Mario Halouvas

Mario Halouvas is an Australian puppeteer and specialist consultant who puppeteered on all 4 seasons of Farscape, as well as its mini-series and special. He was part of the teams on Rygel and Pilot, as well as getting to perform Cresus in one episode. Mario was paired with many other Australian puppeteers such as Sean Masterson, Roslyn Oades, Graeme Haddon, and Tim Mieville, to name a few. Halouvas has also puppeteered on the non-Creature Shop-effects sequel to Babe, Babe: Pig in the Big City, even though the sequel featured Creature Shop puppeteers for the live animals. I wonder why he decided to give up puppetry after Farscape ended production, maybe because he caught interest in something else afterwards. Later in his career, he became a specialist consultant and coach on productivity, resulting in him founding Mario Halouvas Productivity Professionals. Within the company, Mario Halouvas offered training programs, productivity palettes, executive coaching, and speakers/presenters, according to his website. At least when he puppeteered on Farscape, he got to work under the supervision of legendary Brian Henson who was the executive producer. Hopefully he still remembers working on Farscape for many years because he's been extremely busy with his company. Mario seems to be doing well as coach on productivity and specialist consultant because his website received positive reviews. Halouvas still does his company to this very day, though he should always remember his past puppetry days. Maybe puppetry inspired him to become the man he is today. You never know when a puppeteer who performs with Henson Company will gain wild ideas. Mario Halouvas, you were terrific on Farscape as well as the film Babe: Pig in the Big City. You're also wonderful at Mario Halouvas Productivity Professionals since founding it. Keep on working at your company and brightening up everybody's lives with your coaching and consulting. You sure know how to lend a hand Mario. Excellent coaching Halouvas!

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