Pons Maar

Pons Maar

Pons Maar is originally from Florida where he studied ceramics and visual art. After moving to San Francisco he became a fixture on the local arts scene as a graphic designer and performance artist, and, as a musician, playing in a couple of art/punk bands. At one of his solo performances of 'Natural Enemies' he was seen by Oscar-winning Sound Designer/Editor Walter Murch and cast as the Lead Wheeler in Walter's first directing effort Return to Oz (1985). Pons acted in the film as well as serving as the Performance Coordinator, starting what was to become a pattern of working on both sides of the camera. Following with other non-human roles in Golden Child (1987) and Masters of the Universe (1988) he continued to delve deeper into extreme latex makeup and huge, hot, and heavy creature and fantasy character suits. After the full 65 episode run on the TV show Dinosaurs (1991) and playing the lead character in Theodore Rex (1995). Pons then focused on Coordinating Puppets and Creatures in various feature films and TV productions. Pons served as the Co-Head of the Screen Actor's Guild Puppeteer Committee from 2003-2005. During this time he and co-head, Kevin Carlson, were able to change the puppeteer's status from a caucus to a full committee. Currently (2017) he is a partner in TASTY NAME a boutique video production company based in Alameda, CA.

  • Title: Pons Maar
  • Popularity: 1.41
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1951-08-04
  • Place of Birth: Pensacola, Florida, USA
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Pons Maar Movies

  • 2021
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    Remembering Return to Oz

    Remembering Return to Oz

    1 2021 HD

    The gathered memories and warm recollections of the cast and crew of the 1985 Walt Disney Pictures film, RETURN TO OZ. For the first time, we get...

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  • 1987
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    Masters of the Universe

    Masters of the Universe

    5.7 1987 HD

    The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using...

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  • 1987
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    My Puberty

    My Puberty

    1 1987 HD

    Segalove re-enacts the trials and travails of her desperate, hormonal, pubescent years with actors dancing their way through what looks like a...

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  • 1988
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    The American Scream

    The American Scream

    5.1 1988 HD

    An American family takes their classic Christmas vacation at a perfect mountain resort, but the strange residents of Wilson Creek seem to have...

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  • 1988
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    The Blob

    The Blob

    6.8 1988 HD

    In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it...

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  • 1988
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    Dead Heat

    Dead Heat

    6.1 1988 HD

    Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a...

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  • 1970
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    Straight Up

    Straight Up

    1 1970 HD

    Anti drug series from the 1980s where a young man is transported to a place where he's tempted left and right by various drugs and his only friend is...

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  • 1985
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    Return to Oz

    Return to Oz

    6.7 1985 HD

    Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends,...

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  • 1986
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    The Golden Child

    The Golden Child

    5.9 1986 HD

    After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of...

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  • 1995
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    Theodore Rex

    Theodore Rex

    3.6 1995 HD

    In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other...

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  • 1982
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    Citizen

    Citizen

    10 1982 HD

    A group of anonymous young people embark on an apparently random journey through a disjointed San Francisco cityscape. Along their travels they...

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  • 1982
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    Digital Dance

    Digital Dance

    7 1982 HD

    A figure performs a dance to disco and beautiful abstractions are created.

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  • 1991
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    Oua Oua

    Oua Oua

    1 1991 HD

    "Recorded live in performance at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. The audience saw the performer and this projected video. The video was...

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