Michael Bush

Senior Artist

Michael is a puppet builder, on-set wrangler, and SAG-AFTRA puppeteer, and has been with Puppet Heap since 2009.

He has contributed his artistry to many notable characters in production including The Muppets, Helpsters on Apple+, Wildwoods (Ireland), and Que Monstro te Mordeau (Brazil.)

His performance credits include Amazon’s The Tick (2019), the Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” music video, multiple live performances, and many Puppet Heap short films.

Puppetry International Magazine has recognized Michael in their “40 under Forty” issue , for work on his full stage production of “Icarus,” as part of the University of Connecticut’s Masters of Puppetry program.