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Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova Scotian descent), and his mother is of Samoan background (her own father was Peter Fanene Maivia, also a professional wrestler). While growing up, Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. During his high school years, Dwayne began playing football and he soon received a full scholarship from the University of Miami, where he had tremendous success as a football player. In 1995, Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a place in the NFL. He then signed a three-year deal with the Canadian League but left after a year to pursue a career in wrestling.
He made his wrestling debut in the USWA under the name Flex Kavanah where he won the tag team championship with Brett Sawyer. In 1996, Dwayne joined the WWE and became Rocky Maivia where he joined a group known as "The Nation of Domination" and turned heel. Rocky eventually took over leadership of the "Nation" and began taking the persona of The Rock. After the "Nation" split, The Rock joined another elite group of wrestlers known as the "Corporation" and began a memorable feud with Steve Austin. Soon the Rock was kicked out of the "Corporation". He turned face and became known as "The Peoples Champion". In 2000, the Rock took time off from WWE to film his appearance in The Mummy Returns (2001). He returned in 2001 during the WCW/ECW invasion where he joined a team of WWE wrestlers at The Scorpion King (2002), a prequel to The Mummy Returns (2001).
Dwayne has a daughter, Simone Alexandra Johnson, born in 2001, with his ex-wife Dany Garcia, and daughters, Jasmine, born in 2015, and Tiana Gia, born in 2018, with his wife, singer and songwriter Lauren Hashian.Black Adam- Actress
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Yasmine Al Massri is an international actress, contemporary artist and dancer. Born in Lebanon, from a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother. At age 20, she moved to Paris to study, and graduated from the prestigious L'Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris in Multimedia and live performances.
Her artistic interdisciplinary career began in dancing, when in 2000 she joined the Thouraya Baghdadi's Dance company in Paris. Inspired by great choreographers, she explored classical and innovative ways of performing Arab repertoire and opened herself to world folklore, Flamenco, Salsa and African dance. Shortly afterwards she created her own personal style of performance and directed herself in numerous performance videos that have been seen in performance arts festivals around the world.
Al Massri's first big break as an actress was in the award-winning Lebanese film "Caramel" written and directed by Nadine Labaki. At the 2007 Cannes Film Festival it generated tremendous critical acclaim and went on to be the most successful Arab film to date. It also got Al Massri a best actress award with the film's ensemble of actresses at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, and later a nomination at the Asia Pacific Screen Award 2007.
In 2008, director Najwa al Najjar cast Yasmine in the lead role of her award winning film "Pomegranates and Myrrh" alongside Hiam Abbass. The film opened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and Yasmine went on to win the Youssef Chahine Best Actress award for her performance at the Rabat International Film Festival.
In 2010 Yasmine starred in Julian Schnabel's internationally acclaimed film," Miral", alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Hiam Abbas, Frieda Pinto and Willem Dafoe. Her latest movie "The Last Friday", won the best film award at the Dubai International Film Festival 2011.
More recently, Yasmine was seen as a series regular opposite John Malkovich in the NBC series Crossbones and also as a series regular in the ABC series Quantico.
In 2015, Variety included her on their list of breakout performances, which also included the likes of Rami Malek, Aziz Ansari, Titus Burgess, Taraji P. Henson, Ben Mendelsohn and more.Adrianna Tomaz a.k.a. Isis- Actor
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Noah Centineo is an American actor. He portrayed Jesus Adams Foster in The Fosters (2013), for which he was nominated for a Teen Choice Award. Since then, he has received both critical acclaim and audience adoration for starring in a series of romantic comedy films, beginning with To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018), as heartthrob Peter Kavinsky, and then onwards with Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018), Swiped (2018), The Perfect Date (2019), and To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020).
Noah Gregory Centineo was born on May 9, 1996 in Miami, Florida, to Kellee (Andres) and Gregory Centineo, a businessman and former pastor. He is of Italian and German descent. Noah grew up in Boynton Beach, Florida with his older sister, Taylor. He attended BAK Middle School of the Arts and Boca Raton Community High School, before moving to Los Angeles in 2012 at the age of sixteen.
