"The
Make-up Room" is an opportunity to meet the finest professionals
in the entertainment industry.
This is a
series of live interviews, conducted at Make-Up Designory, giving
students and graduates the opportunity to hear from, and ask questions
of, make-up artists, special effects make-up artists, sculptors,
make-up designers, department heads, art directors, and the other
professionals who make the written stories become visual works
of art. |
Learn what the real world demanded of them, and how they met their
own challenges. These events are an excellent chance to network
with other graduates, active students, the instructors, and other
professionals.
Originally
from Atlanta, GA, David Dupuis has been a freelance make-up artist,
illustrator, sculptor, and art director for over sixteen years.
He began his career as an art director for advertising agencies,
only doing make-up as a hobby. David's first make-up project was
working for Steve Johnson on Murderous Vision (USA Cable). Since
then, his career has exploded into one of the finest collections
of films and television productions, earning him the Make-up Artist
Guild Award for Pirates of the Carribbean: The Black Pearl, Emmy
Award for Stephen King's The Stand (mini-series), the Leo Award
for Stargate SG-1 (1996), as well as a Gemini Award Nominee for
Stargate SG-1, and two-time Gemini Award Nominee for Outer Limits.
David's film credits include X-Men 3, Blade II, The Poseidon Adventure
(2005), Son of the Mask, Tiptoes, and Lord of Illusions. His television
credits include Carnivale (HBO), Six Feet Under (HBO), Jamie Kennedy
Experiment, Season 3 (WB), Stargate SG-1 (FOX/Sci-Fi), First Wave
(FOX), Outer Limits (1995, Showtime/Sci-Fi), Stephen King's The
Langoliers (ABC), Stephen King's Rose Red (ABC), and Stephen King's
Storm of the Century (ABC).While names of the guests will not
be released until the interview begins, announcements of upcoming
interview dates and times will be posted on the career page of
the school's website.
Past
interviews have included: Michael
Westmore (Rocky, Raging Bull, Star Treck, the
Munsters), Todd
McIntosh (Memoirs of a Geisha, Traffic, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer), Camille
Calvet (Austin Powers, Kill Bill, Minority Report), Greg
Funk, (Six Feet Under, Night of the Living Dead, The Island,
Austin Powers, The X Files), and David
Deleon (Memoirs of a Geisha, Meet the Fockers, Pirates of
the Caribbean) |