Ken Niederbaumer

Ken Niederbaumer is a Hollywood makeup artist who worked on . Hailing from Hartford, Connecticut, Niederbaumer became interested in special effects makeup while attending high school in Cincinatti, Ohio. Upon graduating, he moved to Hollywood, California, to pursue a professional makeup career.
Like his fellow Star Trek makeup artist Richard Redlefsen (with whom he worked on several other projects), Niederbaumer attended Elegance International School of Makeup in Hollywood. He began working on feature films almost immediately upon completion of the school's twelve-month program.
From the early 1990s up until 2007, Niederbaumer's makeup work consisted almost entirely of independent features. One of his earliest was (1993, starring actor Ron Perlman). For (1995, starring Peter Weller), he took part in the construction of the title creatures. He followed this with makeup work on such films as Where Truth Lies (starring John Savage, Kim Cattrall, Malcolm McDowell, and Eric Pierpoint), Girls Will Be Girls, Monster Man, Vegas Vampires (co-written and directed by Fred Williamson and featuring Bernie Casey and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.), The Storyteller (featuring Michael Berryman and Dina Meyer), Chupacabra Terror (starring John Rhys-Davies), Demon Hunter, Devil's Den, and Sublime.
As he continued doing makeup for independent productions, Niederbaumer began working as a special effects technician on major studio films such as (1997), , Rob Bowman's (1998), (starring Winona Ryder, Brad Dourif, and Ron Perlman), (1999, starring Christopher Lloyd, Wallace Shawn, and Ray Walston), (2003, starring Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn and Bruce Davison), , (2006, starring Ron Perlman and Doug Jones), and (2006). For 2006's , Niederbaumer was not only an effects technician but a makeup artist, as well – his first makeup work for a major studio film. He was also a makeup artist for (2007).
Niederbaumer's later makeup credits include several episodes of and (2008, featuring John de Lancie), Town Creek, and (2008).
== External links ==
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