Disney's Hollywood Studios' Cameraman Sculpture

00:00 Introduction to Cameraman Sculpture
00:45 Introduction to Artist - Andrea Favilli
02:05 Collaboration with Will Vinton
02:48 Andrea Favilli joins Disney Imagineering
03:07 Disney Legends Award and meeting Roy E. Disney
04:00 Creation process of the first Cameraman Sculpture
05:37 Creation of the second Cameraman Sculpture
06:12 Secrets of the Cameraman 'Script'
07:35 Favilli Studio
08:02 Epilogue​
Did you know about this sculpture?
Did you know its secret history?
After entering Disney’s Hollywood Studios and making your way down Hollywood Boulevard, just before you enter an area known as ‘Center Stage’, you step into the frame of “The Cameraman”
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The artist, Andrea Favilli, was born in Rome in 1963. His father, Aldo Favilli, was an art director for iconic films at the world-famous Cinecitta Studios, the largest film studio in Europe
Andrea's backlot, childhood friends included legendary names. Aldo Puccini, Famiglia De Angelis, Gina Lollobrigida, Liana Orfei, Federico Fellini and even his godfather, Rossano Brazzi.
The best part of being on site during the creation of these iconic films was not the famous friends, or causing mischief with the cast and crew. What Andrea treasures the most, was the opportunity to see his father at work, transmuting fantastic dreams into reality. Seeing how his father looked at the world and constantly found the beauty, this is where Andrea’s own artistic journey began.
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While still in school, Andrea agreed to help a friend, legendary claymation artist, Will Vinton -- with several television commercial projects. Andrea assisted Will on the Domino’s ‘Noid’ commercial, but it was the ‘California Dancing Raisins’ commercial that became a cultural phenomenon.
fter graduating from the Art Center College of Design, with honors, Andrea still didn’t think he was good enough to work for Disney, but legendary head of Walt Disney Imagineering, Marty Sklar, had been watching Andrea’s progress.
Barely out of school, Andrea was recruited by Marty to work at Walt Disney Imagineering as a Lead Concept Designer.
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Before long, Andrea was leading the creative process on a wide variety of projects world-wide. From blue sky to ideation and design through implementation. In addition to his Imagineering responsibilities, Andrea Favilli had been commissioned by The Disney Company to sculpt the Disney Legends Award.
This is when Andrea first met Roy E. Disney. Roy was impressed and asked Andrea for his help in creating another sculpture. The task: to create a monumental public work of art that would capture the spirit of film making, in a classic representational fine arts style, to be permanently installed at the historic heart of the media district, in Burbank, CA.
Andrea’s schedule was already jam packed with Imagineering responsibilities. Creating a monument would require 6-8 months of studio and fabrication time. So, work on the sculpture would be done in the evenings and on weekends, when Andrea wasn’t traveling for Imagineering
That finished sculpture is located at 4411 West Olive Avenue, just across the street from Gate 2 of the Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank, California.
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In 1995, this second edition to the Cameraman was installed at Disney/MGM Studios. At the feet of the cameraman is what is meant to be an open script for the film he is making. Standing in front of the sculpture, it is nearly impossible to see the contents of this script, because it is turned away from guest’s view. But in reality, it is not really a script at all.
The book includes the names of people - some who mentored and inspired Andrea Favilli, the artist. He refers to these special people in his life as ‘candles’. Included is the venerable Disney artist Herbert (Herbie) Dickens Ryman and his sister Lucille Ryman-Carroll, who had been the legendary head of talent at MGM during its golden period.
Roy E. Disney and his wife Patty are also listed.
The man who first spotted Andrea and brought him to Imagineering, Disney Legend Marty Sklar, is listed.
Andrea's first teacher and greatest artistic influence, his father Aldo, is not only listed as co-creator of the sculpture with his son, he is also listed in the script.
As is Andrea's creative muse and beloved wife Camille Anne Favilli, who spent an inordinate amount of time with clay in hand and actually designed the contents of the book.
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In 1992, Andrea left Walt Disney Imagineering and established Favilli Studio, with his very first client being The Walt Disney Company. His wife Camille joined the company in 1995.
By the time the company was 25 years old, Favilli Studio had become one of the most prolific and successful entertainment design companies in the world, working on destination resorts and media projects on five continents.
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