Zen's CASTLE shot from CHRIS HOPKINS' UCLA Thesis film MINSTREL'S SONG	Behind the scenes of THE MINSTREL'S SONG - how the shot was achieved - with a 2-part FOREGROUND MINIATURE	Zen's original drawing of his PRETORIOUS RESONATOR design for FROM BEYOND (1986) Directed by STUART GORDON
Zen bolting details on to the RESONATOR with assistant GARRY FERRINGTON	Zen aligning the Resonator tuning forks	Zen with his completed "FROM BEYOND" RESONATOR (photo by JAMES KNIGHT)
GARRY FERRINGTON with ZEN MANSLEY and the completed RESONATOR (1986)	BARBARA CRAMPTON on set in Italy with the RESONATOR and MARK SHOSTROM's PRETORIOUS MONSTER in FROM BEYOND (1986)	BARBARA CRAMPTON and the RESONATOR from a Playboy Magazine shoot
Zen with the RESONATOR and actor TED SOREL (who payed EDWARD PRETORIOUS) at a convention promoting the release of FROM BEYOND	Zen on a convention panel with BARBARA CRAMPTON, TED SOREL and JOHN BUECHLER promoting the release of FROM BEYOND (1986)	Actor JEFFREY COMBS with Zen's Resonator study model mock up at DARK DELICACIES (Photo by DENNIS SKOTAK)
Zen sculpting a "pimp table" in the style of the Clockwork Orange Milk Bar for the KENNAN IVORY WAYANS' comedy I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA (1988)	Zen's finished Pimp Table for I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA (1988) The scene was cut from the final print	Zen's original design for the TIME TRAVEL CHAMBER for TRANCERS 2 (1991) Directed by CHARLES BAND
Zen with carpentry assistant MIKE HENDERSON fitting the door to his TIME CHAMBER for TRANCERS 2 (1991)	Zen with Details Assistant NINA CANAL adding the "solar panel" style sides to Zen's TIME CHAMBER for TRANCERS 2 (1991)	Zen aligning the TIME SAILS
GARRY FERRINGTON (foreground) and DENNIS DOTY (in black) visit Zen on the TIME CHAMBER set	Zen with his completed Time Chamber from TRANCERS 2 (1991) The quasi-religious tile background on the wall behind was designed by Zen and painted by Zen and NINA CANAL	Zen's TIME CHAMBER with it's Electrode Lights on
Zen made the exploding "HOUSE ON THE HIILL" for the armageddon scene TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991) Special Effects by 4-WARD PRODUCTIONS	The shot element of Zen's BREAKAWAY HOUSE on the hill for before the background cityscape was added for JAMES CAMERON's TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991) Zen made three of them	Zen made a miniature of "KURT RUSSELL's boat" for a storm scene in CAPTAIN RON (1992) that was the first digitally composited shot using water. Special Effects by 4-WARD PRODUCTIONS
Zen made the HOLLYWOOD SIGN miniature and saucers (and puppeteered them) for the opening credits of FLYING SAUCERS OVER HOLLYWOOD: A PLAN 9 COMPANION (1992) Directed by MARK CARDUCCI	Zen finishing up the miniature Hollywood sign for the opening credits of FLYING SAUCERS OVER HOLLYWOOD: A PLAN 9 COMPANION (1992)	OASCAR winner DENNIS SKOTAK sets up the shot of Zen's DEMETER ship model entering London Harbor for FRANCIS COPPOLA's film of BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) Special Effects by 4-WARD PRODUCTIONS (Photo by Zen Mansley)
Zen adding the main layer of plexiglass windows to his GREENHOUSE model for the last shot of HEART AND SOULS (1993) Individual window panels were added over the main sheet to add definition	Zen made an 11 foot long Greenhouse "miniature" for the last shot of HEART AND SOULS (1993)	DENNIS SKOTAK sets up Zen's 11-foot long GREENHOUSE miniature (with a rear projection of ROBERT DOWNEY, JR and ELIZABETH SHUE inside it) for the last shot of HEART AND SOULS (1993) Special Effects by 4-WARD PRODUCTIONS
Zen made a Hollywood Hills miniature for TIM BURTON's ED WOOD (1994)	The GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY section of the HOLLYWOOD HILLS model Zen made for TIM BURTON's ED WOOD (1994)	Zen made the details for the 53-foot long BRIDGE "bigature" used in DANTE'S PEAK (1997)
Zen made a model of an impaled Jeep for the last FX shot in DANTE'S PEAK (1997)	Zen made the rockets and miniature sets for the animated short "ROCKIN' ROCKET" for SESAME STREET	The Rocket goes around the moon for SESAME STREET's ROCKIN ROCKET. Directed by SCOTT NORDLAND
Zen setting up the lighting of the ROCKET WINDOW with tiny mirrors inside the shell for SESAME STREET's ROCKIN' ROCKET	Tiny mirrors reflect light on to the Astronaut and Aliens (Created by SCOTT NORDLUND) to prevent glare on the window dome for SESAME STREET's ROCKIN' ROCKET	Zen made WEIRD AL's HOUSE for the opening sequence of THE WEIRD AL SHOW (1997) Animation by SCOTT NORDLUND
2-Time OSCAR Winner ROBERT SKOTAK filming a realistic ROCKET model Zen made for a secret film project	Zen creating an alien landscape for a secret project Photo by ROBERT SKOTAK