Noah made his acting debut as Josh Peters in the family film The Gold Retrievers (2009). His first notable role was as Jaden Stark in the Disney Channel film How to Build a Better Boy (2014). He was subsequently cast in the Disney Channel comedy pilot Growing Up and Down (2014), before landing the role of Jesus Adams Foster in The Fosters (2013), taking over the role from Jake T. Austin. In 2017, he was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Star: Male.Albert Rothstein a.k.a. Atom Smasher- Actor
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Aldis Hodge is a SAG Award-winning actor, who has built a dynamic career as a versatile performer shining in roles in both film and television. Hodge is perhaps best known for his role as Noah in the WGN hit series Underground (2016), starring alongside Jurnee Smollett and Christopher Meloni. Underground (2016) centers on a group of runaway slaves, aided by a secretly abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad, as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back.
Hodge was in the Paramount Pictures film What Men Want (2019) starring Taraji P. Henson and Tracy Morgan. The film was produced by Will Packer, directed by Adam Shankman and was released in February 2019. Hodge recently wrapped production on a Showtime pilot produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck entitled City on a Hill (2019), in which he played the co-lead opposite Kevin Bacon. Additionally, he finished work as the title character of the film Brian Banks (2018) alongside Greg Kinnear.
In 2017, Hodge was seen in the critically acclaimed film "Hidden Figures" alongside Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe. The film received three Oscar nominations including Best Picture, two Golden Globe nominations, and, in addition, won a SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture as well as an NAACP Award for Outstanding Motion Picture. Hodge also earned a National Board of Review Award and Palm Springs Film Festival Best Ensemble Award for his role in the film. Also in 2017, Hodge was seen in the third season of the Emmy-winning series Black Mirror (2011). In 2016, Hodge was seen in the Edward Zwick film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) with Tom Cruise.
In 2015, Hodge starred in Straight Outta Compton (2015) portraying MC Ren, a member of the pioneering rap group N.W.A. The film captivated audiences all over the world. It was nominated for an Oscar and a SAG Award, and won the NAACP Award for Outstanding Motion Picture.
Hodge became a fan favorite in his role as Alec Hardison in TNT's highly rated television series Leverage (2008), which nabbed a People's Choice Award in 2013. Also in 2013, Hodge was seen in the Fox Searchlight eco-terrorism thriller The East (2013), alongside Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Patricia Clarkson, and Brit Marling. Directed by Zal Batmanglij, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Hodge also appeared in Twentieth Century Fox's A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), an installment of the Die Hard (1988) franchise.
Hodge's other television roles include the critically acclaimed series TURN: Washington's Spies (2014), Friday Night Lights (2006), Supernatural (2005), The Walking Dead (2010), Girlfriends (2000), The Blacklist (2013), City of Angels (2000), Bones (2005), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), CSI: Miami (2002), ER (1994), Cold Case (2003), Charmed (1998), and Boston Public (2000).
At the age of three, Hodge began his career when he booked a print job for Essence magazine with his brother Edwin Hodge. He continued to work as a model for print ads and commercials until he made the transition to the screen, when he and his brother were cast on Sesame Street (1969) and later on stage when they joined the Tony-winning revival of "Showboat" on Broadway. During that period, he also appeared in several movies including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Bed of Roses (1996), Edmond (2005), The Ladykillers (2004), and Big Momma's House (2000).
Hodge was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and raised in New York, New York. In addition to acting, Hodge writes scripts for film and television, designs luxury timepieces, and is an avid artist and painter. He resides in Los Angeles. 9/18Carter Hall a.k.a. Hawkman- Quintessa Swindell was born on February 8, 1997 in New York, USA. They are an actor, known for Voyagers (2021), Black Adam (2022) and Euphoria (2019). In December 2020, they were cast in the role of Cyclone in the DCEU film Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role.
