countless movie fans remember Toby Froud for his role as the “Baby Toby” in Jim Henson’s 1986 feature film, Labyrinth. The son of the film's conceptual designer Brian Froud and puppet builder Wendy Froud, Toby Froud has spent a lifetime steeped in a world of goblins, faeries, trolls, puppet theatre and film-making.
As well as creating art pieces and fantasy creations, Toby continues to create creatures, puppets, and effects for Film and Television - such as Creature Effects for I am Not a Serial Killer. Toby has also directed his own award winning short film titled Lessons Learned.
From 2009 he has worked in the stop-motion industry as a puppet sculptor and fabricator, working with several companies including Laika. Toby’s work includes Para- Norman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Missing Link.
Having spent almost 2 years supervising, sculpting, and fabricating on the live action TV series Dark Crystal - Age of Resistance for Netflix, Toby has returned to stop- motion to work on Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio.
