David Dittmar

David Alan Dittmar is a makeup artist who worked as prothetic makeup artist on , , and .
In 1979 he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the category Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for his work on the television series Roots: The Next Generations, shared with Zoltan Elek, and in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement – Special Class for the television documentary General Electric's All-Star Anniversary.
Other credits as makeup artist include (1975), (1975), (1976, starring Dyanne Thorne), the game show Password Plus (1979), (1981, directed by Nicholas Corea and hair styling by Gerald Solomon), (1981), (1982), (1982, makeup design by Michael Westmore) and Family Ties (1982-1984), (1984), (1985), (1985-1986) and Our House (1986, directed by Robert Scheerer), (1989, with Dayne Johnson), the television series Dark Shadows (1991, starring Ben Cross, Jean Simmons, Julianna McCarthy, and Michael Cavanaugh), and (1996, with Brian McManus).
Other work as day check makeup artist or key assistant makeup artist includes , Perfect Strangers, , , B.J. and the Bear, , , The Bold and the Beautiful, , , , , The Fall Guy, , The Love Boat, The Gong Show, Hollywood Squares, General Hospital, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, , , , and .
Among his film work are (1982, with Craig Reardon and Toni-Ann Walker), (1984), (1984, with Bari Burman and Steve LaPorte), (1984), (1986, with Edouard F. Henriques), (1991) on which he also performed stunts, (1992), (1993), (1994), (1994), (1995), (1992), (1995), and (1996).
With over twenty-one years of teaching experience, Dittmar worked as teacher in California, Texas, and Osaka, Japan. Between 1996 and 1997 and 2000 and 2002 he taught at the Learning Tree University in Chatsworth, California.
== External links ==
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Category:Makeup staff