About
Michele Mulkey has been a Special Effects Make-Up Artist and Prop Maker for 20 years, working in Los Angeles, New York City, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Starting her career in Los Angeles, Michele honed her skills working both in house and on set for many Special Effects shops including Keith Vanderlaan’s Captive Audience, Crisis FX, Film Illusions, Alterian, Inc., Global Effects and Unit 7.
Now based on the East Coast, Michele continues her work as a Special Effects Make-Up Artist and Prop Maker for film and television as the owner of Michele Mulkey FX Studio. In addition to her entertainment career, Michele has taught advanced SFX classes for Makeup Designory LA and NYC, Harrisburg Area Community College and QC Makeup Academy, Canada. She has also been a featured presenter of SFX Workshops at various conventions including Otakon, Zenkicon and IMATS Toronto.
One of the proudest moments in Michele’s career came when she was approached by Academy Award Winning Makeup Artist Mindy Hall and asked to personally contribute to The Makeup Artist Handbook: Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and Theater (Book by Gretchen Davis and Mindy Hall) by writing the section on professional Bald Cap application.
Throughout her career, Michele’s skill and talent have been used to create various makeup looks and custom props for many celebrities including Thora Birch, Christine Lahti, Denzel Washington, Brittany Snow, David Rasche, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Michael Urie, Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Colm Feore, Alan Cumming, Jamie Kennedy, Ben Stein, Jason Patric, Jennifer Tilly, Pat Morita, Hunter Tylo, Robin Riker, Karalyn West, Christopher Atkins, Richard Brooks and Dennis Haskins.
Her professional credits have a combined total of over 33 feature films and television shows including Petunia, The Last Samurai, The Chronicles of Riddick, Venom, Constantine, Son of the Mask, Sin City, Disney’s The Haunted Mansion, The Alamo, Seed of Chucky, Deja Vu, The Passion of the Christ, Blood Junkies, Charmed, C.S.I. Miami, Joss Whedon’s Firefly, Without A Trace, Black. White., Bold and the Beautiful, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and multiple shows for the ID Channel.
Michele’s work has also been seen in dozens of commercials including Verizon, Old Navy, AARP and Jack In The Box. And her SFX work was solely featured in the music video for “Soul Meets Body” by Deathcab For Cutie.
You can find a more complete list of Michele’s credits on IMDb
(Internet Movie Database) at www.imdb.com
RESUME
Make-Up / Special FX
Feature Films:
for Michele Mulkey FX Studio
Thought You Were A Nice Man (pre-production) – 924Entertainment/Vampires2Com,
director: Charles W. Bailey
Key make-up artist
Special effects design and special effects make up
The Rectory (pre-production) –
Producers: Calvin Vanderbeek and Laurence Flemming,
director: Jonathan Chance
Key make-up artist
Special effects design and special effects make up
Melon Heads (filming) –
Silver Springs Films, director: Zane Hershberger
Custom prosthetics
Christmas Slay (filming) –
Indywood Films/KENTIndie Films, director: Steve Davis
Custom prosthetics
Invasion Of The Not Quite Dead (filming) –
Indywood Films, director: AD Lane
Key make-up artist
Special effects design and special effects make up
Torment Of Laurie Ann Cullom –
Rockbottom Pictures, director: Mark Dossett
Key make-up artist
Special effects design and special effects make up
Sequoia –
Honora Productions, director: Andy Landen
Custom prosthetics
Moon and Sun –
Producer: Christina Wren, director: Demetrius Wren
Custom prosthetics
Mount Joy –
Indie City Films, director: Jack Lewars
Custom prosthetics
Black Rock –
LD Entertainment, director: Katie Aselton
Custom prosthetics
Sanatorium –
After Dark Films/Goldmine Pictures, director: Brant Sersen
Custom prosthetic design and fabrication
How To Break Up With Your Mother –
Pleasantly Depressing Films, director: Lawrence Zoeller
Custom prosthetics
The Portland Empire –
Independent Short, director: Brian Kazmarck
Custom prosthetics
Chin Up –
Independent Short, director: Michelle Watson
Custom prosthetic design and fabrication
The Other Solider –
Hatz Off Films, director: Paul Hatzinicoletos
Custom prosthetic design and fabrication
Petunia –
New Films International, director: Ash Christan
Assistant Makeup Artist
Blood Junkies –
