Matthew Herman is a New York based scenic designer with an MFA in Set Design from UC San Diego and a BA in Theatre Arts from Cal Poly SLO. He started his career designing in southern California for The Barn Stage Company as well as many High Schools and youth theater programs. Once he moved to New York, he worked primarily as an assistant on national regional productions as well as off-Broadway and Broadway productions. His goal for each design is to create an emotionally rich world that invites the audience to take part in the story. ... read more
An Emmy Award Contributor Winner and formerly with Walt Disney Imagineering on the Magic Kingdom Design Services team coordinating design projects for the world's most visited theme park, Matthew is a production coordinator and prop & puppet fabricator/designer. He is currently the Lead Puppet Builder and Coordinator for Disney Theatrical and Rockefeller Productions' Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation premiering off-Broadway in NYC in the fall of 2021. Matthew freelances with Jim Henson's Creature Shop and has worked on Sesame Street season 50, in addition to projects for the Coca Cola Company and Princess Cruise Line. Matthew also ... read more
Acclaimed American/Australian producer, director and writer. Creator of family entertainment.
Original Works include: Sesame Street the Musical, Disney's Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Paddington Gets In a Jam. More information: www.rockefellerproductions.com
Series: The World of Eric Carle (26 Episodes) That Golden Girls Show! A Puppet Parody (16 Episodes)
Shorts: Boy From the Blue Room, True Confessions of a Movie Addict, Satisfaction, Borrowed Time, Sogno d'Amore, 10 Little Rubber Ducks (animation).
17 film festival wins.
Speaker: Comic Con panelist, TEDxBroadway
Books: I Want to be an Artist
Advertising: Cannes Lion nomination, Gold Effie, MFA Awards Finalist. ... read more