Biography:Jamie Hyneman

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Jamie Hyneman
Hyneman in 2016
Born
James Franklin Hyneman

(1956-09-25) September 25, 1956 (age 69)
Marshall, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materIndiana University
OccupationCEO, M5 Industries
Years active1985–present
Spouse(s)
Eileen Walsh (m. 1989)
Websitem5industries.com

James Franklin Hyneman (/ˈhaɪnəmən/; born September 25, 1956)[1] is an American special effects expert who was co-host of the television series MythBusters alongside Adam Savage, where he became known for his distinctive beret and walrus moustache. He is also the owner of M5 Industries, the special effects workshop where MythBusters was filmed.

He was an early competitor in Robot Wars, but his robot Blendo was deemed too dangerous for competition.[2] He is the inventor of the Sentry,[3] an unmanned firefighting robotic vehicle. He is also one of the designers of the aerial cable robotic camera system Wavecam used in sports and entertainment events.[4]

Early life

Hyneman was born in Marshall, Michigan, and grew up on a farm in Columbus, Indiana. He said, "I was a problematic kid, to be sure. I left home when I was 14 and hitchhiked all over the country." As a child, Hyneman spent time at Indiana University, where his mother was a graduate librarian.[5][6] At age fifteen, he owned a pet store in a shopping mall in Columbus.[7] Hyneman graduated from Columbus North High School in 1974.[8]

Academic life

In 1981 Hyneman earned a degree in Russian linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington.[9]

In November 2021, he was appointed professor of practice at LUT University in Lappeenranta, Finland, for a five-year term until November 2026, and gave his first lecture on prototypes on November 18, 2021.[10][11]

Honorary degrees

He received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Villanova University on May 16, 2010, and gave a commencement address.[12][13] On November 25, 2011, Hyneman was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Twente for his role in the popularization of science and technology.[14] In February 2017 he was named one of the fourteen new honorary doctors of technology by Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT.[15][11]

Career

MythBusters Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, Hyneman, Grant Imahara, and Adam Savage in 2012
Hyneman and a Blue Angels team member at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma prepare for the Sonic Boom Sound-off episode in 2009.

Hyneman has worked as a boat captain,[16] certified divemaster,[16] wilderness survival expert, linguist, pet store owner,Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

Special effects work

Hyneman owns the special effects company M5 Industries in San Francisco. Some of his achievements in commercials include the can-spitting vending machine seen in 7 Up commercials, and his patented two-wheeled football shoe from Nike Lab commercials.[17]

Other appearances

Hyneman and Adam Savage portray two army junk-sellers in the film The Darwin Awards. They appear during the story of the rocket-car, which they partially reproduced previously in the MythBusters series's pilot episode and retested twice more.[18]

President Barack Obama meets with Hyneman and Adam Savage in the White House Library on July 27, 2010.

Hyneman made a cameo appearance along with Savage on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on the May 1, 2008 episode "The Theory of Everything",[19] where they play inspectors giving thumbs-up after seeing a shirt soaked in pepper spray catch fire when shot by a taser. They tested this myth on MythBusters and declared it confirmed with certain types of pepper spray.[20]

He and Savage executive produced and appeared as judges on the game show Unchained Reaction, which premiered in March 2012.[21] The two also voiced characters on The Simpsons episode "The Daughter Also Rises" as a parody of themselves, the "MythCrackers", which prompts Bart and Milhouse to experiment in a similar fashion. Both Hyneman and Savage also voiced stormtroopers in the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars special.[22]

Personal life

In 1984, Hyneman met science teacher Eileen Walsh when he owned a sailboat diving charter business in the Virgin Islands. Hyneman and Walsh married in 1989.[23][24] Hyneman is an atheist.[25] He has stated that, while he has not been formally diagnosed, he suspects he displays characteristics of autism spectrum disorder.[26]

