Zack Buchman

A bona fide autodidact, Zack Buchman  spent much of his adolescence secluded in his bedroom, teaching himself the principles of classic animation.

At the age of 17 he sold his first cartoon concept, which led to the creation of a few award-winning animated shorts. Zack Buchman quickly grew restless with classic animation. "If only there was a way to make the characters move without having to draw millions of frames!"

So, at the ripe old age of 19, Zack moved to New York, where his idea to design puppets was firstconceived. “How can it be any simpler” he thought, “when all you need to do is stick your hand inside to bring the character to life?” A few months later, the Furry Puppet studio was born.

These days, Zack approaches his work as a designer from an animator’s perspective, constantly attempting to challenge the physical limits of the puppet’s materials.