Swindell is non-binary and they use they/them and he/him pronouns.Maxine Hunkel a.k.a. Cyclone - Casting Director
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Mary Vernieu was born on 9 July 1963 in California, USA. She is a casting director and producer, known for Knives Out (2019), Glass Onion (2022) and Promising Young Woman (2020).casting director #1- Casting Director
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Lindsay Graham is known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Suicide Squad (2016) and The Magnificent Seven (2016).casting director #2- Editor
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With an extensive career spanning more than 20 years full of local and international works in the film industry, Egyptian film editor Ahmed Hafez has presented the final cuts of over 20 films and edited numerous TV commercials and music videos. Hafez started his editing career with many TV commercials and music videos. He won 12 local and international awards for his work in six films. Hafez received international acclaim for his work in Clash (2016) by director Mohamed Diab, which opened the Un Certain Regard section at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. American film critic Deborah Young described his editing style as "rapid-fire editing" in her Clash Cannes review in The Hollywood Reporter. For his work in Clash, Hafez received three awards at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Cairo Film Society Festival and the Egyptian National Film Festival.
Hafez edited the Jordanian-Turkish feature film The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul (2017), starring Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak and written and directed by Turkish director Andaç Haznederoglu. The film won him the Best Editing award at the International Bosphorus Film Festival in Turkey. Palestinian film Amira by director Mohamed Diab marked his second collaboration with Saba Mubarak, who stars in the film alongside Palestinian actor Ali Suliman. Hafez edited the first episode of the upcoming American action TV series Cypher, an international co-production directed by Tunisian director Majdi Smiri. Hafez is also editing Egyptian director Amr Salama's TV series Paranormal, based on the best-selling Arabic horror books by late author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik. Paranormal marks Netflix's first-ever original Egyptian series. His first collaboration with Salama was in Sheikh Jackson that world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017. His collaboration with successful director/writer duo Marwan Hamed and Ahmed Mourad resulted in some of Egypt's highest-grossing films. Their collaboration started with The Blue Elephant (2016), which gave Hafez good material to experiment with. Hafez worked with Hamed and Mourad in The Originals, which won him four awards, Diamond Dust (2018), which he regards as the closest film to his heart for its storytelling style, and won him the Best Editing award at the Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA). Their latest collaboration is Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers (2019), the highest-grossing film in the history of Egyptian cinema with revenues surpassing EGP 102 million. He is currently joining hands with the dynamic duet once more to create a new book-to-screen film Kira & El Gin that is based on Mourad's best-seller, 1919.
Three of the films mentioned previously are based on successful literary works, which is a direction Hafez has taken in several films and TV series, including the film Hepta: The Last Lecture, based on writer Mohamed Sadek's best-selling novel of the same name. Additionally, the TV series Paranormal, La Tottfe' Al Shams (Don't let the Sun Set) (Ihsan Abdel Quddous), and Fi Kol Esbo' Yom Goma'a (Every Week Has A Friday) (Ibrahim Abdel Meguid), a Shahid.net original series. In 2014, Hafez edited the thriller film Warda by director Hadi Elbagoury and screenwriter Mohamed Hefzy. Warda is the first feature film to be shot in the Found-footage style in the Arab world. In 2016, Hafez worked again with Elbagoury in Hepta: The Last Lecture, the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema with revenues exceeding EGP 27 million. Hafez won two awards for his work in Hepta: The Last Lecture. Born in Cairo, Egypt, Ahmed Hafez graduated from the faculty of commerce, foreign trade department. he started his editing career when he was still in high school in 1998. Hafez kept up with the development of the film editing techniques, from using linear editing, a traditional tape-based editing system, until using non-linear editing, a computer-based editing system. Hafez's first editing work was an Axe TV commercial directed by Hadi Elbagoury in 1998. After editing many TV commercials and music videos, Hafez edited his first film 45 Days (2007), starring Ahmad Al Fishawy and directed by Ahmed Yousri, followed by Al Rahina (The Hostage) (2006) by director Sandra Nashaat, who he continued to work within the films Masgoon Transit (Prisoner on Transit) (2008) and Al Maslaha (The Deal) (2012). His editing credits also include the films El Shabah (The Ghost) (2007), Badal Faqed (Replacement) (2009), Al Hafla (The Party) (2013), Sukkar Mor (Bitter Sugar) (2015) by director Hani Khalifa, for which he won the Best Editing award at the Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA), Gunshot (2018) by director Karim El Shenawy, and Al Daif (The Guest) by director Hadi Elbagoury and writer Ibrahim Eissa. Hafez is currently editing director Ahmad Alaa Aldeeb's film Al Aref: Awdat Younis, starring Ahmed Ezz. Hafez also edited some of the most remarkable Egyptian TV series. He worked with director Mohamed Shaker Khodeir and screenwriter Tamer Habib in the three TV series; Tareeqy (My Path) (2015), Grand Hotel (2016), and La Tottfe' Al Shams (2017). He also worked with director Amr Salama in his TV series Tayea (2018).editor #1- Editor
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Michael L. Sale is known for Black Adam (2022), We're the Millers (2013) and Bridesmaids (2011). He has been married to Bobbie Jean Sale since 23 May 2006. He was previously married to Tiffany Hauck.editor #2- Composer
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Hesham Nazih is an Egyptian composer best known for his distinguished style that interweaves authentic melodies with contemporary music. Nazih has built a 20+ year artistic career and has under his belt more than 40 award-winning soundtracks of blockbuster films that dominated the Egyptian box-office and achieved critical acclaim such as Snakes and Ladders, Ibrahim Labyad, The Blue Elephant I and II, Sons of Rizk I and II, and The Treasure I and II. His TV hits include Friendly Fire, The Seven Commandments, The Covenant, and Shahid's Every Week Has A Friday.
