2012 Washburn Award Recipient

Adam Savage

Co-host of MythBusters

Adam Savage has a background in the theater as a set designer, prop maker, scenic painter, rigger, carpenter, and producer. His sculpture has been exhibited in more than 50 solo and group shows. He worked at Industrial Light and Magic on Star Wars, Episodes 1 and 2, Terminator 3, and The Mummy. He was a model-shop supervisor at Disney on the two Matrix sequels, and he has taught advanced model-making and problem solving at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. Savage and his wife are parents of twin boys.