Matthew W. Mungle (born October 26, 1956) is an American make-up artist. He has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Academy Award for Best Makeup, winning (as part of a three-person team) in 1992 for ''Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film), Bram Stoker's Dracula''. He has also received 26 Emmy nominations, winning 6.
[Michael Smith]
"Atoka native could win second Oscar in makeup category"
''Tulsa World'', February 24, 2012. His television work includes ''Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales'', ''Tracey Ullman's State of the Union,'' ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Big Bang Theory, Salem (TV series), Salem, NCIS (TV series), NCIS, Conan (talk show), Conan,'' and ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!.''
Mungle's other film work includes ''Norbit'', ''Epic Movie'', ''Disaster Movie'', ''Psycho (1998 film), Psycho (1998), The Butler, Superhero Movie,'' ''Frida (film), Frida,'' ''Vampires Suck'', ''Sky High (2005 film), Sky High,'' The Tempest (2010 film), ''The Tempest'''','' ''The Midnight Meat Train,'' ''Date Movie, Monster House (film), Monster House,'' and ''The Polar Express (film), The Polar Express.''
Mungle has also done Special-effects makeup, special effects makeup for commercials for FedEx, Frito-Lay, Universal Parks & Resorts, Universal Parks and Resorts, McDonald's, KFC, Best Buy, Lunchables, and Sprint Corporation.
Mungle has also worked on the Disney Dream Portrait Series photograph featuring, Jack Black, Jason Segel, and Will Ferrell as The Hitchhiking Ghosts from the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Disney attraction, The Haunted Mansion, in 2012.
Mungle is a native of Atoka, Oklahoma, and graduated from Atoka High School in 1975. He studied for two and a half years at Oklahoma State University before moving to Hollywood in 1977. He studied under make-up artist Joe Blasco, then became an instructor at Blasco's school and worked in low-budget horror films
before his career moved into larger projects beginning with ''Edward Scissorhands'' in 1990.
[Robin Rauzi]
"The Transformer: Makeup man Matthew Mungle found his calling in Hollywood as a creator of illusions."
''Los Angeles Times'', May 15, 1997. In addition to ''Dracula'', he has also received Oscar nominations for his work on ''Schindler's List'' (1993), ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996), ''Albert Nobbs'' (2011), and ''Hillbilly Elegy (film), Hillbilly Elegy'' (2020). Mungle created old age makeups for the principal cast for the final episode of HBO's ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under''. In ''Albert Nobbs'' he used make-up and prosthetics for actresses Glenn Close and Janet McTeer's portrayals of women pretending to be men.
[Randee Dawn]
"Nominees for best makeup"
''Variety (magazine), Variety'', February 3, 2012. Mungle also creates the masks of the Winged monkeys, Flying Monkeys and Doctor Dillamond, and List of Wicked characters, Fiyero's Scarecrow (Oz), scarecrow form for the Broadway musical, ''Wicked (musical), Wicked.'' Mungle previously owned a makeup studio in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood. Mungle currently owns a makeup studio in Texas.
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Official website(W.M. Creations)
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Best Makeup Academy Award winners
Living people
American make-up artists
People from Atoka, Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University alumni
1956 births