In addition to an impressive repertoire, Hesham has also received a plethora of "Best Music" awards for many of his works. And in November of 2021, he was honoured by the prestigious Arab Music Festival in its 30th edition in recognition of his musical career and for the excellent work he did composing the accompanying music for The Pharaohs' Golden Parade.
Hesham's scores were recorded at some of the world's best studios including Abbey Road in London, Smecky Music Studios in Prague, and Synchron Stage Vienna.
Most recently, Nazih was also featured in an in-conversation alongside the two- time Academy Award Winner A.R Rahman within the events of Cairo Industry Days of Cairo International Film Festival, the same festival where he previously received the honorary Faten Hamama Excellence Award, marking the first composer to ever receive this award.music score- Music Department
Gabe Hilfer is known for The White Lotus (2021), Don't Look Up (2021) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).music supervisor #2- Art Director
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Beat Frutiger is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Star Trek (2009) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).art director- Costume Designer
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With her name long-attached to more than 30 TV hits and blockbuster films, Costume Designer Reem El Adl believes that she has to be involved in every aspect of the overall appearance of a character and that the costume designing process is not only about determining the features of a character but also studying characters, even before casting actors. Reem El Adl has worked on many non-mainstream films and TV series that take place in various times and settings, such as the TV series Al Shawarea Al Khalfeya (Back Streets), Sedna Al Sayed, Segn El Nesa (Women's Prison), Wahet El Ghoroub, and the films Al Saffah, Samir wa Shahir wa Bahir, Nawara, Clash, Mawlana, and Sheikh Jackson. El Adl studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts. After working as an assistant costume designer in several films and TV series, she eventually made her first film Oreed Khol'an (2005). She was then trained by veteran costume designer Nahed Nasrallah for a whole year. After receiving her diploma from The Accademia Italiana Arte Moda Design in Florence, Italy , she designed costumes for the films Kharej Ala El Kanoun (2007), Sharea 18 (2008), and Waraet Shafra (2008). Reem got her big break in 2009 in the film Al Saffah (The Murderer) by director Saad Hendawy, where she was able to create a different world and take audiences back to the 80s and 90s. She then went on to design costumes for films, including Telk Al-Ayam (Those Days) (2010), Samir wa Shahir wa Bahir (2010), which features the 70's fashion, the thriller Mesawar Qateel (2012), Nawara (2015), for which she received the Best Costume Design Award from the Annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, and the film also won its lead actress Menna Shalaby many awards, the black comedy Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim (2016), where the goat was one of the leads, Clash (2016), which brought together Egyptian people of diverse backgrounds. The film had its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival where it was the opener of the prestigious Un Certain Regard section and for her work in the film; Reem received the Best Costume Designer from the Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA). Other titles that Reem worked on include Mawlana (2017), where Amr Saad played a religious preacher, Sheikh Jackson (2017), where Reem brilliantly blended the Sufi costumes and Michael Jackson's most iconic outfits for Ahmad Al Fishawy and Ahmed Malek who played Sheikhs who were Michael Jackson fans, and EXT. NIGHT (2018). Both of these films had their world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Wahet El Ghoroub TV series (2017) by Kamla Abouzekri is one of the most diverse and rich TV series. Reem received the Best Costume Design award at the Cinema Syndicate Awards (CSA) for her work in that series. It takes place in the late 19th century with characters coming from different backgrounds and cities, such as Alexandria, Cairo, Aswan, and Siwa Oasis. Each character has its own characteristics, especially Catharine, an Irish woman played by Menna Shalaby. El Adl collaborated with director Kamla Abuzekri in the Segn El Nesa TV series (2014), which dove into the world of women's prison in an unprecedented approach. Besides, she worked on many TV series, including Qeset Hob (Love Story) (2010), Al Shawarea Al Khalfeya (2011), Sedna Al Sayed (2012), which takes place in Upper Egypt in the 1920s and 1930s, Al Daeya (The Preacher) (2013), and El Khoroug (2016).
