Mark Shostrom Mark Shostrom is a make - up artist who worked as staff sculptor and make - up artist on , and . For " Star Trek : Generations " he served as test model for Malcolm McDowell ' s scar make - up . In he earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series for his work on the VOY episode , shared with Michael Westmore , Greg Nelson , Scott Wheeler , Tina Hoffman , Gilbert A . Mosko , Michael Key , Barry R . Koper , Natalie Wood , and Bill Myer . he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series for the episode , shared with Michael Westmore , Greg Nelson , Tina Hoffman , Scott Wheeler , Gilbert A . Mosko , Ellis Burman , Jr . , R . Stephen Weber , and Brad Look . Shostrom won two more Emmy Awards for Outstanding Makeup for a Series . In fir the " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " episode " Innocence " and " Surprise " , shared with Todd McIntosh , John Maldonado , Margie Latinopoulos , Dayne Johnson , Gerald Quist , Craig Reardon , and Michael F . Blake , and in for " The X - Files " episodes " Two Fathers " and " One Son " , shared with Rick Stratton , Jake Garber , Craig Reardon , Steve LaPorte , Kevin Haney , and Perri Sorel . In addition he received four Saturn Award nominations for Best Make - up : In for the science fiction thriller " From Beyond " , shared with Anthony Doublin , in for the horror film " Evil Dead II " and for the horror sequel " A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors " , the latter one shared with R . Christopher Biggs , and in for the horror film " Phantasm II " . Shostrom grew up in Hong Kong and was introduced into the film business by make - up artist John Chambers . He worked on a number of films such as the horror film " To All a Good Night " ( 1980 ) , the short film " Violet " ( 1981 ) , the drama " An Outpost of Progress " ( 1982 ) , the fantasy film " The Sword and the Sorcerer " ( 1982 , along with Allan A . Apone , Greg Cannom , Karen Kubeck , Kenny Myers , Ve Neill , and Ronald W . Smith ) , the science fiction film " Forbidden World " ( 1982 , with R . Christopher Biggs and Bart Mixon ) , the fantasy film " The Beastmaster " ( 1982 ) , the science fiction film " Android " ( 1982 ) , the horror comedy " The Slumber Party Massacre " ( 1982 ) , ' s science fiction thriller " Videodrome " ( 1983 ) , the crime drama " Deadly Force " ( 1983 ) , and the thriller " Courage " ( 1984 , with Bart Mixon ) . He created ghost effects for " The Supernaturals " ( 1984 , again with Bart Mixon ) , which starred LeVar Burton and Nichelle Nichols and worked on ' s horror film " A Nightmare on Elm Street " ( 1984 ) . In 1985 he founded his company Mark Shostrom Studio and made his first big break with co - creating the special make - up effects for the horror sequel " A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 : Freddy ' s Revenge " ( 1985 ) . In addition he worked as second unit director for the transformation sequence of . Bart Mixon also worked on this film . Further credits as special effects makeup artist include the ' 80s horror films " From Beyond " ( 1986 , along Bruce Barlow ) , " Witchboard " ( 1986 ) , " Alien Predator " ( 1987 ) , " A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors " ( 1987 , with Greg Cannom and Mike Elizalde ) , " Evil Dead II " ( 1987 ) , " Prince of Darkness " ( 1987 ) , " Poltergeist III " ( 1988 , with Doug Drexler and Kevin Haney ) , " Phantasm II " ( 1988 ) , and " Deep Star Six " ( 1989 ) . Further credits as makeup artist / special effects makeup artists include ' s comic adaptation " Dick Tracy " ( 1990 ) , the action film " Shadowhunter " ( 1993 ) , with Robert Beltran , the martial arts film " Best of the Best II " ( 1994 ) , the horror sequel " Phantasm III : Lord of the Dead " ( 1994 , with Dean Gates ) , the science fiction blockbuster " Men in Black " ( 1997 ) , the thriller " The Devil ' s Advocate " ( 1997 ) , the mystery feature " " ( 1998 ) , the thriller " Out of Sight " ( 1998 ) , the television series " Brother ' s Keeper " ( 1998 - 1999 ) , " Charmed " , " Walking with Dinosaurs " ( 1999 ) , " City of Angels " ( 2000 , along with David Abbott , JoAnn Stafford - Chaney , and Brian A . Tunstall ) , and " Freaky Links " ( 2000 - 2001 , with Donna Cicatelli - Lewis ) , ' s fantasy comedy " How the Grinch Stole Christmas " ( 2000 ) , the thriller " The Glass House " ( 2001 ) , the " Crossing Jordan " television pilot ( 2001 , with Lisa Meyers ) , the television series " American Family " ( 2002 - 2004 , along with Belinda Bryant and Veronica Lorenz ) , the war drama " Homeland Security " ( 2004 ) , ' s horror film " Mortuary " ( 2005 , starring Denise Crosby and along with Dean Jones and Starr Jones ) , the horror film " Return of the Living Dead : Necropolis " ( 2005 ) , and the horror comedy " Hood of Horror " ( 2006 , with Bob Smithson , Rufus Hearn , and Vincent J . Guastini ) . More recently he worked as special effects makeup artist on the war drama " The Warlords " ( 2007 ) , the drama " Grappling with your Demons " ( 2008 ) , the horror film " Primal Scream " ( 2009 ) and the action thrillers " Falling Down " ( 2010 ) and " The Mooring " ( 2010 ) .