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Zamora's Sideshow Official Website: Resumé
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Resumé / History / Curriculum Vitae
Timothy C. Cridland AKA Zamora PO Box 71652, Las Vegas, NV 89170 818-693-0492 ZamoraKing@aol.com
Films: Freakshow -- Florida State University (1998) Modify -- Committed Films (2005) Sideshow Still Alive -- Pinhead Productions (2008) Television (United States) Encounters: The Hidden Truth -- Fox Ripley's Believe It Or Not!!! -- TBS Guinness World Records Primetime -- Fox Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular -- FX Sideshow, Alive and on the Inside -- TLC Real TV -- The Living Edge -- Beyond Bizarre -- Discovery Channel Sideshow Celebrities -- E! 48 Hours -- CBS Extreme Gong Show -- Game Show Network World's Weirdest Performers -- TLC Twisted Tour -- Travel Channel Taboo -- National Geographic TV More Than Human -- Discovery Channel Don Francisco Presenta -- Univison eXtraordinary People -- Discovery Channel The Casino -- Fox Is It Real: Superhuman Powers -- National Geographic Everything You Need to Know -- Discovery Channel
Television (International) Open Mike with Mike Bullard (Canada) The Deni Petty Show (Canada) "Sorpresa!! Sorpresa!! (Spain) The Word (UK) Troma's Edge (UK) Death Wish Live! (UK) One Step Beyond -- Discovery Channel Asia Mucizeler Gecesi -- (Turkey) Jensen! -- (Holland)
See Zamora on Internet Movie Database
Music Videos Fallen Leaves by Billy Talent (winner of Best Music Video 2007 Much Music Awards Canada)
Mass Entertainment The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow (91-94) Lollapalooza Festival (1992) Kustom Kulture Exhibit Opening Reception Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (1994) The Exotic Erotic Ball San Francisco (1994) and New York (2006) Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, NV (95, 98-2001) Heritage Festival Palm Beach, FL (1995) Knott's Berry Farm's Halloween Haunt, Buena Park, CA (1995-2008) Bob Pritikin's Carnal-Val Labor Day Party at the Chenery House, San Francisco, CA (1997) Silcone Valley Charity Ball San Jose Convention Center (1997) Just For Laughs Festival Montreal (1998) Evolving Times Expo, Sacramento, CA (1998) Washington Street Street Fair St. Louis, MO (1999) Circus Maximus Maxim Magazine Party at The Hollywood Athletic Club (1999) AVN Awards Ceremony Reception, Las Vegas, NV DragonCon, Atlanta, GA (2000) Brothers Grim Sideshow (2000-2008) The Great Circus Parade, Milwaukee, WI (2000) Detroit Shrine Circus Detriot, MI (2001) San Jose Repertory Theatre with Professor Terry's Circus Band (2001) Dragon Vale Renaissance Faire Girly Freak Show (2000-02) ICP Gathering of the Juggalos Toledo, OH (2001) TromaDance @ Sundance Park City, UT (2000-03) Shocked and Amazed book release event at Wacko in Hollywood (2002) The Cannibal Flower Art Gallery & Perfomance Space, Los Angeles, CA (2002) Northwest UFO & Paranormal Conference Seattle, WA (2003) Cisco Systems Bluesfest, Ottowa, ON (2003) Canadian Super Expo, Ottawa, ON (2003) SHOCK SHOW Las Vegas (2003-2005) Extreme Thing: City of Las Vegas Music Festival (2004, 2005) Ticket Stock event for Sports Radio 1310 "The Ticket", Dallas, TX (2004) Haunted Vegas (2005-present) OzzFest (2006-2007) Starlight Tattoo Las Vegas Grand Opening Event, House of Blues, Mandalay Bay Casino (2008) Retro UFO Convention, Landers, CA (2008) Hell City Tattoo Festival, Columbus, OH (2008) Burlesque Hall of Fame - Palms Casino, Las Vegas (2008) West Coast Riot Festival - Gothenburg, Sweden (2008) Metaltown Festival - Gothenburg, Sweden (2008) Jeff McBride's Wonderground at the Palace Station Casino, Las Vegas (2008)
Shows Produced Beyond Belief!!! US and Canadian Tours (1995-96) Zamora's Touring Stunt Show US and Canadian Tours (1997-98) Zamora's Touring Sideshow US and Canadian Tours (1999-2001) Vegas After Midnight at the Aruba Hotel, Las Vegas, NV (2007)
