TV & Film Projects

My name is Zach Umperovitch and I'm honored to hold the title of "World's Leading Authority" in designing, constructing, testing, judging, educating, and all around anything Chain Reaction / Rube Goldberg related. 

• Creator, Co-Host, & Engineering Producer for "Contraption Masters" on Channel 4 & Discovery+

• National Contest Director for the Rube Goldberg Institute (RGI)

• Author: Rube Goldberg’s Big Book of Building: Make 25 Machines That Really Work!

• Creative Lead of  ZyynLabs - Inventors of Unbridled Creativity

• 40,000+ hours of Hands-On Machine Building Expertise (starting at the age 3), specializing in creating machines suitable for film & commercial productions

• Three-Time Guinness World Record Holder for x2 of the longest Rube machines ever built + x1 for the Largest Potato Battery in history! 

• Two-Time Webby Award Winner  - Powered By Potatoes (Lays)

• 15+ years experience as a Competition Judge & Rule Book Designer

• National Champion at the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (RGMC)

• Contracted Machine Designer & Builder for the Rube Goldberg Institute.

• Appearances on News Networks such as: MSNBC, Yahoo, ABC World News, FOX, etc.

• Machines Built or Featured on TV: Discovery Channel, Modern Marvels, Jeopardy, ESPN, etc.

• Consulting Producer for "Domino Masters" on FOX

• Art Basel - Featured Artist

• Game & Level Designer for "Rube Works - The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Video Game"

• Youtube Channel focused on STEM Education - "Zach's Contraptions" 

All experiences of which I'm incredibly fortunate & honored to have under my belt.  I'm a guy who gets to do some really cool things (and yes, I do have one of the greatest jobs ever). I love every minute of what I do and I'm thrilled to share my knowledge & expertise with others!!