Kari Byron

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Kari Elizabeth Byron (born December 18, 1974 in the San Francisco Bay Area , California ) is an American sculptor , painter and television presenter . She was best known through the television program MythBusters - Die Wissensjäger .

Life

After graduating from San Francisco State University with a degree in film and sculpture , Kari Byron went on a few trips before starting to work as a painter and sculptor. She has had several successful exhibitions with her works in well-known galleries in San Francisco . Her design skills and penchant for doing odd jobs soon led her into the field of model design and prototype creation in the toy field, so she got a job at M5 Industries , a company founded by Jamie Hyneman in 1997 . It was through him that Kari Byron got her role in MythBusters on the Discovery Channel .

Kari Byron has been married to the artist Paul Urich since 2006. The couple have a daughter. Kari Byron is also an atheist and pescetarian .

moderator

At MythBusters , Byron co-hosted a team with Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara, and worked with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman . The program tries to get to the bottom of different myths . Each of them had their own area within the show. Their first task was to make a model to investigate the rumor that the vacuum toilets in airplanes could muster enough force to injure a person from the negative pressure. Since the second season of the show, she had taken on a bigger role with her team. Byron was on maternity leave during the second half of 2009, when she was represented at MythBusters by Jessi Combs .

Since 2010, Kari Byron has her own television series Head Rush on the Science Channel. The program focuses on scientific education, especially for young people. Byron also hosted two issues of Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships for the Science Channel in 2010 and 2011 .

Filmography / moderation (selection)

  • 2003-2014, 2016: MythBusters - Die Wissensjäger ( MythBusters , 200+ episodes)
  • 2005–2006: Beyond Tomorrow (7 episodes)
  • 2006: Late Show with David Letterman (an episode)
  • 2010/2011: Large, Dangerous, Rocket Ships (moderation)
  • 2011: Conan (guest appearance, episode: The Unbearable Lightness of Light Beer )
  • 2011: Punkin Chunkin 2011 (moderation)
  • 2012: Sharkzilla
  • 2012: G4 Presents Comic Con 2012 Live (TV show)

Web links

Commons : Kari Byron  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Interview with Kari Byron: San Francisco Treat. at joe-mammy.com, accessed November 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original dated December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on dsc.discovery.com, accessed November 28, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dsc.discovery.com
  3. ↑ Paul Urich's exhibition with photos of his wife and daughter on needles-pens.com, accessed on November 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ Kari Byron by Sash | SuicideGirls. In: suicidegirls.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Kari Byron: Kari Byron video answer on Google - "Most asked on Google" to the question "Is Kari Byron a vegetarian?" E. In: Google.com. Google, accessed July 22, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Headrush ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on discovery.com or Kari Byron Interview on aoltv.com, accessed November 28, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / headrush.discovery.com
  7. ^ Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships. on thefutoncritic.com, accessed November 28, 2012.
  8. ^ 'Mythbusters' Cast Kari Byron, Grant Imahara & Tory Belleci Out . Latino Post. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Byron, Kari
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Byron, Kari Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptor, painter, and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco Bay Area , California , USA