When it comes to her work, Reem has an interest in the psychological dramas like the thriller film Al Daif (2019) that followed the story of a family having dinner with an obsessed extremist. The film premiered at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia where it won the Audience Award and it received other awards from Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden and New Vision International Film Festival in Netherland. Another work of that psychological nature is Fi Kol Osbu' Yowm Goma'a (Every Week Has A Friday) (2020) which features Asser Yassin as a mentally unstable man who isolated himself from everything and everyone around. El Adl is currently preparing for Hisham Abdel Khalek's new international film Jesus and The Others, and wrapped up shooting an episode of Shahid's Nemra2 which is directed by Hadi El Bagouri. Apart from films and TV series, El Adl was part of a myriad of viral TV ads, the latest of which include; the collaboration between Chipsy Egypt and the mobile network operator company Orange Egypt where she transformed Yasmin Raeis and Akram Hosny into Indians, and El Garhy Steel TV ad, which went viral during its premiere on TV in Ramadan 2018, where she turned a number of professional circus performers into a group of construction workers. Most recently, El Adl designed costumes for Vodafone's latest TV ad, featuring Egyptian singers Oka and Ortega. The ad made almost one million views on YouTube in its first day. She also dressed superstar Mohamed Henedy for A'la Kam app TV ad, which reached more than three million views in five days. El Adl also designed costumes for Molto Egypt's Africa Cup of Nations 2019 TV ad campaign. In the light of the growing COVID-19 crisis, Reem El Adl launched an initiative inviting fashion designers to contribute to filling the deficit facing the medical sector by manufacturing cloth face masks through her Facebook account. The concept behind this call is to dedicate these masks for free to ordinary users so that the medical and n95 masks are saved to the medical personnel for their essential uses.costume designer- Make-Up Department
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Deborah La Mia Denaver is known for Birds of Prey (2020), Ghost in the Shell (2017) and Cast Away (2000).head department makeup- Make-Up Department
Cassie Russek is known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Birds of Prey (2020) and Amsterdam (2022).key hair stylist- Make-Up Department
- Special Effects
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Academy Award winner Matthew W. Mungle is regarded as one of Hollywood's premier Make-up Effects & Prosthetic Artists. With over 250 film and television projects to his credit, Matthew has earned accolades and recognition as one of the industry's top masters of Makeup Effects Illusionist.
Born in Durant, Oklahoma in 1956, Matthew was one of five children born to Atoka dairy farmer Jene and Becky Mungle. As a boy he recalls seeing Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy. In 1964 with the release of The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao and The List of Adrian Messenger, Matthew credits the films as having been his greatest influence and deciding factor in becoming a Make-up Effects Artist. He was fascinated with the make-up, often "borrowing" his mother's cosmetics to create his own version of horror. In 1968, a film that would revolutionize make-up effects and further impact the small-town boy from Atoka was the release, Planet of the Apes. It is hard to say how many times Matthew saw the film. What he did know was that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his idols, namely Lon Chaney, Sr., Jack Pierce and John Chambers, who won the Academy Award for the specialized make-up creations for Planet of the Apes. As he got older, he would learn from books and magazines such as Richard Corson's Stage Make-up & Dick Smith's Do It Yourself Monster Make-up Handbook and would send away for theatrical make-up from New York and Dallas specialty stores - experimenting with face casts and prosthetics on willing family members and friends. Although his parents thought it was a phase he would soon outgrow, Matthew knew differently.
