Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts
The Oscar®- and nine-time Emmy® Award-winningMichael Westmoreis the Makeup Supervisor and Designer at Paramount Studios and was the head of the Makeup Department forStar Trek: The Next Generation®andStar Trek: Deep Space Nine®.Mike currently holds the same title onStar Trek: Voyager®.He also was responsible for the makeup on the featuresStar Trek® Generations, Star Trek: First Contact®andStar Trek: Insurrection.Mike is a scion of the legendary Westmore family of Hollywood, who have dominated the theatrical and motion picture makeup industry since the silent-film era. His makeup designs have been seen by millions in such features asRocky, Raging Bull, 2010, Clan of the Cave Bear, The Andromeda Strain,andMask,for which he won an Academy Award. On television, Mike's makeup forThe Next Generation's"Conspiracy,"Deep Space Nine's"Distant Voices," andVoyager's"Threshold" all won Emmys. In addition, his work onEleanor and Franklin, The Three Wishes of Billy Grier,andWhy Me?won him the coveted statuettes, along with his work on the anthology seriesAmazing Stories.The list of Mike's other shows that were accorded Emmy nominations are a catalog of some of television's most interesting fare:The Babe Ruth Story, The Day After, MacGyver, The Amazing Howard Hughes,andFrankenstein.Plus four otherStar Trekepisodes were nominated: "Who Mourns for Morn" and "The Dogs of War" fromDeep Space Nineand "Inner Light" and "Brothers" fromThe Next Generation.Exhibitions of Mike's work have been seen at the California Museum of Science and Industry, the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. You can still see his creations in an exhibit at the Las Vegas Hilton's Star Trek: The Experience. Mike is the author ofThe Art of Theatrical Makeup for Stage and Screen.Because of his extraordinary talent, Mike has been asked to contribute cosmetic chapters in the medical textsSymposium of Aesthetic Surgery, The Burn Patient,andAesthetic Dentistry.Mike Westmore lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Marion, with whom he has three children: Mike Westmore Jr., Michele Westmore-Garcia, and McKenzie Westmore.