FOR PULLING OFF AN OTHERWORLDLY PUPPETRY CHALLENGE
tion legend Hayao Miyazaki is famously protective of his creations, so it was no small thing when his production. Caird had promised not to overdo the high-tech effects. This meant that it fell upon U.K.-based puppet master Toby Olié to imagine how the 2001 Oscar-winning movie’s spirits and gods would interact with human actors in the physical world.