Return of the Planet of the Apes was released when he was a sophomore in High School and he encouraged the owner of the local movie theatre to let him dress up as one of the chimpanzees to promote the film. Not only did he dress and act the part but also created his own prosthetic make-up. The realism was so startling to the small town of Atoka, that many thought Hollywood had sent an actor to hype the film! Matthew would continue to promote films at the Thompson Theatre in Atoka by applying his own make-up and costumes until he graduated from High School.
Although his sights were still on Hollywood, at his father's insistence, he applied and was accepted into Oklahoma State University as a theatre arts major in 1975 after graduating from Atoka High School. Working with props and make-up for various productions, Matthew eagerly absorbed the educational tools being given.
Matthew finally arrived in Hollywood in December 1977 after applying and being accepted into Joe Blasco's Make-up Center - the premier academy responsible for training many of the film and television industry's elite Make-up Artists. "From the very beginning, Matthew showed exceptional talent!" claims Blasco, whose own career as a top make-up artist turned educator, has been instrumental in graduating Academy Award winners. "I instinctively knew that Matthew had what it takes to become a success in this business. His dedication to the art form and rapid ability to master the craft led me to hire him as an instructor following his graduation from my school in 1978. He stayed on-staff as a teacher until his own popularity as a working make-up artist became too demanding."
Matthew credits Joe Blasco with his professional start & as mentor in the industry. "I was a sponge, absorbing every ounce of knowledge I could. Whether learning the techniques of beauty make-up or casting molds and working with prosthetics, I wanted to be as versatile as I could". Today, Matthew is a veteran voice to up-and-coming artists hoping to find their own niche in the industry. "If you want to be a working make-up artist, then you should learn and perfect all areas of the craft".
Matthew's professional career began on low-budget projects such as The Dorm That Dripped Blood, The Kindred, War Party, The Guardian & Navy Seals which taught him to think quickly on his feet and how to be a great department head Make-up Artist. Matthew joined I.A. Local 706 in the summer of 1989 and passed his test to become a Journeyman Make-up Artist in early 1990. His first major film was working with Ve Neil on Edward Scissorhands in 1990. Matthew has accumulated an impressive list of credits and an equally impressive genre of box office successes including: Bram Stoker's Dracula, earning him an Oscar in 1992 with Michelle Burke & Greg Cannom; Schindler's List, giving him another nomination in 1993 with Christina Smith & Judy Cory; creating Arnold's pregnancy stomach in the comedy spoof Junior; tackling special make-up effects for Outbreak, Congo, Primal Fear, and aging James Woods to 72 in Ghosts of Mississippi, which earned Deborah Lamia Denaver & him his 3rd Oscar nomination in 1996. His transformation of Glenn Close and Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs earned Lynn Johnson, Martial Corneville & him his fourth Oscar nomination in 2011.
Matthew's expertise in prosthetic aging & character make-up created a vast field of job opportunities in both film and TV --- HBO's Citizen Cohn, starring James Woods and earning him his first Emmy in 1993 along with Deborah Lamia Denaver, Lynne Eagan & John Jackson. Another nomination followed in 1997 for Miss Evers' Boys. Two more nominations were earned in 1998 --- TNT's Wallace and ABC's Oliver Twist and in 1999 for his work on TNT's Houdini. In 2000, Matthew was one of the first recipient of Local 706's first annual Guild Make-up and Hair Award for his work on ABC's The Beat Goes On.
In 2000, Matthew was hired on X-Files for special make-up and prosthetic designs. A coup to his already long list of credits, Matthew entered the show's 8th season and promptly won an Emmy in 2001 for the episode, Dead Alive. Shortly after the X-Files series ended Matthew was hired to work on CBS's C.S.I. Miami and Presidio Med. Even with a demanding schedule, Matthew found time to work on TNT's Door-to-Door, which earned him an Emmy in 2003. In 2006, Matthew took home his fourth Emmy for his work in HBO's final episode of Six Feet Under and in 2008, Matthew earned his fifth & sixth Emmy for Tracey Ullman's State of the Union and John Adams. To date Matthew has been honored with 26 Emmy nominations. Matthew finished his 11-year run creating graphic make-up effects for C.S.I. Las Vegas (CBS) in July 2015. With a full film and TV schedule, Matthew continued his work on NCIS (CBS) & Salem (WGN).