smallmediaXL, directors: Don Downes and Meghan Scibona
Key make-up artist
Special effects design and special effects makeup
Television: for Michele Mulkey FX Studio
Dates From Hell – Investigation Discovery Channel, Several episodes
Custom prosthetics
Fatal Encounters –
Investigation Discovery Channel, Several episodes
Custom prosthetics
CollegeHumor –
CollegeHumor Shorts, Several episodes
Special effects design on custom prosthetics for actor Josh Ruben
Prop Fabrication - Michele Mulkey Special Effects MUA
Feature Films:
Deja Vu – Jerry Bruckheimer Films, director: Tony Scott
Fabrication and painting of stunt props
Date Movie – 20th Century Fox, director: Aaron Seltzer
Fabrication and painting of stunt props
Herbie: Fully Loaded – Walt Disney Pictures, director: Angela Robinson
Fabrication and painting of stunt props
Venom – Dimention Films, director: Jim Gillespie
Fabrication and painting of stunt props
Sin City – Dimention Films, directors: Frank Miller and Robert Rodrigues
Fabrication of custom props
Seed of Chucky – Focus Features, director: Don Mancini
Silicone seaming and painting on Chucky, Tiffany and Glen puppets
The Chronicals of Riddick – Universal Pictures, director: David Twohy
Fabrication, painting and seaming for hero and stunt props and armor
The Alamo – Buena Vista Films, director: John Lee Hancock
Fabrication, painting and seaming of stunt props
The Haunted Mansion – Buena Vista Films, director: Rob Minkoff
Fabrication and painting of armor and weapons
The Last Samurai – Warner Bros., director: Edward Zwick
Assistant prop manager
Fabrication and painting of stunt weapons
Solaris – 20th Century Fox, director: Steven Soderbergh
Fabrication and painting of props and set dressings
Working as Michele Mulkey Special Effects MUA - Movie
The Passion of the Christ – New Market Film Group, director: Mel Gibson
Special effects makeup and custom teeth for Judas demon
Son of the Mask –
New Line Cinema, director: Lawerence Guterman
Custom teeth and eyes for multiple characters and puppets, foam latex seaming
Constantine –
Warner Bros., director: Francis Lawerence II
Special effects makeup, design and set-up for crime scene photos
Christmas Slay (filming) –
Indywood Films/KENTIndie Films, director: Steve Davis
Custom prosthetics
Fire –
Independent Production, director: Robert Glen
Key makeup artist.
Art design and construction for burned body
The Stoneman –
Movie Tech Productions, director: Ewing Miles Brown
Key makeup artist.
Special effects design and makeup for Stoneman creature
Working as Michele Mulkey Special Effects MUA - TV
Law and Order: Criminal Intent – NBC Productions
Special effects – Custom teeth for fight scene
Bold and the Beautiful –
CBS Productions, Several episodes
Life casting and special effects makeup for several episodes
Black. White –
FX Network
Life casting of main actors for Season 1
Charmed –
Warner Bros., Several episodes
Special effects makeup, custom teeth, foam latex seaming and prosthetic painting for several episodes
C.S.I. Miami –
CBS Productions, Several episodes
Special effects makeup design and set up for crime scenes for several episodes
Without A Trace –
CBS Productions/ Several episodes
Special effects makeup design and set up for crime scenes for several episodes
Star Trek Voyager –
Paramount Television
Custom foam gelatin for prosthetics of multiple characters
MTV’S Dismissed –
MTV
Foam latex prosthetics
Death Cab for Cutie –
(music video)
Key prop maker
Fabrication, painting and mechanical design for specialty props
Firefly –
Episode “Objects in Space”, director: Joss Whedon
Key On-Set Tech
Fabrication and painting of specialty suit for bounty hunter Jubal Early
Ascent of the Red Planet –
Moon Beam Films
Fabrication and painting for props and specialty space suits
Prop Fabrication - Michele Mulkey FX Studio
Feature Films:
I Thought You Were A Nice Man (pre-production) – 924Entertainment/Vampires2Com, director: Charles W. Bailey
Custom prop fabrication for soft foam knives
GALLERY
PROJECTS
The Last Samurai
Prop Fabrication
Warner Bros., director: Edward Zwick Assistant prop manager. Fabrication and painting of stunt weapons
Charmed
Special Effects MUA - TV
Warner Bros., Several episodes
Special effects makeup, custom teeth, foam latex seaming and prosthetic painting for several episodes
Sin City
Dimention Films
Warner Bros., directors: Frank Miller and Robert Rodrigues.
Fabrication of custom propsView Resume
