MitchGans

Brian Belefant is an American director, producer, writer and camera operator. Belefant has directed hundreds of commercials and developed a proprietary camera filtration system allowing him to photograph subjects through liquids of particular significance to the subjects.^[1] Belefant was named 2006 Photographer of the Year by The International Color Awards. ^[2]

Filmography

2005 Dust to Glory (camera operator)
2002 Le Mime (director, producer)
2001 Vengeance (director, producer, writer)
1999 Burning Passion (director, producer, writer)

Other works

Belefant developed a proprietary camera filtration system allowing him to photograph subjects through liquids of particular significance to the subjects. He shot Canada through maple syrup, Turkey through Turkish coffee, Mexico through Coca-Cola, and the South through Luzianne Ice Tea. Belefant was named 2006 Photographer of the Year by The International Color Awards.

References

External links

Brian Belefant at IMDb

Mitch Gans is an American Halloween Costumist known as "The Catman" and lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

Early years and education

Gans graduated from Amos P. Godby High School in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1981, and has Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Florida State University. ^[3]

Halloween Costumist career

Gans has constructed Halloween costumes and competed in Florida Halloween costume contests since 1984. ^[4]

Halloween Costumes

1981: Watermelon
1984: Telephone Booth, "Big Choice" Claw Game
1985: Haunted House, Airplane
1987: Coke/Pepsi Machine, Rocky Horror Picture Show Virgin, Crossing Guard (with Dave the Cat)
1988: Refrigerator
1989: Energizer Bunny
1990: Man from Mexico
1991: Headless Horseman, Headless Monster, Classroom Instructor
1992: Guillotine
1993: Marie Antoinette
1994: Duracell Man
1996: Choo Choo Train
1997: Bill Clinton
1998: Headless Monster
1999: King Love
2000: Lighthouse
2001: Pinball Wizard
2002: Bob the Builder
2003: Spongebob Squarepants
2004: Fire Hydrant
2005: Witching Well
2006: Windmill
2007: Polly and the Popcorn Machine
2008: State Fair

Catman career

Gans is known as "The Catman" for having rode a bicycle with a cat named Dave on his shoulders in public from 1988 until 2004, until Dave's death at sixteen years of age. They participated in parades in Tallahassee and Monticello, Florida, and in Birmingham, Alabama. Gans and Dave the Cat led the 1988 Springtime Tallahassee Parade with U. S. Senator Bob Graham.

Gans and Dave the Cat have been featured in two books, "Tallahassee: A Capital History", by Julianne Hare, and "Florida's Famous Animals", by J. G. Annino.

References

Tallahassee: A Capitol History, Julianne Hare, USA, Arcadia Publishing (ISBN 0-738-52371-2), May 2002
Florida's Famous Animals, J. G. Annino, USA, Globe Pequot Press (ISBN 0-762-74136-8), February 2008