His impressive list of film credits include such box office hits as creating Brendan Fraser's many character looks in Bedazzled, Pay it Forward with Kevin Spacey, Red Dragon, Daredevil, Anchorman, The Punisher, House of D with Robin Williams, Skeleton Key, Polar Express, The Omen, X-Men:The Last Stand, Midnight Meat Train, The Bucket List, Inception, The Tempest, The Change-Up, What to Expect When You're Expecting and Lee Daniel's THE Butler aging Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey along with creating historical Presidents on well-known Actors with the talent assistants of Douglas Noe.
One of Matthew's many creative challenges started in 2003 with the hit Broadway show Wicked, producing the prosthetic face masks and prosthetics for the production's various characters. Balancing his film and TV projects, Matthew continued his work for the show's Broadway production & U.S. tours.
In 1999, Matthew conducted a 3-day seminar on advanced prosthetics for Screen Training Ireland in Dublin and in June 2000 was a featured guest lecturer aboard the Q.E.II during a cross-Atlantic vacation from South Hampton, England to New York.
He's appeared on a wide variety of TV shows including Discovery Channel's Mega Movie Magic where he aged a 12-year-old girl into an 80-year-old woman! BBC's Talk of the Town, a highly rated and popular London-based magazine shows. He has been interviewed for Turner Entertainment Report, E! Entertainment News, The Morning Show, FX Dailies, CNN, Good Day L.A. and Japan's CH. 5 News Networks. His interviews can also be seen on the behind-the-scenes trailer for the 8th and 9th season episodes of X-Files for video and DVD release, CSI behind-the-scenes on DVD release and, Inside Edition, Entertainment Tonight & CBS Sunday Morning. Matthew and his Husband of 41 years, John Jackson, closed their North Hollywood studio/lab in May of 2017 in and moved to Lago Vista, Texas outside Austin to retire. Matthew has set up a smaller studio in an old police station and after 40 years as a Professional Make-up Artist, continues to create prosthetic designs for Glenn Close, Robert De Niro & Tracey Ullman. He conducts educational seminars at Brick in the Yard in Dallas, Texas and contributed to the 3rd addition of Todd Debreceni's Special Make-up Effects book. He also contributed to the newest, 11th edition, Richard Corson's Stage Make-up Book (Matthew learned from when he was young) and shared over 20 different step by step procedures to the 470 page book with Jim Glavan. The book won the USITT 2021 Oscar G Brockett Golden Pen Award for significant publications in the field of design, technology and management.
In the spring of 2019, Glenn Close called Matthew to design and create the prosthetics for her character as Mamaw on the critically acclaimed Ron Howard film Hillbilly Elegy (2020). The prosthetics were applied on set by Eryn Mekash Kruger and Jamie Hess.prosthetics designer- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Nick Satriano was born on 24 March 1970 in Lake Wales, Florida, USA. He is an assistant director and actor, known for The Tomorrow War (2021), Armageddon (1998) and Boss Level (2020). He has been married to Jimena Ferrante since 13 January 2007. They have two children.first assistant director- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Megan Schmidt was born on 14 February 1982 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an assistant director and actress, known for The Tomorrow War (2021), The Darkest Minds (2018) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014).second assistant director- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Stunts
- Actor
Greg Rementer was born in Havertown, Pennsylvania, USA. Greg is an assistant director and actor, known for Bullet Train (2022), Nobody (2021) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).second unit director / stunt coordinator- Art Department
- Production Designer
- Art Director
Shari Ratliff is known for Glass Onion (2022), Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).set designer- Art Department
- Visual Effects
- Art Director
Christian Scheurer is known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) and The Tomorrow War (2021).concept art- Sound Department
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Bill R. Dean was born in Bexar County, Texas, USA. Bill R. is an actor and producer, known for Black Adam (2022), DC League of Super-Pets (2022) and Shazam! (2019). Bill R. has been married to Elizabeth Dean since 31 March 2007.sound designer / supervising sound editor- Sound Department
Michael Keller started his career in Sound at the young age of 17 at ARRI cameras in Munich. Through his keen interest and hard work he was soon promoted from a recordist to a re-recording mixer. The wish to work in Hollywood brought him to Los Angeles where he started as a sound designer at Soundelux. In 1995 he started as a re-recording mixer at Signet, followed by Vine Street Studios. In 2006 he began to work at Todd AO where he stayed for several years. After Todd AO he decided to become a freelance mixer and worked in US studios as well as in England. In 2014 he took a position at Warner Brothers which he still holds today. In his free time he loves to go kite-boarding.sound re-recording mixer #2- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
