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Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Symposium Scheduled for Feb. 26
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its annual Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Symposium at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Feb. 26, starting at 2:30 p.m. The event will be followed by a gala reception. »
With Screen Characters, The Makeup is the Thing
When Charlize Theron won her coveted Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 2003’s Monster, among her many thanks was one to “Toni G for transforming me.” The moment was as revealing as it was shocking; rarely had a winning performer thanked the makeup artist for a manner of transformation into a unique onscreen... »
Contender – Makeup Artist Adrien Morot, Barney’s Version
Adrien Morot was born in Montreal and has been working there for the past 10 years after a stint in California. Based on those experiences, he was approached to create entire characters – including hair and makeup – for the Montreal-based drama Barney’s Version, including aging the principal cast into their 60s. »
Seven Films Remain in Competition in Makeup Category
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup category for the 83rd Academy Awards®. »
Contender – Makeup Artist Ken Diaz, Get Low
Ken Diaz started in the entertainment industry 35 years ago when he attended makeup school. Through mutual friend and eventual makeup effects expert Vince Prentice, he met Rob Bottin, who went on to a spectacular makeup effects career in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1978, Diaz’ career was launched when he put together a... »
Contender – Makeup Artist Rick Baker, The Wolfman
Throughout his lengthy career, Rick Baker has created some of cinema’s most memorable monsters. The six-time Oscar winner for Best Makeup notably realized one of the greatest horror monsters in movie history with An American Werewolf in London. Now, 30 years later, he brought another lycanthrope to the screen with Universal Pictures’... »
KNB Walks With The Dead
Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, and former partner Robert Kurtzman started KNB EFX Group in 1988 after working on many effects films in the early and mid-1980s... Now, they have created zombies for the recent Frank Darabont TV series, The Walking Dead, an American Movie Classics project, debuting on Halloween. »
Master Makeup Artist Robin Mathews
To the delight of millions of younger fans, a closeup of the beautiful Kristen Stewart fills the screen in Eclipse, the latest entry in the Twilight series. To realize that image, behind-the-scenes on set in Canada, her makeup artist, the proficient Robin Mathews, had to carefully adjust Stewart’s natural complexion to play her... »
30th Anniversary of Raging Bull – The Makeup
In addition to his lengthy career in TV and film, starting as John Chambers’ apprentice in the early 1960s, Michael Westmore served as makeup department head of Star Trek for the franchise’s films and TV shows from 1987 to 2005. He was nominated for a Best Makeup Academy Award for Star Trek: First Contact... »
Below-The-Line Trends: Hybrid Visual Effects Techniques – The Wolfman
As evidenced in films including The Wolfman which many viewers will first see on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def in its release on Tuesday June 1, the new modus operandi in visual effects production for feature films includes a hybrid of techniques and the use of several vendors to service all of the needs of... »
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Norwegian director Morten Tyldum Blends Mystery and Humor in HeadhuntersMay 2012 | By Jack Egan
Headhunters, is a new Norwegian movie, stylishly helmed by Morten Tyldum, one of the country’s best- known directors. Blending suspense and violence with macabre... »
Greg Carter Resurrects a Baseball Hero
April 2012 | By Scott Essman
With the onset of April every spring, one conjures the classic baseball films in cinema lore. Certainly The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of... »