Mathu Andersen is a

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, costume designer, and photographer. Andersen has collaborated with

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and was previously in a relationship with fashion designer

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Career

Andersen has a background in fashion and textile design. He and

collaborated for many years, until the show's ninth season; Andersen initially did RuPaul's hair and

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, and later directed challenges and became a creative producer of ''Drag Race''. He was a guest judge on season two's "Here Comes the Bride" (2010), and he was a special guest on the fourth season's "The Final Three" (2012), the fifth season's "

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" (2013), the sixth season's "Sissy That Walk!" (2014), and the seventh season's (2015) premiere episode (" Born Naked") and twelfth episode (" And the Rest Is Drag"). Andersen was nominated in the Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program category at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015 for his work on "

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", the seventh season's third episode. The reasons for his departure from the show are unknown.

Personal life

Andersen is originally from Australia. He moved to New York in 1986 and, according to ''

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'', "teamed up with Zaldy Goco and became a fixture of NYC nightlife". Andersen moved to Los Angeles in 2002.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Mathu Living people Australian costume designers Australian make-up artists Australian photographers