Michael B. Koff was born on 3 May 1980 in Walnut Creek, California, USA. He is known for 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), Venom (2018) and Deepwater Horizon (2016).sound mixer- Special Effects
J.D. Schwalm is known for First Man (2018), The Fate of the Furious (2017) and The Jungle Book (2016).special effects supervisor- Visual Effects
- Actor
Bill Westenhofer is known for Life After Pi (2014), The Golden Compass (2007) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).visual effects supervisor- Stunts
- Actor
Kirk A. Jenkins is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Black Panther (2018) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).fight coordinator- Location Management
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- Additional Crew
Leann Emmert is known for Transformers (2007), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Minority Report (2002).location manager- Additional Crew
Lee Anne Muldoon is known for Uncharted (2022), Wonder Woman (2017) and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011).unit publicist- Producer
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Sarah Goher is an Egyptian American writer and producer known for Marvel's MOON KNIGHT.
Sarah is the longtime creative partner of Mohamed Diab. She produced his first film, CAIRO 678 (2010), about a trio of female vigilantes who fight sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo. Paulo Coehlo tweeted "should be mandatory for all men to watch."
Their sophomore film was the Cannes Un Certain Regarde opener CLASH (2016), an action packed political thriller shot entirely from within the confines of a police truck, praised by Tom Hanks who urged people to see it, for "it will break your heart, but enlighten all."
Their latest film AMIRA (2021) centers around the phenomenon of Palestinian prisoners conceiving children through smuggled sperm.
Sarah has co-written two English language scripts with Diab, a refugee superhero film and a sci-fi thriller.
She is currently preparing to direct her first feature film.
Sarah was born and bred in the South Bronx to Egyptian immigrants.
Her maternal grandfather is the legendary Egyptian composer Abdu Dagher, who's music influenced her greatly.
She attended Bronx public schools and eventually tested her way into competitive Manhattan private schools, attending on scholarships, including Nightingale Bamford, a private all girls school that inspired the series GOSSIP GIRL.
She graduated with honors from NYU Tisch, with a double major in film and economics.producer- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Rory was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He graduated the Columbia University MFA Film program in 2012, where he met co writer Sohrab Noshirvani. In 2018, their critically acclaimed mini-series, Informer, was produced by Sam Mendes for BBC and Amazon, picking up a BAFTA nomination for best drama. Their debut feature, The Mauritanian, was adapted from Mohamadou Ould Slahi's memoir Guantánamo Diary. The movie was released in 2021, starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Sheilene Woodley. The film went on to receive nominations for 2 Golden Globes and 5 BAFTAS, including best adapted screenplay.writer #1- Writer
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Mohamed Diab is an Egyptian filmmaker and the lead director on Marvel Studio's MOON KNIGHT starring Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke and May Calamawy.
He began his career as a screenwriter, achieving commercial success in the Middle East. In 2010 he made his directorial debut CAIRO 678, about a trio of female vigilantes who fight sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo. Paulo Coehlo tweeted it "should be mandatory for all men to watch."
In 2016, he followed up with the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regarde opener CLASH (2016), an action packed political thriller shot entirely from within the confines of a police truck. Tom Hanks praised the film and urged people to see it, for "it will break your heart, but enlighten all."
His film AMIRA (2021) picked up three awards at the Venice Film Festival. The story centers around the phenomenon of Palestinian prisoners conceiving children through smuggled sperm.
Mohamed often collaborates with his writer-producer partner and wife, Sarah Goher.
In 2011, Diab received a Webby award for his role in the Egyptian revolution, which was chronicled in the bestselling book "Rising from Tahrir." Diab was also featured as a main character in "Tahrir," a video game about the Arab Spring.director