Barney Burman
Barney Burman | |
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Occupation | Make-up artist |
Years active | 1984–present |
Parent(s) | Thomas R. Burman (father) Sandra Burman (mother) |
Family | Ellis Burman Jr. (Uncle) Ellis Burman the III (cousin) Rob Burman (brother) Ellis Burman Sr. (grandfather) |
Awards | 2009 Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
Barney Burman is an American makeup artist and character actor. He was part of the team that won an Academy Award in 2009 for Best Make-up, on the film Star Trek.
Career
After being introduced to Hollywood make-up through his parents, Burman spent the first part of his life attempted to pursue a career in acting. He used make-up jobs to fund this pursuit during this time. His first professional job was in 1984 as part of the make-up team behind Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, he returned to the franchise on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. At the age of 30, he decided to pursue make-up full-time, and gained union accreditation after working on the 1995 film Powder.[1]
In 2009, he worked on the rebooted Star Trek alongside Joel Harlow and Mindy Hall.[2] He described the film as a significant challenge, saying "It was the biggest film I had done to date and it was about six months of sleeping four hours a night and just keep going and going and going and it took so much of my focus – just a crazy amount of energy that it took to get that done."[3] It was the third time he had worked with director J. J. Abrams following Mission: Impossible III and the television movie Anatomy of Hope.[1]
He has subsequently led the make-up team that works on
Awards
The make-up team working on 2009's Star Trek won an
Personal life
Barney's father, Thomas R. Burman and his wife Bari Dreiband-Burman, were nominated for best make-up for the film Scrooged. His grandfather, Ellis Burman Sr., was considered to be a pioneer in film make-up,[5] having worked on the original Twilight Zone television series and the 1941 film The Wolf Man.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Trotter, Charles (January 8, 2009). "Profile and Exclusive Interview: Barney Burman – Prosthetic Makeup Designer for 'Star Trek'". TrekMovie.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ a b "The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Nededog, Jethro (May 3, 2012). "Meet 'Grimm's' Man Behind the Monsters (Exclusive Photos, Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ "Avatar and Star Trek clean up technical Oscars". SyFy. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ "Barney Burman". Stan Winston School. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
External links
- Barney Burman at IMDb