Skilled Make-up Artists can transform a 20-year-old woman into a 50-year-old and vice-versa, a Caucasian to a Chinese, or create a Zombie, Frankenstein Monster or other grotesque fictional characters for the cinema and theater. Together with the special effects team and costume directors, Make-up Artists create a realistic impression of the characters that actors, actresses and extras portray with credible visuals on a play, movie or TV show. A resume as one will require a photo portfolio of characters you’ve assisted in creating in your experience.
Make-up Artist Resume Template
Gina B. Heatherton
Santa Monica, CA
Phone: 310-898-5566
heatherton_gb@ycmail.com
Objective
A position as a Make-Up Artists for a large play or movie production company
Summary of Qualification
- 8 years of experience as a make-up artist in a large movie production studio.
- Excellent command of the verbal and written English language.
Career Experience/Job History
2002 – Present: Contractual Make-Up Artist, MGM Studios
- Examine artists sketches on characters, book illustrations and plaster models to developing make-up materials and prosthetics to achieve the desired character depiction
- Design rubber or plastic prosthesis
- Enhance or highlight performers’ features under any lighting condition, close-up shots or staging effects.
- Check lighting and camera capture to restore normal skin colors as required.
- Utilize inventory of special effect make-up materials such as artificial scars, hairpieces, moustaches and attach these seamlessly to character actors.
- Create illusion of a facial and body distortion with prosthetics.
- Touch up actor’s make-up between scenes, takes and set breaks
Education
2002 – Present: Various workshops on make-up, hairstyling techniques and prosthetics
1998 – 2002: Bachelor of Arts in Theater Production, New York State University
Professional reference will be furnished upon request