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BRAD DARVAS
Special Make-up Effects Artist


STAFF MAKE-UP FX ARTIST

The Walking Dead; The Ones Who Live: AMC, Stalwart Films

Department Head - Greg Nicotero, MUFX Key - Brad Darvas/Gino Crognale


The Walking Dead: Dead City; AMC, Stalwart Films.

Department Head - Greg Nicotero, MUFX Key - Addison Foreman


The Walking Dead; AMC, Stalwart Films.

Department Head- Greg Nicotero, MUFX Key- Addison Foreman/Lucas Godfrey

Season 11 (May 2021-April 2022)

Season 10.5 – The Covid Episodes (October 5 – November 17, 2020). MUFX Key: Garrett Immel


ADDITIONAL MAKE-UP FX ARTIST (DAY PLAYER)

Teen Wolf: The Movie; Viacom VDM.

MUFX Department Head – Adrien Maoot MUFX Key- Chris Gallaher/ Eric Porn
- Additional Makeup Effects Artist; Prosthetics (May, Aug.)

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Black Adam (Additional Photography); Kiki Tree Pictures INC.

MUFX Department Head – Joel Harlow. MUFX Key – Chris Diamantides
- Additional Makeup Artist; Background. (May)

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Guardians of the Galaxy 3; Infinity Productions III LLC, Disney. Exec.

MUFX Department Head- Alexei Dmitriew. MUFX Key- LuAndra Whitehurst- Additional Makeup Artist (Legacy Effects) – Background Prosthetics (April 11-May 5)

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Stranger Things; Netflix, Bride Lake Productions, LLC.

MUFX Department Head- Amy L. Forsythe. MUFX Key- Devin Shayla Morales

Season 4 (2021)
 -Additional Makeup Effects Artist (May 6-7)

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The Walking Dead: World Beyond; AMC, Stalwart Films.

MUFX Department Supervisor- Carey Jones. MUFX Key- Kristal Shannon

Season 2 (2021)
 - Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group); Feb 16-24th (Episode 201)

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Creepshow; AMC, Shudder, Cranetown Media LLC, Haas season 2 LLC.

MUFX Department Head- Greg Nicotero. MUFX Key- Jake Garber

Season 3 (2021)
 - Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group), Jan,Feb. (Episode 305,306)

Season 2 (2020)
 - Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group), Sept. (Episode 201)

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The Walking Dead; AMC, Stalwart Films.

MUFX Department Head- Greg Nicotero. MUFX Key – Jake Garber (6-8), Karen Jackson (9), Garrett Immel (10)

Season 10 (2019)
–Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group); May – Nov. (Episodes
1001,1002, 1005,1006 1009,1012,)

Season 9 (2018)
–Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group); May – Oct. (Episodes 901-908
 909 ,911,912,915)

Season 8 (2017)
- Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group) May- Oct (Episodes 801,
 804-807, 811)- Makeup FX Production Assistant Episode 801

Season 7 (2016)
 - Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group) May -Oct. (Episodes 701-703,
706, 707, 709, 711-713)

Season 6 (2015)
- Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group) (Episodes 607- 608, and 2nd
unit) July: - Makeup FX Production Assistant (Episode 601-603); May.

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Fear The Walking Dead; AMC, Stalwart Films.

MUFX Supervisor- Carey Jones. MUFX Key- Chris Gallaher (season 4), Lee Grimes (season 5,8)

Season 8 (2022)
 -Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group);

Season 5 (2018-2019)
 -Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group); Dec, March-May (Episodes
501, 502, 504, 509, 515)

Season 4 (2018)
–Additional Makeup Effects Artist (KNB EFX Group); Jan, May (Episodes 403, 414)

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Lovecraft Country (tv series) (2019) Home Box Office Network (HBO);

MUFX Department head – Carey Jones. MUFX Key – Heather Beauvais.

