Edward French

Edward French is an Emmy Award-winning makeup effects artist hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. He counts LeVar Burton, John de Lancie, Iman, Christopher Plummer, William Shatner, Wallace Shawn, and Paul Winfield among his star clients. 
He was a makeup artist on from through and shared an Emmy Award nomination for his work on the episode . He then worked as special makeup effects artist and special alien makeup creator on , earning an Awards Circuit Community Award and Best Makeup Oscar nomination from the Academy Awards (shared with Michael M. Mills and Richard Snell) and a Best Make-Up Saturn Award nomination from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (shared with Mills). In , he provided alien prosthetic applications for .
French won his first Emmy Award for his work on , starring Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli and Ron Fassler. He has received Emmy Award nominations for his work on an episode of Space Rangers, an episode of , and two episodes of Mad TV. His most recent Emmy nomination in 2007 – for the prosthetic makeup used in an episode of – resulted in his second win. He also won two Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards for his work on Mad TV.
Besides Star Trek VI, other films in which French's make-up effects can be seen include (1983), (1984), (1987), (1988), (1991), (1992), (1994), (1996), (1995), (1998), (1998), (1999), (2004), (2006) and (2007). His television credits also include Tales from the Darkside, , , , , The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, , and , as well as a number of commercials and music videos.
== Star Trek credits ==
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** – Makeup Artist (uncredited, Season 4)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited)
** – Makeup Artist/Blue Screen Unit Makeup Artist (uncredited, Season 5)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited)
== External links ==
* – official site
* – former official site
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