Leading Ladies of Makeup Effects: Showcasing the Award-Winning Women of Makeup Effects for Film and Television - Softcover

Terry, Patricia L.; Christensen, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999343211 ISBN 13: 9780999343210

Publisher: OneOffPublishingLLC, 2017

Synopsis

Written by Patricia L. Terry and Gary Christensen, this is the 1st book to offer portrait biographies about 26 Leading Ladies working in makeup effects for film and television. Featuring their influences, training, projects and careers, these biographies express how and why these Ladies have risen to success. The book features 12 Oscar winners, 9 Emmy winners, and 5 Emerging Artists (the possible award-winners of tomorrow).

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About the Author

Patricia L. Terry is a Theater Director who has directed over 100 productions at theaters in Southern California. For 13 years she served as Artistic Director of the Alternative Repertory Theatre (a small non-profit theater in Orange County) for which she oversaw all the productions and directed 35. She won a Drama-Logue award for her direction of The House of Blue Leaves; other favorite projects at ART stylistically ranged from Seascape, to No Exit, to Macbeth, to Long Day’s Journey Into Night. In addition, she was Producing Artistic Director of the Pandemonium Word Ballet and Literary Circus, a travelling educational company producing Theater for Children. She also directed and taught acting at several colleges in Orange County. For the past six years, she has written a blog, Pat’s Musings on Living La Dolce Vita, about her experiences living in retirement in Italy where she spends six months of the year. Gary Christensen is a Makeup Artist and Designer for Theater.  In the area of Makeup Special Effects, he has won a Drama-Logue Award for his prosthetics makeup design for Comedy of Errors at the Grove Shakespeare Festival.  2013, 2014, and 2015, he designed silicone makeup effects as a demonstrator for Mouldlife and Neill Gorton Prosthetics Studios at the London International Makeup Artists Trade Show (IMATS) and United Makeup Artists Expo (UMA Expo).  In his tenure as Founding Member and Producer of the Alternative Repertory Theatre, Gary designed makeup for over 30 productions. Also, as a Theater Makeup Instructor, he has taught and designed at several colleges and universities throughout Southern California including CalArts, California State University, Fullerton, Mesa College, San Diego, and Riverside City College.  For two years, he served as “Backstage” columnist for Make-Up Artist Magazine for Issues #11 (Feb/Mar 1998) through #23 (Feb/Mar 2000). For more information, visit: www.leadingladiesofmakeupeffects.com

About this edition

• Publisher: OneOffPublishingLLC
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0999343211
• ISBN 13: 9780999343210
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322