Season 1 (2018)
-Makeup Artist ( KNB EFX Group) Dec. (Episodes 106)

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Watchmen (tv series) (2018-19) DC comics, Home Box Office Network (HBO);

MUFX Department Head – Carey Jones. Makeup Key – Ngozi Olandu Young

Pilot Episode
- Makeup FX Artist (KNB EFX Group); June

Season 1
- Makeup FX Artist (KNB EFX Group); January (Episode 105)

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Avengers: Infinity War part 2 (2018) Marvel Studios, Jason Roberts Productions, South Pictures.

MUFX Prosthetics Department Head- Brian Sipe. MUFX Key – Alexi Dmitriev
 - Additional Makeup FX Artist; background prosthetics (Legacy Effects) –Jan

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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) Columbia Pictures, Original Film, Scholastic Entertainment.

MUFX Department Head – Travis Pates. MUFX Key – Bill Johnson
-Additional Makeup FX artist; April

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The Passage (2017) (Pilot Episode); 20th Century Fox Television Productions;

MUFX Department Head – Carey Jones
 - Special Effects Makeup Artist

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Superstition (2017); Syfy Channel, Superstition LLC.

MUFX Department Head – Lucas Gofrey
- Special Effects Makeup Artist (Episode 103)

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Sick People (2014) Directed by Ken Farrington; Twin Pilot Films, Vision-X Productions.

MUFX Department Head – Toby Sells
- Special Effects Makeup Artist (Toby Sells Creature and Makeup Effects shop)
- Special Effects Technician


MAKE-UP FX SHOP WORK FOR FILM AND TELEVISION

2022

KNB Effects Group- Chatsworth, CA.
June 27 – July 15, Aug. 29-Sept 9

- The Walking Dead, additional photography, Fear the Walking Dead season 8, Isle of Dead

- Back ground mask fabrication, painting and hair work- Dummies (painting)

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2015-2013

Tobey Sells Creature and Makeup Effects shop: - Creature makeup effects shop. Lawrenceville, GA

The Little Mermaid (2017, In Post-Production) Directed by Chris Bouchard, Blake Harris; Conglomerate Media, Kingsway Productions
- Lab Technician

Brighton Beach (2017, In Post-Production) Directed by David Gutnik;
- Lab Technician

Super Dark Times (2017). Directed by Kevin Phillips; Higher Content, Neighborhood Watch, Om Films, Ways > Means
- Lab Technician

Outlaws and Angels (2016) Directed by J.T. Mollner; No Remake Pictures, Burnt Pictures, Avery Pictures, Casadelic Pictures
- Lab Technician

Hush (2016). Directed by Mike Flanagan,; Intrepid Pictures, Blumhouse Productions.
- Lab Technician

Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace (2016-) Million Dollar Extreme Productions, Adult Swim
- Lab Technician (2 episodes)

90 Minutes in Heaven (2015) Directed by Michael Polish; Giving Films, Emmett/Furla Productions.
-Lab Technician

COMMISSIONED FILM PROJECTS

Hellfest (2018) Directed by Gregory Plotkin Granville Pictures Inc.
- Oni Mask design and fabrication

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS TRAINING

CURRENT-2013
Dick Smith Advanced Professional Make-up Course: Internationally renowned self-study program with online mentorship studying all forms of Special Make-up Effects

2017
Don Lanning/D3 studios week long sculpture intensive taught by Hollywood special effects Designer, Sculptor, and Fabricator who specializes in Character Design, Production Design, and Make-up Effects. The creature design course goes from concept design to completed sculpture. Los Angeles, CA

2014
Rick Lazzarini’s Animatronics Institute: 5 day (one on one) animatronics intensive with one of the top innovators in the world of Creature FX, Rick Lazzarini, a 20+Year Industry Veteran The Character Shop - Simi Valley, CA.

