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*NEW  SPORTS CHALLENGE
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STILL
PHOTOGRAPHY

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PRODUCTS

*WaterSculpt
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Services



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Simulation
For Testing


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EXTREME
Smoke / Fog
Machine


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USED SNOW
& UNIQUE
Equipment

For Sale

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Rinks & Surfaces


Sno-Foam
TRAILER SYSTEM
and
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BLASTS  FROM
THE PAST





Dieter Sturm receives an Academy Award for Scientific & Technical Achievement from Jamie Lee Curtis for the development of biodegradable snow for the motion picture industry.

Dieter Sturm explodes
food and appliances with
 David Letterman
4-shows


Remember the exploding cottage cheese and exploding bratwursts???
Don't ya luv it!!!


ALL NEW
TECHNOLOGY
SNOWFLEX


INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITY

SYNTHETIC
SNOWBOARD & SKI SLOPES
From STURM & BRITON

Now Available In USA

 

 

ATT:  CORPORATE and MUNICIPAL EVENT PLANNERS....
BOOK YOUR
HOLIDAY SNOWMAKING EVENT EARLY !!!!!

 

 

SPECIAL EFFECTS & SNOW MAKING
MOTION PICTURES   TV    COMMERCIALS    STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
PROMOTIONS    SPECIAL EVENTS    MARKETING    SPECIAL PROJECTS
SNOW PARK & RECREATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATION FOR TESTING

 CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT & CONSULTATION


ACADEMY AWARD WINNING...

38
+ YEARS OF HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
                                                                                           Updated March 2022

REAL SNOWMAKING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, PRODUCT KICK-OFFS,
& MORE


NEED A NEW COOL IDEA?  REAL SNOW for special events, product kick-offs, promotions, tours, and marketing campaigns. *Click on the
SPECIAL EVENTS link for details   



CHECK OUT STURM's NEW
"CUBER SNOW MAKING SYSTEM"





Sturm's custom built SNOWMAKER TRUCK
800 LBS of REAL snow per minute in any temperature


POWERFUL, MOBILE, AND FAST

 





Sturm's SNO-FOAM TRAILER SYSTEM
INCREDIBLE SIMULATED SNOW
for backgrounds and whitening trees!



Click on left side link for more information
 
 

 
Here are a few Recent Projects we've worked on-




STURM makes SNOW in Louisiana for the 2019 ACADEMY AWARD winning

motion picture


GREEN BOOK

 
     



 
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Flames and Atmosphere Effects

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Creating Winter for 2019 and 2020 National "Chevy Family" TV commercials
 
 

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High Volume WIND FX Created for a BP TV Commercial In Indiana

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Rain and Mist Special Effects

 

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CREATING WINTER WHEN THERE IS NO SNOW ON THE GROUND YET!


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STURM SFX designs & builds
 
COOL Marketing Vehicles
 
  


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Sturm's REAL SNOW in Transformers 3 - Age of Extinction

 
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Snow Making from The Snowmaker Truck in Pittsburgh

  
 

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SNOW for SHAMELESS on Showtime

   
                                                                                                                                 SFX Coordinator-  Bruce Strong

SNOWING DOWNTOWN CHICAGO's FINANCIAL DISTRICT

   
Hyundai TV Commercial -  45 tons of snow & 1,000 gallons snofoam


REAL SNOW TESTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY


 




CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPORTS CHALLENGE SFX OBSTACLES


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Quack.. Quack...
Designed and provided pyro and rigging special effects in Louisiana

Duck Dynasty Thanksgiving video...


"THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT"
Special Effects Coordination / Hallmark Motion Picture


Filmed in Lebanon, Ohio


BonTon Stores TV commercial shoot

 

 
Worked 3 weeks on the new
SUPERMAN movie in Plano, IL

Built the explosive charges for missile hits down the street
Special thanks to Allen Hall and John Milinac for the invite to work on their crew!
 


Interior Snow for McDONALDS TV Commercial




Massive Smoke Wall created for
LEXUS TV commercial

"VISA"- Win Tickets To The Super Bowl
Network TV Commercial

STURM created the arctic North Pole blizzard


AT&T TV Commercial

Late January, there was little-to-no snow in Minneapolis-
Snow from hero ground cover, falling snow
, blizzard fx, and backgrounds
all had to be created over the course of 2 nights


"THE VOW" motion picture
-Rachael McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange

Sturm's SNOWMAKER TRUCK was brought in to create street snow!


