Summary

Passionate professional makeup and effects artist with over 20 years experience in the field. Skills include prosthetic makeup creation and application, custom props and specialty costumes, such as creature suits. Mover, Shaker, Monster-Maker

Credits

8/18 – 8/18

Makeup Department Head She Walks The Woods

Film (Feature-length) — Cult Classic Horror Details
8/18 – 8/18

Complete creature design and team leader for shoot. Designed and created foam latex prosthetic face, silicone body prosthetics, fabricated nails, and antler head rig along with costume design and creation.

5/18 – 5/18

Makeup Department Head (Prosthetic Makeup Lead) Blurred Pictures

Monkey Business Consulting Group — Advertising — Monster Makeup FX Details
5/18 – 5/18

Built the team and collected or made prosthetics for all three human ape characters. Application, and removal lead.

3/18 – 3/18

Makeup Department Head Cracks

Film (Short) — Zombiecat Productions Details
3/18 – 3/18

Beauty makeup, male grooming and light effects makeup. Team leader.

3/18 – 3/18

Special Effects Make Up Artist Tales From The Hood 2 - Bedtime Stories

Film (Feature-length) Details
3/18 – 3/18

Prepainted and applied a three stage prosthetic injury makeup and prepped and rigged a prop 4th stage.

1/18 – 1/18

Makeup Department Head (Lead)

Advertising — JNA Advertising Details
1/18 – 1/18

Built a team, created estimates/invoices for labor and supplies, ordered and prepped prosthetics, supplies, as well as costuming for a Swamp Man and a Wolfman character. Fabricated one set of swamp man gloves. Was lead artist for application for print advertising day as well as commercial shoot day for two spots.

11/17 – 1/18

Production Assistant (Makeup Effects Studio) The Haunting of Hill House (Season 1)

Netflix — TV — Robert Kurtzman Makeup Effects Studio Details
11/17 – 1/18

Assisted with general shop tasks as they related to the special makeup effects department.

10/17 – 11/17

Set Costumer (Additional) The Walking Dead (Season 8)

AMC — TV — Stalwart Films Details
10/17 – 11/17

Pull, mark and check background and walker costumes per supervisor request. Take vouchers, distribute correct costuming to up to 200 background. Touch up/dirty/bloody costume elements appropriately, check correct elements and watch for background inconsistencies and continuity. Instruct background on removal of jewelry and other personal items. Check in background costumes and file alphabetically, return vouchers. Refile costuming after laundry, fill in portion of continuity book. Some days included set costumer (additional) working with principal cast.

9/17 – 9/17

Set Costumer (Additional ) Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (Season 1)

ABC — TV — ABC Studios Details
9/17 – 9/17

Assisting set costumer with following. Dressing background, matching from prior shots. Checking in and out actors. Steaming clothes, watching for costume continuity on set.

Unions

  • IATSE Local 479 Studio Mechanics (SM)
  • IATSE Local 798 Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists (MAHS)

Orgs

  • Georgia Production Parnership

Media

  • Monster Makeup FX Blood Demo Reel | GRAPHIC CONTENT

  • Tour Monster Makeup FX Mobile Special Effects Studio - Thor Outlaw Class A Motor Coach

Recos

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Education

Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Industrial Design | Special Effects Emphasis

My Gear

  • Distressing kit
  • Set Costumer Kit
  • Beauty & Special Effects Airbrush & Compressors
  • Costumer set kit
  • Full Beauty and Prosthetics makeup kits
  • Numerous molds for props and prosthetics

Skills

  • Props
  • painting
  • script breakdown
  • Costume Design
  • Make-up
  • Sync on Set
  • Basic sewing
  • Set Etiquette
  • Sculpting
  • LaTeX
  • Prosthetics
  • lifecasting
  • fabrication
  • Molding
  • Foam Runner
  • Silicone
  • Foam Latex
  • Prosthetic Application
  • prosthetic makeup
  • Gelatin
  • continuity tracking
  • Costume Repair
  • Urethane
  • hemming
  • Bladders and Bleeders
  • Bondo Transfers
  • Encapsulated Silicone
  • Hair Stylling
  • Photo Logging
  • Pneumatic Bullet Hits
  • Pre-painting
  • Stone/Plaster molding/fabrication
  • Theatrical Teeth
  • Walkie Protocals