Corporate Clients Viva.com-- Trade Show, Austin, TX Meeting Professionals International-- Surfs Up Beach Party at the Mandalay Bay Casino, Las Vegas (2001) Cormac Company-- Corporate Party, Las Vegas, NV Discovery Channel Asia-- Press Junket, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong Ripley's Believe it or Not-- Book Promotion, Los Angeles, CA Noble and Associates-- Advertising Presentation, Boise, ID (2008)
Colleges and Universities
Queens University, Kingston, ON University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Northern College, Kirkland Lake, ON Univ. College of the Caribou, Kamloops, B.C. Grant McEwan College, Edmonton, AB University of Regina, Regina, SK Cambrian College, Sudbury, ON Durham College, Oshawa, ON RYESAC, Toronto, ON Fanshawe College, London, ON Mt.Royal College, Calgary, AB University of Western Ontario, London, ON Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C. Durham College, Oshawa, ON Lakehead Univ, Thunder Bay, ON Marianopolis College, MNT, PQ York Univ., North York, ON Washington State University, Pullman, WA Graceland University Independence, MO Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE John Hopkins Univ. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA University of San Francisco Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette, MI
A Short History ofZamora's Sideshow featuring The Torture King.
1991: Co-founds Jim Rose Circus Sideshow in Seattle, WA
1992: Tours with the Lollapalooza Festival, bringing sideshow to a new generation.
1993: Tours US and Europe with the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow.
1994: Splits off from Rose Sideshow, forms own show.
1994-2002: Moves to Napa Valley. Tours US and Canada with Zamora’s Touring Sideshow.
1995: first shows for Knott’s Berry Farm’s Halloween Haunt. He has been a feature act every year since then.
1998: Appearance on Guinness World Records Primetime causes cameraman to faint.
2500 pd car drives over Zamora while he lays on a bed on nails as publicity stunt for Evolving Times Expo in Sacramento, CA.
Zamora’s 1st book, Circus of the Scars, is published.
1999: Faces off with ex-employer/now rival Jim Rose in “The Battle of the Sideshows” in Winnipeg, Canada. Local media declare Zamora the winner.
Zamora is the subject of a segment of 48 Hours with Dan Rather.
2000: 1st appearance on Ripley’s Believe it or Not TV show.
2001: Moves base of operations to Los Angeles. 2nd appearance on Ripley’s Believe it or Not TV show: Walking barefoot on red-hot metal.
2001-2002: Tours as “Male Member” of all girl show Girly Freak Show.
2003: Contacted by Producers of Las Vegas show SHOCK! At the Bourbon Street Casino. Moves to Las Vegas.
2004: Featured in the book Freaks and Fire: The Underground Reinvention of Circus by J. Dee Hill (Soft Skull Press, 2004)
2005: SHOCK! Moves the Greek Isles Casino and changes format to become the Haunted Vegas Show and Tour.
2006: Episode of English TV show Death Wish Live devoted entirely to Zamora. Zamora has 2˝ ton SUV drive over him while he lays on a bed of nails.
2007: Tours with Ozzfest, the largest music festival in the US, with the Bros. Grim Sideshow.
Appears in the Music Video Fallen Leaves by Canadian group Billy Talent. The Video wins Best Music Video of the year at The Much Music Video Awards.
Zamora is the cover story for Shocked and Amazed magazine.
Zamora's 2nd book, Weird Las Vegas, is published by Sterling Publications.
2008: Appearances in Music Festivals in Sweden with the Bros. Grim Sideshow.
Featured on the Turkish TV show Mucizeler Gecesi (Night of Miracles).
Featured Midnight Act at Wonderground at Palace Station Casino in Las Vegas.
2009: Return to Sweden for the West Coast Riot and MetalTown festivals.
On The Pedal to the Metal Tour with Mudvayne and Black Label Society
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