Thomas Surprenant
Professional Makeup Artist
Member of Local 706 Makeup Artists & Hairstylists
Journeyman

PROFESSIONAL FILM EXPERIENCE

The Christmas Movie
Symphony for Delicious - Corner Store Entertainment
Quarantine - Sony
Vacancy - Sony
X-Men III (The Last Stand) - 20^th Century Fox
Big Fish - Sony
Frida - Miramax
The Scorpion King - Universal Studios
A.I. - Warner Bros.
Big Fish - Columbia Pictures Corp.
Riding In Cars With Boys - Gracie Films
Donnie Darko - Sony
The Grinch Who Stole ChristmasUniversal
The Dead Hate The Living - Full Moon Productions
Charlie’s Angels - Columbia Pictures Corp.
Unglued - Her Way, LLC
Town And Country - New Line Cinema
Never Been Kissed - Fox 2000
Super Nova - Sony Pictures
Halloween H2O (Halloween 7) - Nightfall Prod’s Inc.
Liar’s Poker - Liar’s Poker, Inc.
Goodbye Lover - Warner Bros.
Romi & Michelle’s High School ReunionTouchstone Pictures
The People Vs. Larry Flynt - Sony/MGM
Star Trek, First Contact - Paramount Pictures
The Crow II, City Of Angels - Universal
Set It Off - New Line Cinema
Showgirls - MGM/United Artists
Desperado - Colombia Pictures
Batman Forever - Warner Bros.
Chameleon - Nowhere Man Productions
Star Trek, VII Generations - Paramount Pictures
Surviving The Game - Katja Productions
North - Castle Rock Entertainment
Coneheads - Paramount Pictures
Dead Connections - Propaganda Films
CB-4 - 20^th Century Fox
Kalifornia - Propaganda Films
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - 20^th Century Fox
To Protect And Serve - Weston Productions
Batman Returns - Warner Bros.
American Samurai - Cannon Films
Under Surveillance - Fries Entertainment
The Perfect Weapon - Paramount Pictures
Ulterior Motive - Blue Line Productions
Night Of The Warrior - Blue Line Productions
Puppet Master - Full Moon Productions
Cheerleader Camp - Atlantic/Prism Ent.
Return Of The Living Dead - Green Fox/Lorimar

PROFESSIONAL TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

The Mentalist - Warner Brothers
MTV’s Cheerleader Camp - MTV Productions
Sarah Connors Chronicles - Warner Brothers
The O.C. - Warner Brothers
It’s Always Sunny In PhiladelphiaBluebush Productions
The Nine - ABC
House - Fox Television
Star Trek Enterprise - Paramount
Strong Medicine - Lifetime/Sony
Stateside - Showtime
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Fox Television
Shot In The Heart - HBO Films
Side Show - USA Network
The View (Halloween Special) - ABC
The Wire - HBO
Special Unit 2 - Paramount
Providence - NBC
The Visitor - Fox Television
Nightman - Glen Larson Productions Guardian (Working Title) - Universal Studios
Star Trek Voyager - Paramount
Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Paramount
Star Trek Next Generation - Paramount
Space Rangers - Rangers Productions/CBS
Silk Stockings - Stu Segall Productions
Water Engine - TNT Productions
Morton And Hayes - Castle Rock/CBS
Cast A Deadly Spell - HBO
The Big One - ABC
Summer Dreams-Story Of The Beach BoysGreen Fox/Lorimar

AWARDS
Emmy Award Winner: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Television Series (Syndicated)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Episode “Distant Voices” 1995.

Emmy Nomination: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Television Series (Syndicated)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Episode “The Visitor” 1996.

MAKEUP DESIGN AND ARTISTRY
Department Head of various makeup departments for film and television projects. Extensive straight makeup experience ranging from “period” to contemporary makeup. Designed and fabricated “special” makeup and related makeup effects for film and television, including working medical situations, trauma F/X, decapitated heads, character makeup, aging, alien designs, 14K gold teeth veneers, broken teeth effects and many vampire and monster teeth for film and print.

RELATED DESIGN FABRICATION
Dynomation Inc. & Roboshop – Designed skin fabrication, sculpted life size dinosaurs: created a full range of creatures and animatronics characters.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
· Last Looks Makeup Academy – Director of Education and Head Makeup Instructor
· M.G. Westmore Academy of Cosmetic Arts – Instructor focusing on glamour and special makeup effects.
· Tri-Ess Sciences, Inc. – Product Promotion Seminars