2013
Stan Winston School of Character Arts; Live online creature sculpting class with Jordu Schell – Certificate of Achievement 8 hour, maquette sculpting course, live, on-line, with world renowned master sculptor and creature designer. Don Lanning/D3 studios (in conjunction with Stan Winston School of Character Arts). Week long intensive taught by Hollywood special effects Designer, Sculptor, and Fabricator who specializes in Character Design, Production Design, and Make-up Effects. The creature design course goes from concept design to completed sculpture. Los Angeles, CA

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

2007
- Master of Fine Arts; Theatre – Scenic Design – Wayne State University

2005
- Study abroad - Month on Moscow Program; Moscow Arts Theatre;
Scenic Design, Theatre History

2004
- Bachelor of Arts; Theatre – Georgia Southern University

MUFX - TEACHING EXPERIENCE

13 Years as a Theatre Professor at University of West Georgia. 2007-2020 (Tenured in 2018)

- Scenic Design
- Technical Direction
- Special Effects Makeup
- Props fabrication

Taught various Makeup Effects workshops at Theatre conferences and Guest Artist at Universities; 2014-2020

2020

USITT Southeast Master Class Presenter – Digital Conference; Video presentation and Live Q/A

A conversation with a Professional Makeup Artist with demos including:
- Using Alcohol Colors
- Applying foam prosthetics and blending edges
- Out of kit applications
– 2 part silicone
- MUFX bloods and application


2019
The Other Night School, University of West Georgia School of the Arts Lecture Newnan Campus
- Making a Zombie (history of special effects makeup and
creating/applying prosthetics)

South Eastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Knoxville, TN
- Master class – Airbrush 101
- Live Demo - Encapsulated Makeup application

Guest Artist/workshop University of Georgia, Athens, Ga (February)
- Workshop, Demo, Consultant – 3rd year Thesis Project.
- Life casting, prosthetic sculpting, molding, casting
– 3 piece urethane foam prosthetic
- Guest Artist Symposium – presenter. Working as a MUFX artist for film
and television.


2018
IMATS – Atlanta, GA
- Work displayed in show Museum.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region 4 – Statesboro, Georgia
- So You Want to be a Special Effects Artist, Q/A session

South Eastern Theatre Conference (SETC) – Mobile, Al
- Breaking the mold 1: introduction to basic silicone and stone mold
making for props and SPFX
- Breaking he mold part 2: Introduction to casting silicone and resins

Guest Artist/workshop Auburn University; Auburn, Al.
- Silicone Mold making and casting plastics lecture/demo
- Latex and Silicone mask making lecture/ demo

Rome Intertnational Film Festival Rome, GA
- Co-Presentation – How Horror Works, the psychology of horror and
Makeup FX
- Making a zombie presentation, Q/A


2017
United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) Southeast Master Class Presenter Clemson, SC
- Prosthetics and Special Effects Mold Making, Session 1
- Prosthetics and Special Effects Mold Making, Session 2
- Mold/Mask making for Advanced Students

KCACTF Region 4 Statesboro, Georgia
- Tattoo Transfers; Tattoos That Won’t Freak Your Parents Out
- Airbrush Basics

Guest Lecture – Film Appreciation class, University of West Ga
- Nightmare on Elm Street; History, Significance, and the MUFX

Georgia Theatre Conference – Carrollton, GA
- Makeup FX Tricks and Techniques; Creating Cheap and Easy Monsters
for this Halloween


2016
Norcostco; Atlanta Costume open house workshops
- Prop making, materials and techniques.

KCACTF Region 4 Charleston, South Carolina
- Quick > Easy Prosthetics! How to Create Gelatin Prosthetics Using
Silicone Flat Molds - Intro to Prosaide Transfers


2015
KCACTF Region 4 Albany, Georgia
- Theatrical Traditions to the Monstrosities of the Silver Screen: Masks
for Theatre and Film


2014
Georgia Theatre Conference 2014 Columbus, GA
- Creature Masks for Theatre and Film




References

(local 798 MUFX Artists)




















Addison Foreman
deaditelite@gmail.com

Gino Crognale
crog3250@gmail.com

Lucas Godfrey
lgodfrey@gorehoundproductions.com


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