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Jamie Kelman

Makeup Artist & Boutique FX Lab based in Los Angeles

Trained under the greats of the "Golden Era" of 1980's Special Makeup Effects, 2X Emmy Award® winner Jamie Kelman moved to Los Angeles after graduating from NYU Film School in 1995.

Working & learning at most of the classic Hollywood labs before they closed or retired,

 Jamie has been making his own prosthetics and 

designing makeups from his boutique home fx lab, 

KELMAN STUDIO.

He is frequently found on-set, helping to run a Makeup Department, applying prosthetics or as a

 Key Makeup Artist for Movies & TV. 

 

Fun Fact:   Jamie Kelman has been on the makeup team of EIGHT films that have been nominated for Academy Awards® for Best Makeup. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000), CLICK (2006), NORBIT (2007), STAR TREK (2009), BAD GRANDPA (2013), GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014),   VICE (2018) and OPPENHEIMER (2023) were all nominated for Best Makeup Oscars®. 

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You can find Jamie Kelman's name on-screen in the Makeup credits of all these films.

(That isn't necessarily true of other artists who put their name on iMDB...)

 

THREE of the movies that Jamie Kelman worked on as a Makeup Artist won Academy Awards® for

Best Makeup: HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS & STAR TREK & VICE all won Oscars®! 

Selected Movies

Selected TV

OPPENHEIMER **

THE SURVIVOR

VICE **

IRON MAN

LONE SURVIVOR

LOOPER

ZOMBIELAND

ARGO

TRON 2

​BRIGHT

SUPER 8

CLICK **

NORBIT **

BAD GRANDPA **

GOOSEBUMPS

X-MEN : WOLVERINE

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY **

PLANET OF THE APES -Tim Burton's

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE X-MAS ** 

INDIANA JONES 4

STAR TREK 1 & 2 - JJ Abrams Reboot **

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

OZ the GREAT and POWERFUL

HORRIBLE BOSSES

GALVESTON

MEN IN BLACK 2

THE RING

BLOW

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**Academy Award Winners or Nominees for Best Makeup

STAR WARS : THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT

STAR WARS : THE MANDALORIAN - Season 2 *     

TWIN PEAKS *

THE WALKING DEAD 

MINDHUNTER

THE ORVILLE

NAVY NCIS

AGENT CARTER

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER *

HOUSE, M.D. *

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA *

GEORGE WALLACE *

THE X-FILES

C.S.I.

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*Emmy Winners/Nominees or Guild Awards for Jamie Kelman

Print / Magazine Covers

ROLLING STONE

PROSTHETICS MAGAZINE

MAKEUP ARTIST MAGAZINE

THE ARTISAN

SHOTS

TV GUIDE

FANGORIA

GOREZONE

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

VANITY FAIR

Visit Jamie Kelman on Social Media:
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Email to:    jamie@kelmanstudio.com

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