Michael Westmore

Michael George Westmore I (born March 22, 1938) is an American make-up artist best known for his work in various Star Trek productions, winning nine Emmy Awards, and is a member of the Westmore family. He won the Academy Award for Make-up in 1985 for his work on the film Mask. His career began at Universal Studios in 1961, and spanned four decades, including working for the CIA creating make-up kits for spies overseas. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Westmore is the son of Monte Westmore, husband of model Marion Bergeson Westmore, father of McKenzie Westmore, Michele Westmore Meeks, and Michael Westmore II, and brother of Marvin Westmore, and Monty Westmore, who are also make-up artists. His family is heavily involved in the Hollywood make-up business. In 1917 his grandfather George Westmore had created the first studio make-up department. Michael's father was a make-up artist for Gone with the Wind and his uncles were Bud Westmore, famous for co-creating the creature in Creature from the Black Lagoon, Perc (main make-up artist at the Warner Brothers studio), Wally (Paramount), Ern, and Frank, all make-up artists working regularly in major Hollywood productions for decades. He is a 1961 graduate of the University of California-Santa Barbara and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He began working for Universal Studios in 1961 as a make-up artist, and was promoted after three years to Assistant Department Head of Make-Up. He apprenticed to John Chambers on the 1963 film The List of Adrian Messenger. Some of Westmore's earliest roles at Universal included The Munsters and Land of the Lost. He became a freelance make-up artist during the 1970s and 80s, working on films such as Rocky and Raging Bull. For Raging Bull, Westmore designed the prosthetic noses which Robert De Niro wore throughout the film, and the make up which simulated bleeding through tubes placed under fake skin. One of the more unusual effects used on the boxing film was a special effect which showed a nose breaking from a punch on screen. He worked with Tom Burman on make-up sets for the Central Intelligence Agency for operatives overseas to change identities. A set created by the pair sold for $20,000 in 2011. In 1985 he appeared in a video released on VHS called Looking Your Best with Michael Westmore. He was hired in 1986 to work on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and would go on to work on Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise.