Special Effects Artist Lab Technician Licensed Esthetician
Industry Experience
M. E. L. Make-Up & Effects Laboratory Inc. Lab Tech., North Hollywood, CA – August 2009-Present
Dinner for Schmucks
Two piece and one piece molds with Ultracal 30 and Hydrocal and Silicone, positives made,
Ran Ecoflex and TC-1630 fingers and TC- 276 polyfoam head
Upper teeth cast on two actors and positives made
Assisted in Body Double full head cast and Alginate leg cast
Museum Display
Vacuforming on 4ft x 4ft machine with Styrene and Kydex,
Reinforced Alginate snap molds and positives made
Universal Studios
Ran Featherlite Plastic crowns, sanded, seamed, bonded, and airbrushed crowns,
Lace fronted a wig, then added latex to the front,
Two pieces and one piece molds with Ultracal 30 and Hydrocal
Seamed latex Frankenstein gloves and cut out Frankenstein hair pieces
The Losers
Ran Pros-Aide transfers
Criminal Minds
Assisted in a Body Double full head cast
In house work
Ran wig forms out of Flex-Foam It 10, Foam It 5 and Foam It 3,
Punched eyebrows, mustache and goatee, and laid hair (full head ),
Ran polyfoam body,
Full head cast with Algi-Safe, Full head cast with Body Double,
Machined parts (pillow boxes) for a rotocaster
Simon Cowells House
Made 1065 Silicone mold and ran PMC 780 gaskets
Rain
Assisted in two Body Double full head casts
Assisted in running Dragon Skin FX Pro appliances backed with PTEG vacuforms
Monsterpalooza
Ran and seamed latex and polyfoam Goomba heads,
Vacuformed paint display holders out of Styrene
Californication
Ran Pros-Aide transfers
Made 1065 Silicone molds
Made polyurethane body with armature wire and Gel 10 silicone hands
Chaperone
Assisted in running encapsulated Dragon Skin FX Pro Silicone appliances
Made molds out of 1065 silicone and TC 1630
Made vacuforms out of PTEG
The JFK Experience
Assisted in Body Double Full Head Life cast
Made a three piece matrix mold with an Ultracal 30 jacket and ran positives out of Ultracal 30 and Hydrocal
ICarly
Assisted in four Body Double full head lifecasts
Shark Night
Assisted in a Body Double full head lifecast
Battleship
Made molds out of plaster and 1065 silicone
Ran Pros-Aide transfers
Horrid Henery
Made molds out of ultra-Cal 30, 1630 Resin and Gel 10 silicone
Ran encapsulated silicone pieces
Savannah
Assisted in full head lifecast
Made molds out of Ultra-Cal 30
Ran Foam Latex Appliances
Detroit 187
Ran Geletian appliance
Samaritian
Ran Pros-Aide transfers
CarMax
Assisted in Body Double mid section lifecast
Assited in running 1082 Silicone mermaid tail with armature wire
Ran Pros-Aide transfers
Pepsi
Assisted in four 3/4 head Body Double lifecasts
Made Gel 10 and Ultra-Cal 30 molds
Ran encapsilated silicone appliances
Many projects performed with other artists and interns
Autonomous F/X Inc. Special Effects Artist, Van Nuys, CA - June 2009
Red Ice
Sculpted and molded teeth, Vacuformed teeth out of PTEG and sculpted stalactite tooth out of acrylic
House
Assisted in running a latex and polyfoam body
Lab Work From Student Films
Pain – AFI
Ran Cine Skin Silicone leg with polyfoam center, inserted tubing for blood
Seamed silicone leg, Painted silicone leg by hand with airbrush
The Infinite Game – Chapman
Partial face and chest cast with Alginite, Made negatives of face and chest appliances
Ran G.M. Foam Latex appliances
Dinner with Fred
Assisted in running encapsulated silicone Appliances
Education
Associate in Specialized Business Degree & Diploma
2007-2009 Douglas Education Center, Monessen, PA
Tom Savini Special Make-Up Effects Program (16 months)
Esthetician Program, 450 Hours
Alpha level IV Award & Presidents Award
Tom Savini's Certificate Of Excellence Award
