Laura Jane Sessions

Makeup Designer
Makeup Artist
Location: Blackheath, England, UK

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Credits

Year Job Title
Project Type		 Project Name
Director / Company		 Location
2021 Junior Modeller - Creature FX
Film 		Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Peyton Reed / Marvel Studios
2021 Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Film 		Hands off!
Lawrence Essex / Mainsail Films
2019 Makeup & Hair Designer
Film 		Muse
Azhur Saleen / Muse Films Ltd
2019 Make-up & Hair Designer
Film 		Give Me A Name
Sheena Holliday / On The Train Productions
2019 Make-up & Hair Artist (dailies)
Film 		Once Upon A Time In London
Simon Rumley / Gateway Films
2018 Make-up & Hair Supervisor – 2nd Unit (UK) UNCREDITED
Film 		Head Full of Honey
Til Schweiger / Barefoot Productions GmBH
2016 Make-up Designer
Film 		Freehold
Dom Bridges / Two Pigeons Ltd

Education

Year Qualification Where
2021 MA Prosthetics & Sculpting Bucks New University
2006 Gity & Guilds Hairdressing Level 2 Bedford College
2004 Foundation in Art & Design (Art History Specialism) City College, Norwich
2002 Assesssors Award: A1 City College, Norwich
2001 City & Guilds 7307 City College, Nowrich
2001 Assessors Award: D32 City College, Norwich
1997 BTEC National Diploma Theatrical & Media Make-up (2year) NORCAt

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Airbrush & compressor, Full Hair & Make-up Kit

I can use: Full Hair & Make-up kit, Airbrush & Compressor

About me

As a Make-up Artist and Designer I believe in working closely with the Director and other creative departments to produce work which accurately reflects the look and feel of the project. My calm, organised approach to filming and pre-production extends to the make-up room, enabling me to create a positive working environment for my team and those in the chair.

Broadcast Clients Include: BBC, ITV, CCTV, BSKYB, Channel 4, ITV, Televisual & Fox.

Dailies Welcome - Hair & Airbrushing On Request - Personals
Referees:
Full credit list and references are available upon request.
Additional information:
*Key Skills

• Make-up: extensive experience in make-up application for high definition and all film formats (including photographic)

• Male Grooming: corrective make-up and grooming techniques

• Children: hair and makeup for children. CRB checked

• Make-up Techniques: including airbrushing, dirtying down, out of kit effects

• Hairstyling: contemporary hairstyling, application of lace and hand laid facial hair and of hard and lace fronted wigs

• Beauty: including lash and brow tinting, pedicure, manicure, facials

• Management: Experience of running small to mid-size departments, managing a number of staff working in a variety of capacities.

• Budgeting: Extensive experience of budgeting for a range of production scales.

• Continuity: Excellent and precise continuity skills: recording make-up continuity,maintaining and following records.

• Script Breakdown: Confident at script breakdown and character design.
Interpretation of scripts, liaising with director and production, test shoots etc

• IT Skills: familiar with a variety of software including: Windows, Excel, Movie Magic and Photoshop. Also highly competent with both digital and SLR cameras

* Qualified Lecturer & Assessor: I have extensive teaching experience in FE colleges and private tuition. Please contact me for further information

License & Passport

Driver's License: Yes

Skills

Secondary Job Title Makeup Artist
Job Titles Make-up Artist, Make-up Artist (SFX), Makeup Designer
Years in industry 6+ years
Organisations / Memberships BECTU (UK), Shooting People (UK)