All Posts Tagged With: "Star Trek"

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The Man Behind the (Star Trek) Makeup: Barney Burman

StarTrek.com – Barney Burman won an Oscar, his first, as part of the makeup team that brought to life the creatures in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek feature. But that film wasn’t his first foray into the Star Trek universe; far from it in fact. Makeup F/X runs in his blood and several family members are not only [...]

23Jul2010 | Editor | 2 comments | Continued
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Best Make-Up Oscar Goes to Barney Burman, Joel Harlow and Mindy Hall

  SFXNEWS would like to congratulate our good friends Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow on their win of Best Makeup category for “Star Trek”.  The first make-up Oscar EVER to be given for work on the franchise.  Previous Nominations for Trek include: Star Trek: First Contact 1996 — Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber [...]

7Mar2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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New “Trek” Book Goes Boldly Into Behind the Scenes Goodness.

From the Facebook page of the Proteus Make-up FX Team comes a book announcement.  “Now available. It a VERY cool book with lots of never before seen designs and images.”  Pick it up right here: Star Trek: The Art of the Film Also, don’t miss the exclusive SciFiNow.co.uk three part story about the make-up of [...]

26Jan2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Palette Narrows to 7 in Oscar® Makeup Race

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  announced on January 11, 2010 that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup category for the 82nd Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “District 9” “Il Divo” “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” “Night at the Museum: Battle of [...]

13Jan2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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82nd Academy Awards Semifinalists for Visual Effects Chosen

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: * “Angels & Demons” * “Avatar” * “Coraline” * “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” * “District [...]

11Dec2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Congratulations! to Proteus FX Team on Trek Aliens Success

Proteus Make-up FX Team developed some stunning new alien designs for the recent Star Trek film.

14May2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Know Your History: Spock’s Ears

Not many TOS fans may be aware that, as the series was starting production, the use of the pointed Spock Ears on the show was an issue which created much controversy between the television network and the Star Trek creators

8Sep2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued