Michael Westmore
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Michael G. Westmore (born 22 March 1938; age 71) was the makeup designer, makeup artist, or makeup supervisor on all of the Star Trek spinoffs and created the majority of species that first appeared in Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise. He was also the makeup artist for the four Next Generation movies.
Westmore's father, Monte Westmore, was a hair stylist and makeup artist on the classic film Gone With the Wind. Westmore's daughter, McKenzie Westmore, is an actress and has appeared in some Star Trek productions. His son, Michael Westmore, Jr., worked on Star Trek as an editor and prosthetic technician. Many other members of the Westmore family are famous makeup artists.
Westmore, born in Los Angeles, California, was nominated for an Academy Award for the makeup for Star Trek: First Contact. He had already won the award for 1985's Mask.
He has won Emmy Awards for the makeup for "Captive Pursuit", "Rules of Acquisition" and "Distant Voices". Westmore was also nominated for several Emmy Awards for the makeup for "The Visitor", "Apocalypse Rising", "The Dogs of War", and for the makeup for Krit and Nahsk in "Who Mourns for Morn?".
On the first five DVD's of Deep Space Nine, "Michael Westmore's Aliens" is a special feature in which he talks about his favorite aliens in the that series. There is also an extended interview with Westmore in the Star Trek: Insurrection (Special Edition) DVD. In addition to those interviews, he was one of the authors of Star Trek: The Next Generation Makeup FX Journal and Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts.
Outside of the Star Trek saga, he was the makeup artist for several films including Scream of the Wolf, Raging Bull, Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky V and Along Came a Spider. He also designed the Sleestak costumes for Land of the Lost. In his early days, he was Butch "Eddie" Patrick's makeup artist on The Munsters.
[edit] Star Trek interviews
- DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Michael Westmore's Aliens: Season One" (interview from 2 October 2002)
- DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Deep Space Nine Scrapbook Year One"/ "Make-up" (interview from 5 October 1992)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection (DVD), Star Trek: Insurrection special feature "Westmore's Legacy" (interview from 2009)
