make-up artist
Sign in to saveAlso known as MUA, makeup artist, special effects make-up artist, media make-up artist, theatrical make-up artist, hair and make-up artist, professional make-up artist, SFX make-up artist
person who applies make-up, style and applies special effects make-up, prosthetic make-up
Key facts
- Names
- Makeup artist, MUA
- Occupation type
- Art , aesthetics
- Activity sectors
- Entertainment , fashion
- Fields of employment
- Film, television, theatre, photography, modeling
- Related jobs
- Cosmetologist , hairstylist
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions including all aspects of the modeling industry. Awards given for this profession in the entertainment industry include the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and entertainment industry awards such as the Emmy Awards, and the Golden Globes. In some countries professional licenses are required by agencies in order for them to hire the MUA. Bigger production companies have in-house makeup artists on their payroll although most MUAs generally are freelance and their times remain flexible depending on the project.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “make-up artist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.