Michelle Zamora is the CEO + Creative Director of Viva La Puppet, LLC. In 2000 she began this puppet journey while getting her BA in Theater at Cal State- L.A. In 2014 she formed the LLC with her husband Matias, who shares her vision for a community of dedicated artists working to bring creative projects to life through Puppetry. Originally from Brownsville, Texas she discovered her love of puppets at an early age creating humanettes out of her dolls, stop-motion VHS videos with her sister, and miniature people out of clay. What started as a childhood passion turned into a company that works to elevate the art form of puppetry into a fresh new innovative direction.
Most recently she worked on set for Zedd + Katy Perry’s 365 video, lead the TRUTH puppet campaign with 72 and Sunny (2019 Super Bowl commercial), puppeteered with Terry Crews for Old Spice, and managed/performed the Funner than Water ad for Vitamin Water. She co-directed Har Mar Superstar’s Restless Leg puppet video with Warren Fu on the streets of New York. Other fun projects include Rick & Morty’s Butthole Ice Cream stop-motion [adult swim] ad, giant puppets for Bob’s Burgers Live at The Orpheum, underwater puppet collab with Andrew Thomas Huang, Snoop Dogg puppet for California Roll music video w/ Pharrell + Stevie Wonder, and shadow puppets for The Pee Wee Herman Show-Live on Stage! Viva La Puppet celebrates life through inanimate objects and brings together great people to create magical moments one puppet at a time. Long Live the Puppet®
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>> Waffles + Mochi – Michelle Zamora puppeteered and voiced Waffles…