Comedy TV commercial for Wisconsin Tourism - Directed by David Zucker
Watch it here- 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZzFQDNpbY4

"CONTAGION" motion picture
 

Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law

STURM created the real snow in all of the motion picture scenes.



Diaries Of A WIMPY KID "Rolling Blizzard" East Coast Tour
Cherry Hill, NJ, Washington DC, Richmond, VA, Charollete, NC, Atlanta, GA, Miami, FL
6 Cities in six days, 120 Tons of Real Snow, 3,500 miles on road miles logged

   
Thousands of Kids and Parents Played in the Real Snow!!

CHECK OUT our new Special Effects and Mini-Studio. 

We have finished and opened our shop space for shooting
table top, fx inserts, talking heads, small sets for film, video, and still.... great
excuse to bail from the City and shoot here in Lake Geneva!!

 

"A VERY HAROLD & KUMARS 3D CHRISTMAS"

Danny Trejo, Neil Patrick Harris


"The RITE"

Colin O'Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins




Dieter The SnowMan" Sturm

                                                                                                                                           

SNOW MAKING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS ON XMAS DAY


THE WEATHER CHANNEL  "Guaranteed White Christmas" Summerland Key, FL

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Mobile SNOW For SPECIAL EVENTS & MARKETING

HIGH OUTPUT   -Produces 800 lbs of snow per minute


STURM making snow for
Walmart holiday TV commercial in Chicago

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Snow made for
US CELLULAR holiday TV Commercial

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                                                                              Yvonne Sturm -Snow Coordinator

         WE'VE WORKED ON OVER 100
              MOTION PICTURE Projects
Sturm's snows scene in George Clooney feature

"UP IN THE AIR" -George Clooney


Sturm makes snow for The WEATHER CHANNEL

40 Tons of snow make at MODA3 Boardfest      -Milwaukee


Sturm makes snow for NFL Colt's kicker Adam Vinatieri for AT&T commercial



Styrofoam Block Carving and Sculpting by Kelly "The Kid"


Sturm's Snow Made for all-new JACK DANIELS
TV commercials and print ads

"THE GUARDIAN"
Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher

STURM makes arctic snow for new movie


Falling snow effects were produced for Motorola
at the recent CES show in Las Vegas by Sturm

 



Sturm sends snow making equipment to Hong Kong.
Snow event produced by SNOWMAKER ASIA - Anthony Yu .


Huntin' with Kid Rock!       Sturm produced
a wintery snow scene for Kid's VH1 Christmas TV special!


 
Dieter Sturm had fun making snow with all 3 of the Olympic Snowboard Medalists
for
COOL NESTEA Special Event in Santa Monica, California
(L-R / Ross Powers/Gold, Dieter Sturm, JJ Thomas/Bronze, Danny Kass/Silver)



*
Sturm's SNOWMAKER TRUCK was on-location
in CHICAGO making real snow for

"THE WEATHER MAN" - Nicholas Cage / Paramount
FX Coordinator - John Milinac



  Atop a new artificial snowboarding slope in England, Dieter Sturm signs
new deal with Briton Engineering /trademark to bring
SNOWFLEX
® to North America.

*Snow was made in BOSTON for the
uncoming
LANDS END childrens winter catalog.

*Sturm makes it snow at the World of Coca-Cola and Underground Atlanta's
Christmas Tree lighting event in Atlanta


STURM SNOWs'em IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA!
December 2005

*Sturm is on-location in Minnesota to create snow for a TV Commercial for
BEST BUY

*Snow scenes made for the
U.S. POST OFFICE TV Christmas Commercial

*Snow made by Sturm for
Pontiac still photos of the new 2003 model "Vibe"

*Snow and rain were created for the
Nike "Enjoy The Weather" PR event in Chicago

*Snow scenes made for the
Volkswagen Passat TV Commercial

 
Sturm makes snow in Atlanta for the Coca-Cola / NASCAR
press conference kicking-off a special promotion with
       Toys For Tots         


Snow Making In Washington DC Area
2nd Annual WBIG RADIO OLDIES 100 "Christmas In July"
88 degrees outside with 8,000 people having fun in the SNOW!

Event Concept by: Brendan Hurley, Marketing Director
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.  Washington, DC


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WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Sturm's Special Effects International, Inc.
P.O. Box 691  Lake Geneva, Wisconsin  53147  USA

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COMING SOON... "SNOWMANIA®" By STURM
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