Antonio G-R was born in Mexico and raised in the town of
Tepoztlan, Morelos.
He graduated from UC Santa Cruz in the field of Electrical Engineering and Robotics.
For a few years he worked in special effects, both practical and digital for film and commercials. He worked in such projects like The Aviator, Chronicles of Riddik, League of Extraordinary Gentelmen and others. He then spent three years travelling through Mexico, Central America, Spain and Morocco, making and selling jewelry.
In 2008 he became a member of
Stilt Circus, became a stilt performer and began making professional stilts.
Currently he resides in Venice Beach, California. He's an active member of Stilt Circus and also performs with the
The Wandering Marionettes and Lucent Dossier in Los Angeles.
He was a resident performer at
The Edison in downtown LA and often performs at the Venice Beach boardwalk.
*Performance Experience*
2010 Stilt performer at the DooDah Parade, Momentum
2009 Stilt performer at "Incandescence: The dark side of light" at The Edison, Downtown Los Angeles.
2009-10 Stilt performer with The Wandering Marionettes' "Kabinet Theatre" Los Angeles.
2008-09 Stilt Performer with Stilt Circus at Nocturnal Wonderland Festival.
2008-10 Stilt Performer with Stilt Circus at Electric Daisy Carnival.
2009 Stilt Performer in the pilot of ABC's Eastwick.
2009 Stilt performer with Stilt Circus' "Critical Sprout" at The Marvista Fall Festival
2009 Stilt performer at The Edison's "All Hollows Eve" Downtown Los Angeles
*Technical and Design Experience*
2010 Development of Rube Goldberg Machine with SynnLabs for OkGo's music video "This too shall pass"
2008 Design and Development of electronic toys.
2008 Game testing at EA Mobile. Los Angeles.
2005-08 Jewelry Making. Internationally.
2004-05 Digital Effects at DNAcorp. Los Angeles.
2002-04 Practical and Mechanical effects at New Deal Studios. Los Angeles.
*Other Experience*
2009- present. Chef at Euphoria Loves Rawvolution. Santa Monica.
Antonio's expertise extend to a number of fields, ranging from technical
design and electronics to carpentry and welding including cooking,
baking and performance.