Brett Doar is a multi-disciplinary artist, engineer and contraptionist known for building Rube Goldberg machines and other interactive and kinetic devices.
Doar is best known for his roles as a primary engineer for the Rube Goldberg machine in OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass" music video,[1] lead engineer and creative director for "Red Bull Kluge,"[2] and creator of GoldieBlox's "Princess Machine".
[5] He has worked as a commercial fisherman in the Bering Sea, a bus driver, a film and video editor, and a teacher at the preschool, middle school and university level.
Doar was a primary engineer of the Rube Goldberg machine for OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass" music video, which premiered on YouTube on 2 March 2010 and achieved over 6 million views within six days.
[7] In 2014, Doar created the machine used in the promotional trailer for the Android release of the mobile video game, Leo's Fortune.