Karen Westerfield has been elected business representative of Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild, IATSE Local 706, becoming the first woman — and the first Asian-American — to hold the guild’s top post since it was chartered in 1937. She previously served as the guild’s vice president, recording-secretary and sergeant-at-arms.
Westerfield, a three-time Emmy-winning makeup effects artist who worked for 12 years on the Star Trek TV franchise, defeated incumbent Randy Sayer by a vote of 422-349. More than a third of the guild’s 2,215 eligible members cast ballots in the race. Financial reports filed with the Department of Labor show that Sayer was paid 247,313 last year.
The election was a rerun of one held in January, when the guild’s elections committee found that the ballots had not been secured properly before counting. In that race, Sayer beat Westerfield by just 18 votes. All of the guild’s other officer, board and trustee races also were run again.
Westerfield, a three-time Emmy-winning makeup effects artist who worked for 12 years on the Star Trek TV franchise, defeated incumbent Randy Sayer by a vote of 422-349. More than a third of the guild’s 2,215 eligible members cast ballots in the race. Financial reports filed with the Department of Labor show that Sayer was paid 247,313 last year.
The election was a rerun of one held in January, when the guild’s elections committee found that the ballots had not been secured properly before counting. In that race, Sayer beat Westerfield by just 18 votes. All of the guild’s other officer, board and trustee races also were run again.
- 4/13/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
This is the second year for the Makeup and Hairstylists Guild joining the awards game, and they've been a welcome addition to the circuit. They spread their nods thin across a number of categories, but it's a good window into what this branch digs, for sure. This year, the only two films on the Academy's bake-off list of finalists that didn't garner any recognition were "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and "Noah." Meaning "Foxcatcher," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Maleficent" and "The Theory of Everything" were each represented in one form or another. Meanwhile, "Guardians of the Galaxy" led with the most mentions at three, while "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Interstellar" and "Into the Woods" each got a pair. As previously announced, Oscar-winning make-up artist Rick Baker and Emmy-nominated hair stylist Kathryn Blondell will receive the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Awards. Check out the full list of nominees below,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Into The Woods are among the feature nominees announced today for the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards. There is a tie in the Television and New Media Series Best Contemporary Make-Up Category resulting in six nominees. The awards will be presented during a ceremony February 14 at Paramount Studios. Here’s the complete list:
Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films)
Best Contemporary Make-up
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Make-Up Artists: Allan Apone, Nicole Sortillon and Lisa Rocco (Petition)
Gone Girl
Make-Up Artists: Kate Biscoe and Gigi Williams
Guardians of the Galaxy
Make-Up Artist: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
Interstellar
Make-Up Artists: Luisa Abel and Jay Wejebe
Nightcrawler
Make-Up Artists: Donald Mowat and Malanie Romero
Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films)
Best Period And/Or Character Make-up
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Make-Up Artists: Ve Neill, Nikoletta Skarlatos and Conor McCullagh (Petition)
Into the Woods...
Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films)
Best Contemporary Make-up
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Make-Up Artists: Allan Apone, Nicole Sortillon and Lisa Rocco (Petition)
Gone Girl
Make-Up Artists: Kate Biscoe and Gigi Williams
Guardians of the Galaxy
Make-Up Artist: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
Interstellar
Make-Up Artists: Luisa Abel and Jay Wejebe
Nightcrawler
Make-Up Artists: Donald Mowat and Malanie Romero
Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films)
Best Period And/Or Character Make-up
Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Make-Up Artists: Ve Neill, Nikoletta Skarlatos and Conor McCullagh (Petition)
Into the Woods...
- 1/8/2015
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline
Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
- 1/15/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Los Angeles, Jan. 14, 2014 – Today the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild’s President Susan Cabral-Ebert announced nominations for the 2014 Annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards in 14Categories. Winners will be announced at the 2014 Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (Iatse Local 706) Awards honoring make-up artists and hair stylists outstanding achievements in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater and will take place on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Paramount Studios. M.A.C. Cosmetics is the Official Cocktail Reception Sponsor. Here’s the full list of nominations: Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films) Best Contemporary Hair Styling Unfinished Song Aurora Bergere One Chance Christine Blundell Donald Mc Innes Lee Daniels’ The Butler Candace Neal Robert Stevenson Best Contemporary Make-up Prisoners Donald Mowat Pamela Westmore August: Osage County Carla White Bjoern Rehbein One Chance Christine Blundell Donald Mc Innes Best Period And/Or Character Hair Styling American Hustle Katherine Gordon Michelle Johnson...
- 1/14/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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