Barney Burman is an American makeup artist and character actor. He was part of the team that won an

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in 2009 for Best Make-up, on the film ''

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''.

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 ''

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''. In 2009, he worked on the rebooted ''

'' alongside

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and

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. 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." It was the third time he had worked with director

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following '' Mission: Impossible III'' and the television movie ''

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''. He has subsequently led the make-up team that works on

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's television series ''

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''. He has praised the variety that the show has given his team, saying "It’s creating over and over again each episode. Often we've had situations where we've had to make a full dead body in five days or we did an episode with some Bigfoot characters and we had four days to get our first one done." Burman co-owns a make-up shop in

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, called Proteus Make-up FX, along with Steve Prouty.

Awards

The make-up team working on 2009's ''Star Trek'' won an

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at the

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. This was the first Oscar to have been awarded to any film in the franchise.

Personal life

Barney's father, Thomas R. Burman and his wife Bari Dreiband-Burman, were nominated for best make-up for the film ''

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''. His grandfather, Ellis Burman Sr., was considered to be a pioneer in film make-up, having worked on the original '' Twilight Zone'' television series and the 1941 film '' The Wolf Man''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burman, Barney American make-up artists Best Makeup Academy Award winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)