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by Gretchen Davis


  Bradley M. Look

  Emmy winner for Star Trek: Voyager (“Threshold” episode) and eight times nominated, Makeup Artist Bradley Look has written numerous articles on makeup, including co-writing the book Star Trek Aliens & Artifacts. Born in Peoria, Illinois, Brad now lives in Southern California, where he works in the entertainment industry. Besides teaching The Art of Film and Television Makeup at national and international universities, Brad has worked on productions such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Santa Claus 3: The Escape Clause, Boston Legal, Poseidon, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek—just to name a few.

  Gil Mosko

  Gil Mosko, president of GM Foam, Inc., created GM Foam in 1987 to meet the needs of the Makeup Artist for a more user-friendly foam latex. Gil Mosko has numerous awards, including 10 Emmy nominations, and five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Series. He was also director of the Star Trek Makeup Lab. Mosko has developed foam latex, which has become the standard of the industry. He started his career with a major in environmental biology and a minor in chemistry at the University of Colorado. From there, he worked at Mattel Toymakers for two years as a designer in the Preliminary Design Department. For the next 15 years, Gil owned and operated Gil Mosko Pottery and worked as director at R&D Nearly Me Corp., holding patents for revolutionary designs for prostheses for mastectomy patients.

  Michele Mulkey

  Michele Mulkey has been a special effects Makeup Artist and prop maker for over 11 years, working in both Los Angeles and New York City. While attending college in Pennsylvania, Michele discovered her love of makeup while taking independent study classes for theatre makeup with her mentor, Professor Brenda C. Eppley. Upon receiving her degree in the performing arts/theatre, Michele moved to California to continue her professional training as a Makeup Artist through classes at Make-Up Designory. Starting her career in Los Angeles, Michele honed her skills working both in-house and on-set for many special effects shops, including Keith Vanderlaan's Captive Audience, Crisis FX, Alterian, Inc., and Film Illusions.

  Working out of her own Special Effects shop and traveling back and forth between Los Angeles and New York City, Michele continues to work as a special effects Makeup Artist and prop maker in film, television, and theatre, as well as serving as a member of the faculty for Make-Up Designory's New York campus. Michele's credits have a combined total of over 34 feature films and television shows, including Petunia, The Last Samurai, The Chronicles of Riddick, Venom, Son of the Mask, Blood Junkies, Charmed, C.S.I. Miami, Joss Whedon's Firefly, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and the Off-Broadway production of Beast.

  Matthew Mungle

  Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Matthew W. Mungle is regarded as one of Hollywood's premier special effects Makeup Artists. With over 100 film and television projects to his credit, Matthew has earned accolades and recognition as one of the industry's top masters of makeup illusion. Born in Durant, Oklahoma in 1956, Matthew was one of five children. As a boy, he was fascinated by makeup. Matthew credits the film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao as a factor in him deciding to become a Makeup Effects Artist. In 1978, Matthew applied to and was accepted into Joe Blasco's Makeup Center, the premier academy responsible for training many of the film and television industries' elite Makeup Artists. Matthew's impressive list of film, television, and theater credits include the box office hits The Perfect Storm, Bedazzled, The Polar Express, The Omen, X-Men, The X Files, CSI: Miami, Six Feet Under, The Fast and the Furious, and the Broadway hit Wicked—just to name a few. Matthew, founder of W.M. Creations, Inc., along with John E. Jackson, has developed products for the Makeup Artist that no one should be without. Matthew wanted to give the working Makeup Artist a chance to create and buy products he would use himself. Matthew continues to educate and influence new Makeup Artists today worldwide.

  Kenny Myers

  Nominated twice for Emmy Awards and Department Head on the Academy Award–nominated picture, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Kenny Myers has mastered many projects and has had many successes over the years. Kenny graduated from William Paterson College in 1976 with a master's degree in communication arts-theatrical design. In 1976, Kenny moved to Los Angeles and began to work as an apprentice to Chris Walas. During the past 20 years, Kenny has been involved with many pictures, including The Prestige, X-Men: The Last Stand, War of the Worlds, Collateral, The Last Samurai, Home Alone, Star Trek, Back to the Future Part III, The Return of the Living Dead, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. In 1999, Kenny, in conjunction with his company Cine Makeup, Inc., created an effects makeup line of highly pigmented flesh tone inks called Skin Illustrator. Shortly after, Kenny teamed with industry manufacturer Premiere Products, Inc., and is continually expanding the product line. Kenny was truly honored when asked to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

