John Zabrucky is known for designing a prop apparatus sometimes informally dubbed "the most important device in the universe", due to its appearances in over 100 films and TV series.
10 Facts About John Zabrucky
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John Zabrucky attended Turner Junior High School and studied for one year at Youngstown State University.
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John Zabrucky earned his bachelor's degree at Kent State University and began teaching art classes there, as well as at the University of Akron and the Mansfield Reformatory.
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John Zabrucky won awards from the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Art Directors Club of New York in 1972 and 1974, respectively.
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John Zabrucky reportedly found himself working "horrible" jobs like assembling scuba diving equipment, and collecting food stamps.
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John Zabrucky began building props from home for TV series such as Quark and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
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The first film that John Zabrucky provided props for was Meteor.
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Around that time, John Zabrucky shared an apartment in Los Angeles with Devo members Gerard and Bob Casale.
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John Zabrucky designed the communicators and other props seen in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, as well as the eyeball fabrication machine seen in Blade Runner.
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John Zabrucky constructed props for Rocky IV ; RoboCop, for which he built a mechanical recharging chair; Back to the Future Part II ; Batman Returns ; Speed ; and Independence Day.