If you’re looking for some good reads that make for some good gifts, we have a suggestion for for makeup effects aficionados. Following the success of Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Conversations with Cinema’s Greatest Artists: Volume 1, Volume 2 is now available. This is the second installment in a four-volume series. In this series, author Heather Wixson celebrates both the makeup effects industry and the artists who have thrilled millions of movie fans around the world.
Volume 2 features another 20 in-depth conversations with some of the most talented and imaginative minds in Hollywood. Along with a special tribute to John Carl Buechler, this edition features Academy Award winners Christopher Nelson (Halloween franchise, Suicide Squad), Phil Tippett (Jurassic Park, Star Wars franchise), Michèle Burke (Interview with the Vampire, Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Kazu Hiro (Darkest Hour, Men in Black) and Chris Walas (David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Gremlins) as well as many other brilliant creative forces from the world of special effects.
Wixson says, “The Monsters, Makeup & Effects series has been a years-long labor of love and I’m incredibly thrilled to introduce movie fans to even more FX artists with this second volume. As someone who has spent her entire life being enamored by the magic and artistry of special effects, I hope that readers will come away with a new love and appreciation for these artists’ work, determination and dedication that helped make the impossible possible on both the big and small screens.”
About MM&E: Volume 2:
Gizmo. Michael Myers. Hellboy. Predator. Pinhead. Twisty the Clown. Spielberg’s dinosaurs. Brundlefly. This is just a sampling of the iconic characters that have continued to thrill fans both on the big and small screens for decades now that you’ll read about in Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume 2. For this second installment of her ongoing interview series, journalist and FX historian Heather Wixson celebrates the lives and careers of 20 more special effects artists who have left their indelible mark on the world of entertainment, and many are still working hard in the industry today.
Featuring in-depth conversations and hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume 2 furthers the exploration of the influence felt by the work of these brilliant artists whose ingenuity and creativity were behind the creation of so many seminal creatures and characters that have captured our imaginations, left us in awe and genuinely excited us as moviegoers. In simpler terms, these are the artists who were able to make the impossible possible, and these interviews are a celebration of all of the incredible contributions that these artists have made throughout their careers and the passion that has fueled their creative endeavors, both inside and outside of the makeup studio.
Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume 2 features a tribute to John Carl Buechler and comprehensive interviews with:
Steve Wang, Kazu Hiro, Robert Burman, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Chris Walas, Mike Elizalde, Todd Masters, Phil Tippett, Michèle Burke, Christopher Nelson, Richard Landon, Guy Himber, Shane Mahan, Stuart Conran, Joey Orosco, Norman Cabrera, John Dods, David Grasso, and Bruce Spaulding Fuller.
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