Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Key Makeup Artist

Nick Dudman

Bio

NICK DUDMAN (Make-Up and Creature Effects Designer) and his team have created the make-up effects and the magical animatronic creatures in all of the Harry Potter films to date, garnering BAFTA Award nominations for the first four films in the series. He is currently at work as make-up effects designer on the two-part conclusion to the Harry Potter film franchise, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Dudman got his start working on the Jedi master Yoda as a trainee to famed British make-up artist Stuart Freeborn, on "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back." After apprenticing with Freeborn for four years, he was asked to head up the English make-up laboratory for Ridley Scott's "Legend." He subsequently worked on the make-up and prosthetics for "Mona Lisa," "Labyrinth," "Willow," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "Batman," "Alien3" and "Interview with the Vampire," among others. In 1995, Dudman's career path widened into animatronics and large-scale creature effects when he was asked to oversee the 55-man creature department for the Luc Besson film "The Fifth Element," for which he won a BAFTA Award for Visual Effects. Since then, he has lead the creatures/make-up effects departments on several blockbusters, including "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace," "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns," and consulted on the prosthetics and costume effects for "Batman Begins." He also worked on the animatronics for Peter Howitt's "Dangerous Parking" and Alfonso Cuaron's "Children of Men." In 2007, the Canadian Academy awarded him a special achievement Genie for the make-up on "Beowulf & Grendel." Dudman's company, Pigs Might Fly Ltd., creates and sells non-staining blood.

Key Makeup Artist- Job Description

The decorations placed directly on the skin or hair of an actor for cosmetic or artistic effect. Practitioners are called artists or supervisors.