More Puppeteering Projects!

My extraordinary puppetry career has spanned more than 100 projects, and every one of them has been different. I’ve gotten to travel the world and work with some of the biggest celebrities in the business. Check out some behind-the-scenes photos of favorite moments from my puppetry journey and consider booking me for your next project!

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Gang Member Frizzies Warren the Ape

WARREN THE APE

Performing Frizzies gang member on a rolling cart

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Piglet Playhouse Disney Live MGM Studios park

PLAYHOUSE DISNEY LIVE!

Performing Piglet at Disney MGM Studios

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Treelo Bear Big Blue House Disney MGM Studios

BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE LIVE!

Performing Treelo at Disney MGM Studios

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet frog Captain Hobbs Pahappahooey Island TBN Trinity Broadcasting

PAHAPPAHOOEY ISLAND

Performing Captain Hobbs, the frog

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Simba Festival Lion King Animal Kingdom Disney

FESTIVAL OF THE LION KING

Performing Simba at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Sock Jerry Seinfeld Green Screen

NAT GEO KIDS

Performing a Jerry Seinfeld sock puppet

DISNEY’S FROZEN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Olaf Disney Frozen The Broadway Musical prototype snowman

Demonstrating an Olaf prototype puppet

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Tuba Yeti Weird Al Yankovic Green Screen Suit

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC: POLKA FACE VIDEO

Performing the Tuba Yeti for Weird Al’s video

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Fernando Penguin Zip A Gang Shanghai China

ZIP-A-GANG

Performing Fernando Penguin in Shanghai, China

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Mechanical Puppet Microphone M.C. Mike Riff Rockit Evan Michael

RIFF ROCKIT

Performing M.C. Mike, the singing microphone

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Bird Sesame Street Elmo's Christmas Countdown

ELMO’S CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN

Performing a Sesame Street Bird

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Gizmo Woof Chat Messy surf surfer

GIZMO’S WOOF CHAT

Performing Messy, the surfer dude

TARGET BACK-TO-SCHOOL COMMERCIAL

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Target Flat Monster Black White Commercial Back School

Performing a flat monster puppet for Target

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Krampus Bear training teaching class puppetry workshop

PUPPETRY CLASS

Demonstrating Krampus for a puppetry class

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet wizard Coldplay tour music of the spheres

COLDPLAY: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES TOUR

Performing The Wizard puppet

SUBARU LUCRA JAPANESE COMMERCIAL

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet otter clam subaru lucra car tokyo japan commercial

Performing a mother otter puppet in Tokyo, Japan

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Arnold Schwarzeneggar green screen suit Terminator Commando

JIB JAB: YEAR IN REVIEW

Performing an Arnold Schwarzeneggar puppet

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Steak Oscar's Hotel For Extraordinary Creatures asparagus staff

OSCAR’S HOTEL

Performing Sir Loin, the wise food sage

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet sock dog New Girl Poppycock Palace king

NEW GIRL

Performing a sock puppet for Poppycock Palace

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Cat Team Smithereen Assist green screen suit tabletop

TEAM SMITHEREEN

Assisting on a tabletop cat puppet

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Murphy Caterpillar Juno Baby Bassoon Glasses

JUNO BABY

Performing Murfy, the bassoon playing caterpillar

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Buttload of Cats Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Rachel Bloom

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND

Performing a buttload of cats for a musical number

AIN’T IT COOL WITH HARRY KNOWLES

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Harry Knowles Ain't It Cool Caroll Spinney

Chatting with Big Bird performer, Caroll Spinney

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet sea monster bat wolf wolfman

MUSICAL MONSTER MASH-UP

Performing a sea monster puppet for Swazzle

MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Elmo Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Sesame Street

Performing Elmo (voiced by Kevin Clash)

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet roach Cindy Crawford bug pick-up truck

CINDY CRAWFORD: RESERVED

Performing a roach puppet with Cindy Crawford

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Beebo Panic at the Disco Brendon Urie video

PANIC AT THE DISCO

Assisting Sean Johnson on Panic’s Beebo puppet

HALSEY’S “LOVE AND POWER” TOUR

Puppeteer Artie Esposito mechanical Puppet octopus tentacle Halsey Love Power Tour

Performing Henson’s mechanical octopus tentacle

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet hermit crab captain Quint Aquarium of the Pacific

AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC

Performing Captain Quint, the hermit crab

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Assist Purple Crab Little Big Awesome green screen

LITTLE BIG AWESOME

Assisting on a purple crab puppet for Amazon

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Jim Carrey Maestro Pimento Fermatta Kidding Showtime

KIDDING

Assisting the Maestro in a scene with Jim Carrey

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet President Barack Obama Let's Be Real Fox

LET’S BE REAL

Performing President Obama puppet on Fox

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Wade The Movie Show Syfy Michael Zegen Wolfman

THE MOVIE SHOW

Performing Wade with actor Michael Zegen

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Beary White Alligator Boots Kanye West Kim Kardashian

ALLIGATOR BOOTS

Performing Beary White with Kim Kardashian & Kanye West

Puppeteer Artie Esposito RC Puppet penguin meta oculus commercial pizza pepperoni guitar

META OCULUS 2 COMMERCIAL

Performing an animatronic penguin

SESAME STREET UNDERSTUDY WORKSHOP

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Ernie Sesame Street Understudy Workshop

Performing Sesame Street’s Ernie

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Care Bear Cheer Pink Furry Green Screen

THE CARE BEARS

Assisting on Cheer Bear for a Care Bears demo

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Live Hand monster Puppet Patton Oswalt furry brown

PATTON OSWALT: MY WEAKNESS IS STRONG

Performing the Comedy Shake Monster

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Lodge 49 Sea Lion Wetsuit

LODGE 49

Performing a life-like sea lion puppet in a wetsuit

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Lenny Lending Tree Blue Screen Suit

LENDING TREE COMMERCIALS

Assisting Patrick Johnson on Lending Tree’s Lenny

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Late Night Jack in the Box

JACK IN THE BOX COMMERCIALS

Performing Late Night Jack for Jack in the Box

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Brass Nuggets Captain Scratch Redwing chicken rooster

BRASS NUGGETS

Performing Captain Scratch Redwing for a pilot

Puppeteer Artie Esposito Puppet Count Adam Conover Ruins Everything Issac Ryan Brown

ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING

Performing Count Numberla with Adam Conover