Greater than the sum of our parts

Alien Proof Construction is owned and operated by Cameron Stanton (Ran), a NIDA-trained construction manager with almost 40 years in the business, apprenticed under NIDA’s last master carpenter, Cecil Armstrong, alongside Tony Pearce and Trevor McCosker. The crew includes a talented army of construction managers, set designers, draftsmen, sculptors, AV experts, chippies, welders, fabricators, costumiers, animators, spray painters – and more. Just ask.

Alien Proof has an enduring relationship with Australia’s leading production houses, TV companies and filmmakers, including but not limited to: George Lucas (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith), Abe Forsythe (Little Monsters), Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae), Leah Purcell (The Drover’s Wife), Todd Sampson (Life on the Line), and likes to call some of Australia’s most notorious art directors friends.

Inner-city workshop

Located in a high-ceilinged timber and brick warehouse in St Peters, opposite Sydney Park, Alien Proof is a proud part of Tortuga Studios, Sydney’s longest-running artist-run initiative and a production house for TV and film. With over 1000m2 of high-clearance workshop space, additional warehousing and storage facilities, a fleet of vehicles plus tools to equip a sizeable crew, we are well resourced and ready to move at a moment’s notice.

Remote locations

Aerial balloon lifts in Kangaroo Valley, shacks in the desert, rainforest beach landings and slab huts in the High Country – we can build anywhere. Plus, we have access to 4WD trucks, a hi-ab crane, generators, water pumps, portable hot and cold running water facilities, crew camp set-up, a 1950’s wooden speedboat and tender, and access to countless classic cars.