Biography

Pons Maar is originally from Florida where he studied ceramics and visual art. After moving to San Francisco he became a fixture on the local arts scene as a graphic designer and performance artist, and, as a musician, playing in a couple of art/punk bands. At one of his solo performances of 'Natural Enemies' he was seen by Oscar-winning Sound Designer/Editor Walter Murch and cast as the Lead Wheeler in Walter's first directing effort Return to Oz (1985). Pons acted in the film as well as serving as the Performance Coordinator, starting what was to become a pattern of working on both sides of the camera. Following with other non-human roles in Golden Child (1987) and Masters of the Universe (1988) he continued to delve deeper into extreme latex makeup and huge, hot, and heavy creature and fantasy character suits.