  Dina Ousley

  Over the past 15 years, Dina Ousley, president and founder of Dinair Airbrush Makeup Systems, Inc., has guided and directed the development of a sprayable glamour makeup and glamour makeup application system. Of even more significance, during that time, she pioneered “the new art of airbrush makeup.” The artistic makeup techniques she has developed go far beyond the boundaries of traditional application, and more fluently and vividly express the Makeup Artist vision. The new art of micropointillism makeup is a futuristic version of pointillism where one dot of color at a time is applied to depict images. The 15-year proving ground for the makeup and techniques occurred during her work as a Hollywood Makeup Artist. Over the past 20 years she has worked on feature films, TV specials, national and regional commercials, music videos, and star still-photo shoots. Her Makeup Artist career followed her earlier career as a film and television actress.

  Cristina Patterson

  Born in Madrid, Spain, Cristina Patterson came to Los Angeles at the age of one. Cristina was introduced to the film industry by her mother, Raffaelle Butler, a Hollywood Makeup Artist. Following her mother's example, Cristina dove into makeup for motion pictures. In 1995, she joined Professional Vision Care Associates as a Contact Lens Technician. In 2002, Cristina was promoted to Special Effects Coordinator. She is now designing and painting contact lenses for film and television, and prosthetic lenses for patients. Cristina is an accomplished, self-taught painter in the fine arts. She is always working to find new ways to paint contact lenses.

  Robert Revels

  Robert Revels graduated from the Academy of Art University with a BFA in illustration. Robert has worked in the illustration and graphics industry since 1994. Mr. Revels has worked on a variety of projects ranging from children's stories to large concert backdrops for artists such as Carlos Santana and U2. Since graduating from the Academy, he has garnered numerous awards. Revels was chosen as one of two artists to represent the Academy in the San Francisco International Arts Festival. He was also the recipient of a Judges Choice Award from the San Francisco and New York Society of Illustrators annual shows. He is also the founder of the greeting card company, Rockfish Designs. Mr. Revels has returned to teach at his alma mater to give back to the next generation of artists.

  Christien Tinsley

  Christien Tinsley is an Academy Award–nominated Makeup Artist who grew up in Auburn, Washington. At the age of 21, Tinsley moved to Los Angeles after receiving his first job as an effects artist. Working at Steve Johnson's FX Shop, Christien developed a range of materials and was soon overseeing and supervising effects for several films. Tinsley's first union job was applying prosthetics to Clint Howard in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Tinsley continued on to his next film, Pearl Harbor, which ultimately launched his signature product, Tinsley Transfers. Christien developed “prosthetic transfers” when creating the look for Jesus in The Passion of the Christ. Today, Tinsley Transfers, Inc., has emerged into a leading provider of tattoos and prosthetic transfers effects for some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Vin Diesel, and Justin
Timberlake. Tinsley accredits his influences to such individuals as Rick Baker, Greg Cannom, Steve Johnson, Rob Bottin, and Dick Smith.

  Joseph N. Tawil

  Joseph N. Tawil is founder and president of GAM Products, Inc., the Los Angeles–based theatrical lighting and special-effects company. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, a fellow of the United States Institute of Theater Technology, and an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Tawil has authored a dozen articles on lighting that have been published in industry trade journals. He often guest lectures at universities on the subject of color, and is a frequent speaker for the International Photographers Guild about color measurement. Tawil holds more than a dozen patents in the lighting field, and has created many special-effects and projection devices (including the patented Film/FX and SX4 film loop) that have become standard production tools for the entertainment industry. They include the first deep-dyed polyester color filter, the first off-the-shelf, stainless-steel pattern, and Black Wrap, the original, for which he received an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Award.

  Nancy Tozier

  Nancy Tozier went to Salem State University, majoring in psychology. She attended cosmetology school in Massachusetts. In the 1980s, she owned her own spa and managed another spa with 22 styling chairs, heading the makeup and skin care department. Nancy graduated from the Catherine Hinds Institute in Woburn, Massachusetts in 1989, valedictorian and winner of the Marietta Hinds Award. She has studied the art of skin tones, color theory, and skin care with mentors such as Glen Lockhart of Bion Research Skin Care, James Vincent, and Nancy Feliciano. Tozier is a respected educator and innovator.

