Simon "Goose" Gosling (born 9 April 1969) is a British designer and builder of

special effect Special effects (often abbreviated as F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the fictional events in a story or virtual world. ...

models A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided int ...

and props. He is best known for his work on the

Millennium Falcon The ''Millennium Falcon'' is a fictional starship in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Designed by Joe Johnston for the film ''Star Wars'' (1977), it has subsequently appeared in '' The Star Wars Holiday Special'' (1978), ''The Empire Strikes Back' ...

cockpit for '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' in 2014. Also his work on commercials featuring stop-frame animation for Brisk, Apple Jacks and Chips Ahoy in America, and the Windy Miller adverts for

Quaker Oats The Quaker Oats Company, known as Quaker, is an American food conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois. As Quaker Mill Company, the company was founded in 1877 in Ravenna, Ohio. In 1881, Henry Crowell bought the company and launched a national ad ...

in Britain. Gosling was born in

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...

, Shropshire, a town he lived in until 1994. Gosling has created props and models for films including ''

The Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of folktales, popularizing stories such as " Cin ...

'' (2005), ''

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' is a Science fiction comedy, comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series), radio sitcom broadcast over two series on BBC ...

'' (2005) and '' Stormbreaker'' (2006). In 2006, he supervised the building of Hex during the

Sky One Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non- terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, ...

production of ''

Hogfather ''Hogfather'' is the 20th '' Discworld'' novel by Terry Pratchett, and a 1997 British Fantasy Award nominee. It was first released in 1996 and published by Victor Gollancz. It came in 137th place in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the most loved ...

'', an adaptation of the ''

Discworld ''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a fl ...

'' novel by author

Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and Satire, satirist, best known for the ''Discworld'' series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the Apocalyp ...

. On 22 April 2007, ''Hogfather'' won the

BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

Television Craft Award for best special effects. Gosling is also a musician, appearing on the soundtrack of the

PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists ...

videogame '' Croc 2''.

Selected filmography

*'' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1997) ''Assistant prop maker'' *'' Les Visiteurs 2'' (1998) ''Prosthetic technician'' *'' Band of Brothers'' (2000) ''Miniature model maker'' *''Dinotopia'' (2002) ''Miniature Modeller'' *''

'' (2003) ''Prop Modeller'' *''

'' (2004) ''Prop Modeller'' *'' Stormbreaker'' (2005) ''Electronic prop Modeller'' *'' Terry Pratchett's Hogfather'' (2006) ''Prop Modeller'' *'' I Want Candy'' (2006) ''Prop Modeller'' *'' Babylon A.D.'' (2007) ''Prop Modeller'' *''

The Colour of Magic ''The Colour of Magic'' is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the ''Discworld'' series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of only 506 copies. Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to ...

'' (2007) ''Supervising Prop Modeller'' *'' Dread'' (2009) '' Special effects technician'' *''

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', originally titled ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'', is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clerg ...

'' (2010) ''Concept model maker'' *'' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011) ''Prop Modeller'' *''

Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus (; , , possibly meaning "forethought")Smith"Prometheus". is a Titans, Titan. He is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking theft of fire, fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technol ...

'' (2012) ''Prop Modeller'' *'' Snow White & the Huntsman'' (2012) ''Prop Modeller'' *''

Fast & Furious 6 ''Fast & Furious 6'' (titled onscreen as ''Furious 6'') is a 2013 action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to ''Fast Five'' (2011) and the sixth installment in the '' Fast & Furious'' franchise. The fil ...

'' (2013) ''Prop Modeller'' *'' Jupiter Ascending'' (2014) ''Prop Modeller'' *'' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' (2014) ''Prop Modeller'' *'' Pan'' (2015) ''Prop Modeller'' *'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015) ''Senior Prop Modeller''

References

External links

* * 1969 births Living people Miniature model-makers British special effects people British designers British video game composers {{UK-musician-stub