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 SEVEN 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) and VICE (2018) were all nominated for Best Makeup Oscars®.
THREE of the movies that Jamie worked on as a makeup artist won Academy Awards® for Best Makeup: HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS & STAR TREK & VICE all won Oscars®!
Selected Films
Selected TV
HARRY HAFT
VICE
GALVESTON
IRON MAN
LOOPER
ZOMBIELAND
ARGO
BRIGHT
SUPER 8
BAD GRANDPA
GOOSEBUMPS
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
PLANET OF THE APES -Tim Burton's
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE X-MAS
STAR TREK -JJ Abrams Reboot- 1 & 2
OZ the GREAT and POWERFUL
HORRIBLE BOSSES
MEN IN BLACK 2
THE RING
BLOW
STAR WARS : THE MANDALORIAN - Season 2
TWIN PEAKS (Makeup Guild Award - Nominee)
THE WALKING DEAD
MINDHUNTER
THE ORVILLE
NAVY NCIS
AGENT CARTER
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (EMMY Nominee)
HOUSE, M.D. (Primetime EMMY - Winner)
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (EMMY - Winner)
GEORGE WALLACE (Primetime EMMY - Nominee)
THE X-FILES
C.S.I.
Print / Magazine Covers
ROLLING STONE
PROSTHETICS MAGAZINE
MAKEUP ARTIST MAGAZINE
ARTISAN
SHOTS
TV GUIDE
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
VANITY FAIR
Visit Jamie Kelman on Social Media:
Email to: jamie@kelmanstudio.com