  Kazuhiro “Kazu” Tsuji

  Kazuhiro Tsuji was born in Kyoto, Japan. Throughout his childhood he was interested in art, movies, science, and technology. Later Kazuhiro started corresponding with Dick Smith (Amadeus, The Exorcist, and The Godfather). After Tsuji graduated, Smith invited him to work on the Japanese film, Sweet Home. Tsuji started his own business and has worked on numerous Japanese movies including Rhapsody in August, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Ran, Yojimbo). Tsjui has also taught makeup at the Yoyogi Animation Institute.

  In 1996 he was sponsored by Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London, The Nutty Professor) to work on Men In Black. This started the collaboration between Tsuji (as project supervisor and makeup artist) and Baker that has lasted over 10 years. The projects include Batman and Robin, The Devil's Advocate, Mighty Joe Young, Nutty Professor II, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Planet of the Apes, Men In Black II, The Ring, Hellboy, Norbit and many more. Tsuji also won a BAFTA award for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and was nominated for Planet of the Apes. He won the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards for Planet of the Apes and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He received an Oscar nomination for Click and an Oscar nomination for Norbit.

  Tsuji started his own company, KTS Effects, Inc., in 2007. Tsuji continues to be one of the top respected Makeup Artists for designing and executing exciting and new makeup techniques.

  Paul Wheeler

  Renowned cinematographer, director of photography, and writer are only just the start of a list of titles that outline Paul Wheeler's career. He was twice nominated by BAFTA for a Best Cinematography Award, and has twice been the winner of the Indie Award for Best Digital Cinematography. Paul is the author of several popular books on cinematography. He also lectures at establishments such as The London International Film School and the Royal College of the Arts. He is a member of the Guild of British Camera Technicians, a Fellow of the British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society, and a Member of the British Society of Cinematographers.

  Patty York

  Patty York wanted to be involved in movie making since she was a little girl. Being a big dreamer, movies activated her imagination; she was a natural at creatively expressing herself. Patty worked as a commercial artist in her early years, moving to New York City where she worked with fashion designers, all the while stimulating her lifelong obsession with the beauty industry. A need to generate more income in New York City sent Patty back to school to earn a degree in business. Patty became a “suit.” The stagnation was killing her spirit and she craved and missed being creative; she woke up one day to realize that being a suit was not her! Time to put her brush strokes to a living breathing canvas. She apprenticed with several professional Makeup Artists in New York City, learning everything she could from them. She worked as a print Makeup Artist before moving to Hollywood to pursue her dream. With additional training in the film industry to fine tune her instincts as an artist, she learned film techniques and set protocol. Today, Patty still lives in Los Angeles, and enjoys a successful career as a makeup department head and personal Makeup Artist to the stars!

  Unions

  International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE): Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists, and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories, and Canada, AFL-CIO.

  The IATSE is the labor union representing technicians, artisans, and craftspeople in the entertainment industry, including live theater, motion picture and television production, and trade shows.

  LOCAL 706: Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists

  828 N. Hollywood Way

  Burbank, CA 91505

  Tel: 818-295-3933

  [email protected]

  Web site: www.local706.org

  LOCAL 798: Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists

  152 West 24th St.

  New York, NY 10011

  Tel: 212-627-0660

  Index

  Note: Page numbers followed by b indicate boxes and f indicate figures.

  A

  Additive color mixing

  45–46

  Airbrush

  Badger Model 100 G

  169, 169f

  Badger Model 80–3 mini compressor

  171, 172f

  Badger Model 100MU

  169, 169f

  Badger Model Omni 5000

  169, 169f

  Badger Model 80-7xaIR compressor

  171, 172f

  Badger Model 80-8x air compressor

  171, 172f

  Badger 360 Universal

  169, 169f

  body makeup application

  186

  characteristics

  168

  cleaning

  186–187

  compressors

  170–171

  dual action

  168

  external mix

  168

  feeds

  168–169

  hybrid airbrush

  169

  internal mix

  168

  Iwata HP-CH

  170

  Iwata HP-C Plus

  169

  Iwata HP-CR

  170

  Iwata HP-CS

  170

  makeup chart

  180f

  natural beauty makeup application

  176–178

  Paasche D100

  171, 171f

  Paasche D3000R

  171, 171f

  Paasche H#3 single action

  169

  paasche talon double

  169, 169f

  Paasche VJR#2

  169, 169f

  safety

  187

  silicone prosthetics

  183–185

  single action

  168

  with stencils

  178–179

  temptu compressor and gun

  172, 172f

  trigger

  168

  Albright, Darla

  289

  Alchemy palette

  102, 102f

  Alcohol-based airbrush makeup

 

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