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Cinema Makeup School Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Past, present and future stars of the movie makeup industry gathered at the Cinema Makeup School’s Hollywood campus on Sunday to celebrate the 20 years of teaching young artists the makeup and effects trades. Industry veterans, including Academy governor Leonard Engelman and makeup artist Michael Westmore (Star Trek), came out to support the... »
To Go Digital or Not to Go Digital – That is the Question
From the earliest silent shorts, using primitive paints, putties and other primal physical materials, makeup has been essential to the appearance of actors on film. As the decades progressed, so did makeup techniques, as better quality materials became available to artists, eventually including prosthetics, which when applied, would more definitively change an actor’s screen... »
Joel Harlow Takes on H.P. Lovecraft for Cinema Makeup School Anniversary
On May 5, Cinema Makeup School will celebrate the close of its second decade. The school has asked Oscar-winning makeup artist Joel Harlow — known for his multiple iconic collaborations with actor Johnny Depp — to create an original, one-of-a-kind makeup piece to honor its anniversary. »
Makeup and Hairstyling, Oscar Style
Yesterday, in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, one of the Academy’s makeup branch governors Leonard Engelman, presented the three films nominated for best makeup artistry and hairstyling for tonight’s Oscar awards to a sold-out audience of fans, students and numerous cinema artists. »
B2FX Expands into New Creative Studio Space
B2FX, Academy Award winner Barney Burman’s production company, used for special FX makeup, character and creature design, has expanded into new creative studio space in North Hollywood’s Arts District. B2FX is currently in production of makeup FX work for the second season of NBC TV’s dramatic series Grimm. B2FX has been involved with the... »
For Your Consideration – Movie Makeup in the Spotlight
Cinema makeup and hairstyling artistry is so evidently crucial to a film’s success, it remains a wonder that it received almost no attention whatsoever from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from its establishment in 1927 until films that were released in 1981, over half of a century onward. Indeed, in... »
Makeup Pioneer Kazuhiro Tsuji Dreams Out Loud
At the 39th International Makeup Artists Trade Show at the Pasadena Convention Center on Jan. 18, Kazuhiro Tsuji unveiled his latest creation – a stunning three-dimensional bust of Abraham Lincoln that represents his foray into fine arts. Just prior to the debut of the bust, Deverill Weekes and Juliet Landau debuted their new short... »
Contender – Makeup Artist Howard Berger, Hitchcock
Set in 1959 and 1960, Sacha Gervasi’s new semi-biographical film Hitchcock focuses on the titular director’s attempt to make the controversial horror picture Psycho. As Anthony Hopkins had been attached to play lead character of Alfred Hitchcock for a long period prior to production, when makeup artist and designer Howard Berger was brought... »
Seven Features Advance in Race for Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that seven films remain in competition in the makeup and hairstyling category for the 85th Academy Awards. »
Contender – Makeup Artist Peter King, The Hobbit
When makeup and hair designer and key artist Peter King got an email asking him to return to Middle-earth, having already won the Oscar for best makeup for his achievements on The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, he knew that he would be revisiting familiar territory, but that he would update... »