Kent Melton was a character sculptor and maquette builder who worked on some of the most famous animated films -- someone had to sculpt the genie from Aladdin!
Puppetmaker Maria Andreotti was lucky enough to work as Kent's assistant on her first film, Boxtrolls, and was soon fangirling about the amazing sculptures and maquettes he had created at Disney, Laika, Dreamworks and Pixar for such movies as The Incredibles, Paranorman, Prince of Egypt, Treasure Planet, Tarzan, Hercules, Mulan and more.
Kent eventually became Maria's good friend and mentor and when he was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, Maria was inspired to make a documentary about him. She created a Kickstarter campaign and has so far raised over $100,000 (and counting) to finish the film.
If you would like to make a donation to Maria's documentary, here's a link: https://www.kickstarter.
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