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Marvel Studios ~ Director: Joss Whedon                                                                              2011
•    Make-Up Artist for hundreds of "Gala" BG in THE AVENGERS, shot in NE Ohio

Paramount Pictures ~ Director: Josh Schwartz                                                                    2011
•    Make-Up Artist for hundreds of “Halloween” extras of all ages on FUN SIZE, shot in NE Ohio

Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, OH                                                                                        2007-2011
~ SPFX Make-Up Consultant, Instructor and Craftsperson
America's first permanently established professional theatre company, displaying the highest professional standards that inspire, stimulate, and entertain diverse audiences
•    Creatively design budget-sensitive practical effects and crafts for all shows
•    Indispensable as a trainer & tech-run supervisor of the wardrobe, hair & make-up staff for Cuttin’ Up at the Pasadena Playhouse in CA
•    Hand built high quality, custom wigs & facial hair pieces with Wigs&Whiskers for use at Cleveland Play House, Marriott & Goodman in Chicago, as well as contracted by Shakespeare Co. in MA and large cruise ship productions of HAIR

LockJaw Studio, Cleveland, OH                                                                                              2007-2011
~ Designer and On-site SPFX Make-Up Artist, Director: David J. Roberts
Independent film studio specializing in highly artistic, high-definition film projects
•    Performed extremely fast cosmetic and prosthetic make-up for award-winning 48HFP submissions: Fiends Forever, A Match Made In Hell, Totally Content and American Alien Hunters (of America)
•    Straight make-up and hair for marketing web videos, Ridge Tool Company
•    Applied corrective make-up to company president for interview on The History Channel’s, Cool Tools TV show (RIDGID)

Cleveland School of the Arts, Cleveland, OH                                                                        2008-2010
~ Design/Fabrication/Instruction, Director: Scott Miller
Specialty arts school incorporating all aspects of the arts into its teaching approach
•    Designed and created multiple sets of components to accommodate extremely vigorous performances of Frankenstein and All's Well That Ends Well at Studio One, CPH
•    Demonstrated prosthetic fabrication process & trained students on application

529 Films, Mentor, OH ~ Key Make-Up Artist, Director: Andrew Smoley                                    2010
•    Music video featuring the song, Lost, from Midnight Syndicate’s The Dead Matter

Creative House Studios Inc., Cleveland, OH ~ Director: Anne Jiao                                            2010
•    Personal Stylist to Benic Xi on music video shoot, A Lonely Waltz

Media Design Imaging, Cleveland, OH ~ Director: Johnny K. Wu                                               2008
~ On-site SPFX Make-Up Artist
Innovators of video production and editing for commercials, independent films and event videography
•    1950’s make-up, severe old age for Granny in Jean Claude the Gumming Zombie
•    Straight make-up and hair for large number of ‘audience members’ in TV commercial for kitchen product company (Vita-Mix®)

La Bruja, Cleveland, OH ~ Key SPFX Make-Up, Director: David Monacchio                              2008
•    Designed, fabricated & applied ‘panther’ and morphing ‘witch’ make-ups for film

Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH                                                                                              2007
~ Design/Fabrication/Instruction, Director: Victoria Bussert
Private, liberal arts based college whose Music Theatre program is ranked among the top ten by Backstage Magazine
•    Chosen to create the famous prosthetic make-up, cap and mask for the premiere university performance of The Phantom of the Opera
•    Created multiple sets of components to accommodate last-minute cast changes
•    Demonstrated prosthetic fabrication process & trained students application

Opera Cleveland, Cleveland, OH ~ Designer and On-site Make-Up Artist                                 2007
Producers of dynamic classical, contemporary repertoire & new works with extensive education & outreach programs
•    Single-handedly administered make-up application and quick-changes for Opera Cleveland productions, including: La Traviata (40 cast members), Turn of the Screw (6 cast members) and A Little Night Music  (24 cast members)

Young Photography, Jacksonville, FL ~ Designer, On-site Make-Up Artist                              2007
Studio capturing the brilliance of true life in US, Germany, Norway, Belgium and England
•    Executed a wide range of dramatic print and runway style pieces on 4 models while overcoming extreme location challenges

Scotchworthy Productions, Inc., St. Charles, IL                                                                          2006
~ On-site SPFX Make-Up Artist and Actor, Director: Tony Wash
Full-service company providing music videos, theatrical productions & feature length movies
•    Served as both an FX Make-Up Artist and principal character actor under demanding conditions in It’s My Party and I’ll Die If I Want To
•    WINNER: Best Feature Film & Worldwide Distribution - Full Moon Film Festival ’07
•    WINNER: Audience Choice Award - Illinois International Film Festival ’07
•     Nominated for Best Special FX - B-Movie Film Fest ’07

Stone Pro Rigging, Newburgh, NY ~ On-site Manager & Shop Foreman                         2002-2005
Comprehensive event production featuring ground-breaking technology for entertainment/fashion/theatrical industries
•    Managed gigs and supervised all rigging crews (up to 40 people), ensuring that multi-million dollar client events ran smoothly
•    Assured the highest standards for customer service and event safety under extremely challenging, high-stress circumstances
•    Responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting of ChainMaster® Fixed-Rate, Variolift Motors and custom equipment
•    Personally crafted overall rigging design for multiple events and programmed precision controls for Variolifts to provide fantastic lighting/truss/set displays

Clients at various celebrations/events in Manhattan included:
o    Playboy’s 50th Anniversary Party, Showtime at the Apollo
o    New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s annual celebration
o    Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Ford Fashion
o    MTV Promotional Events, Turner Network Television, Nickelodeon

•    Mock Disaster style make-up for the Junior Medical Camp at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

•    Runway Make-Up for Hoochie Couture for the Cure Fashion Show (Cleveland, OH)

•    MUA for various bands such as: Feral Fluid, Wentle Trap, The Liars and Corpus

•    Performed Make-Up services for bridal parties and other special occasions

•    Sculpted and Painted works featured at The Riverside Art Gallery’s show, For The Love of Men (New Hamburg, NY)

•    Make-up Artist for Gallery5's biggest show, Disrobed, a nude art exhibition, which featured 25 nude models (Richmond, VA)

•    Mentored 6 Middletown, NY High School Photography students on 7 day trip to Brazil

•    Taught realistic bruising/scaring techniques & fabricated cosmetic dentures & various wounds for use "undercover"

•    Puppeteer and stagehand for Natural Bridges LLC, Cleveland, OH on a 30 day Armed Forces Entertainment tour of Europe

•    Key Make-up artist to actors of many nationalities for King Saud University's collaboration with Kent State University on text book vignettes as well as Televised Political Debates