Paul Abascal Paul Abascal is a former Hollywood hair stylist and a current director who worked as additional hair stylist on . He is related to fellow " Star Trek III " hair stylist Silvia Abascal . Born in Los Angeles , California , Abascal started his career as hair stylist in the early ' 80s and worked on the thriller " The Osterman Weekend " ( 1983 , starring Chris Sarandon and Meg Foster ) , the television drama " My Mother ' s Secret Life " ( 1984 , with make - up artist James Kail ) , the thriller " Thief of Hearts " ( 1984 ) , the family drama " Sylvester " ( 1985 ) , ' s science fiction adventure " Explorers " ( 1985 , with James Cromwell , Brooke Bundy , Robert Picardo , Dick Miller , Frank Welker , and make - up artist Zoltan Elek ) , the romance " Pretty in Pink " ( 1986 ) , the comedy " Ferris Bueller ' s Day Off " ( 1986 , with Alan Ruck ) , the action thriller " Opposing Force " ( 1986 ) , ' s action film " Lethal Weapon " ( 1987 ) , and the television film " Cameo by Night " ( 1987 , with David Graf ) . For the 1987 comedy " Who ' s That Girl " he worked as hair stylist for . The film also featured " Star Trek " performers Bibi Besch , Cecile Callan , Ron Taylor , Mike Starr , Laura Drake , Roy Brocksmith , Faith Minton , Darwyn Carson , Pat Romano , Lloyd Kino , and Cristian Letelier . Further work in the hair department includes the drama " Stranger on My Land " ( 1988 ) , the action film " Action Jackson " ( 1988 ) , ' s thriller " Die Hard " ( 1988 ) , the action drama " Road House " ( 1989 ) , the action sequel " Lethal Weapon 2 " ( 1989 ) , ' s thriller " Point Break " ( 1991 , starring Lori Petty and with make - up by Wes Dawn ) , the comedy " True Identity " ( 1991 ) , the thriller " Ricochet " ( 1991 ) , the thriller " The Last Boy Scout " ( 1991 ) , the action sequel " Lethal Weapon 3 " ( 1991 ) , the thriller " Striking Distance " ( 1993 ) , the fantasy comedy " Angels in the Outfield " ( 1994 , starring Christopher Lloyd ) , the thriller " The Specialist " ( 1994 ) , and the drama " Just Cause " ( 1995 ) . Abascal worked as hair style supervisor on the action sequels " Die Hard 2 " ( 1990 ) and " Predator 2 " ( 1990 ) and the science fiction film " Demolition Man " ( 1990 ) . In addition he was the personal hair stylist for on the science fiction film " Judge Dredd " ( 1995 ) and for on the fantasy drama " Three Wishes " ( 1995 ) . From the late ' 80s on , Abascal worked as director , too . He directed the " Lethal Weapon " specials " Mel Gibson ' s Unauthorized Video Diary " ( 1989 ) and " Mel Gibson ' s Video Diary 2 : Lethal Weapon 3 " ( 1991 ) . After these specials he directed episodes of the television series " Tales from the Crypt " ( 1993 , with Noble Willingham , Alan Ruck , and John Kassir ) , " Land ' s End " ( 1995 ) , " The Sentinel " ( 1996 , with Leigh Taylor - Young ) , " Silk Stalkings " ( 1997 ) , " Night Man " ( 1997 , with Matt McColm , Derek Webster , Felecia M . Bell , and Boris Lee Krutonog ) , " Viper " ( 1998 , with J . Downing ) , " Nash Bridges " ( 1999 , with Ted Barba , Cliff DeYoung , Amanda Foreman , Corbin Bernsen , Katy Boyer , Caroline Lagerfelt , Bruce Thomas , and Daniel Roebuck ) , " The Strip " ( 1999 ) , " Secret Agent Man " ( 2000 , starring Dina Meyer ) , " Freedom " ( 2000 - 2001 , with Kellie Waymire ) , " Special Unit 2 " ( 2001 ) , and " Witchblade " ( 2002 ) . In 2004 he directed the crime thriller " Paparazzi " which featured " Trek " performers Larry Cedar , Dennis Cockrum , Tim Halligan , Clyde Kusatsu , and Brian McNamara . Like in " Die Hard 2 " and " Predator 2 " ( both 1990 ) he had a featured cameo in this film . His most recent directing projects are episodes of " Complete Savages " ( 2004 , with Keith Carradine and Autumn Reeser ) and " America ' s Most Wanted " ( 2007 ) .