See also

  • List of atheists in film, radio, television and theater

References

  1. ↑ ((The Editors of Chase's)) (2009). Chase's Calendar of Events 2009. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-07-159956-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=WoV51PohNjwC&q=%22Jamie+Hyneman%22+1956&pg=PA472. Retrieved 20 July 2013. 
  2. ↑ "The Combat Robot Hall of Fame". http://runamok.tech/hall_of_fame.html. 
  3. ↑ Dupzyk, Kevin (13 November 2018). "The Tank That's Tougher Than Wildfire: How Jamie Hyneman Turned an Armored Personnel Carrier Into the Future of Firefighting" (in en-US). https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a25051641/mythbuster-jamie-hyneman-wildfire-tank-sentry/. 
  4. ↑ "'MythBusters' make surprise appearance at SolidWorks World 2006". SolidWorks. January 23, 2005. https://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2006/01/mythbusters_mak.html?_ga=2.206045200.2084582821.1542489534-4e200310-eaae-11e8-acad-0720c71a201f. 
  5. ↑ "'MythBusters' pair experiments at the Morris". https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/entertainment/2014/12/04/mythbusters-pair-experiments-at-the-morris/45753457/. 
  6. ↑ Dwyer, John Stephen (May 5, 2010). "The men behind the MythBusters". Blast Magazine. http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/tv/2010/05/the-men-behind-the-mythbusters/. 
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Pet store
  8. ↑ "MAN OF MYTH | the Republic News". 27 April 2016. https://www.therepublic.com/2016/04/27/man_of_myth/. 
  9. ↑ Zimmerman, Keith; Zimmerman, Kent (2004). MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time. Simon Spotlight Entertainment. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4169-0929-3. https://archive.org/details/mythbustersexplo00keit_0. 
  10. ↑ "Jamie Hyneman appointed Professor of Practice at LUT University - News - LUT" (in en-GB). https://www.lut.fi/web/en/news/-/asset_publisher/lGh4SAywhcPu/content/jamie-hyneman-appointed-professor-of-practice-at-lut-university. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Salovaara, Outi (November 18, 2021). "Myytinmurtaja-professori Jamie Hyneman paljastaa syyn, miksi pitää Suomesta – saunomaan hän ei kuitenkaan suostu" (in fi). Ilta-Sanomat. https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000008412289.html. 
  12. ↑ "MythBusters Co-Host Jamie Hyneman To Deliver Villanova University's 2010 Commencement Address". Villanova University. 22 April 2010. http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/pressreleases/2010/0422.html. 
  13. ↑ "Meet Jamie and Adam". Discovery Channel. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/unchained-reaction/bios.html. 
  14. ↑ van der Veen, Wiebe (29 June 2011). "UT awards honorary doctorates to MythBusters, two leading scientists and a business pioneer" (in en). http://www.utwente.nl/organization/stories/honorary-doctorates. 
  15. ↑ "LUT's new honorary doctors include academic scholars, business leaders and Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman - News - LUT" (in en-GB). http://www.lut.fi/web/en/news/-/asset_publisher/lGh4SAywhcPu/content/lut-s-new-honorary-doctors-include-academic-scholars-business-leaders-and-mythbuster-jamie-hyneman. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Skepticality: The MythBusters". Skeptic Magazine. 12 December 2006. http://www.skepticality.com/the-mythbusters/. 
  17. ↑ Jamie Hyneman, "Remote Control Device with Gyroscopic Stabilization and Directional Control", US patent 6458008, issued 2002-10-01
  18. ↑ "The Darwin Awards (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/darwin_awards/. 
  19. ↑ "CSI: The Theory of Everything Cast List". tv.com. CBS Interactive. http://www.tv.com/csi/the-theory-of-everything/episode/1190007/cast.html?tag=episode_header;cast. 
  20. ↑ "Fireball Stun Gun". MythBusters. Season 2010. Episode 146. 2 June 2010. Discovery Channel.
  21. ↑ Hibberd, James (January 20, 2012). "'MythBusters' hosts launching new show". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/20/mythbusters-unchained-reaction/. Retrieved 2012-01-20. 
  22. ↑ ""Phineas and Ferb" Phineas and Ferb Star Wars (TV Episode 2014)". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3067144/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast. 
  23. ↑ "MythBusters Behind The Scenes Interview". Discovery UK. http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/web/mythbusters/behind-the-scenes/interview/. 
  24. ↑ "Adam Savage Interview - Part 1". The Sneeze. August 23, 2005. http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000408.php. 
  25. ↑ "KPCS: Adam Savage #99". 15 February 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8TSzXl7t8#t=1h20m0s. 
  26. ↑ Salovaara, Outi (2021-11-18). "Myytinmurtaja-professori Jamie Hyneman paljastaa syyn, miksi pitää Suomesta – saunomaan hän ei kuitenkaan suostu" (in fi). https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000008412289.html. 



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