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Timothy C. Cridland AKA Zamora
PO Box 72794, 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
Full Throttle Saloon -- TruTV
Stan Lee's Superhumans -- The History 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)
The Miracle of the Human Body -- (TV-Tokyo Japan)

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 @ The 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 (1995-2010)
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 (2005-2009)
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 - 2010)
Metaltown Festival - Gothenburg, Sweden (2008 - 2011)
Jeff McBride's Wonderground at the Palace Station Casino, Las Vegas (2008)
Hellzapoppin Sideshow Revue (2009 - 2011)
Rocking Roots Festival, Sacramento, CA (2010)
Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum St. Petersburg, FL (2010)
Sturgis Bike Week at The Full Throttle Saloon (2010)
Peace and Love Festival Sweden (2011)
Stockholm Street Festival Sweden (2011)

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, House of Blues, 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)
Smyril Lines -- On Ship Entertainment, Denmark to The Faroe Islands (2011)

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 of Zamora'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

2010: Return to Sweden followed by US tour and appearance at Sturgis Bike Week, the largest biker festival in the world. Appears on Full Throttle Saloon on TruTV and Stan Lee's Superhumans on The History Channel

2011: ????