walt Disney Imagineering, Senior Show Designer, Walt Disney World, “Mannequins” Dance Palace, XZFR Rock ‘n Rollerdrome (1988-1989) • Senior Show Design Consultant, Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground, Walt Disney World (1989-1990) • MCA/Universal Studios, Senior Show Designer, Viking Stunt Show, Wakayama Entertainment District, Japan (1992-1993) • GameWorks Studio, Lead Designer, Stage 35 by Sega (1997-1998) • Disneyland, Bug’s Life Exhibit (1998) • Walt Disney World, Epcot Motorola and Tappi Exhibits (1999) • Kodak/Disney, Lion King and Toontown Mall Tours (2002-2003) • Applied Biosystems, Museum Exhibit (2006) • Walt Disney World, Epcot Kodak Pavilion exhibit designs and enhancements (2002-2008)

Supervisor/Manager

SpectraFX, Director of Show Design. (1994-1996) • Sega GameWorks, Creative Producer (1998-1999)

Scenic Artist

Disney Parade Shop (IATSE, local 816 union shop), Los Angeles, sculptor and painter. (1987-1988)  

THEMED RETAIL

Designer / Art Director

Warner Bros. Studio Stores, (1993) • Sands Casino, Atlantic City, Epic Buffet and Hollywood Casino Studio Store (1995) • MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas – Hollywood and Grand, Emerald City Stores (1996-1997) • Beach Boys, Good Vibrations Restaurant concept design (2006