Mike Smithson

Michael Scott "Mike" Smithson is an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated makeup artist who worked in the makeup department of and , although he did not receive on-screen credit for his work on these shows. He also appeared as a Klingon helmsman in , but received no screen credit for this, either. In he worked on J.J. Abrams' as a make-up artist and provided the Romulan make-up for Lucia Rijker. On the Next Generation episode "Genesis", Smithson worked on Dwight Schultz's spider makeup.
He returned to the Star Trek franchise to work on and .
In 1994, Smithson received two Emmy Award nominations in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series for his work on Star Trek for The Next Generation episode , shared with Michael Westmore, June Westmore, Gilbert A. Mosko, Debbie Zoller, Tina Hoffman, David Quashnick, Hank Edds, Kevin Haney, and Michael Key and for the Deep Space Nine episode , shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Karen Westerfield, Dean Gates, Dean Jones, Tina Hoffman, David Quashnick, Hank Edds, Michael Key, and Gilbert A. Mosko.
Ten years later, Smithson won his third Emmy nomination for makeup work on an episode of Gilmore Girls. Smithson also shared an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Makeup for (1999), on which he was one of the makeup designers. Other awards and nominations include a CableACE Award nomination in 1996 for the science fiction film The Utilizer, two Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award nominations for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (2000) and (2004, shared with Jamie Kelman), and a Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award in 2004 for his work on Gilmore Girls, shared with Debbie Zoller.
Smithson's other makeup credits include (1995, starring Lori Petty and Malcolm McDowell), (1997, starring Winona Ryder, with Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif, and Leland Orser; Smithson was also a sculptor on this film), Battlefield Earth (2000, on which he was John Travolta's makeup artist), (2000), (2001, featuring Erick Avari, Cary-Hiroyuki, and David Warner), (2002), The Cat in the Hat (2003), (2003), (2004), and Norbit (2007), , The Andy Dick Show, and . He also did effects work for films such as (1987), (1989), (1990), (1997), and (2001).
In 2010 Smithson and John Rosengrant received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Make-Up for their work on and the same year the two also received a Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Make-Up on .
More recently, Smithson worked as makeup artist and special makeup effects artist on (2011, starring Chris Hemsworth and Idris Elba, with Janice Alexander, Terry Baliel, Phillip Joseph Boutté, Jr., Roxy D'Alonzo, Edouard F. Henriques, Teressa Hill, Brad Look, James MacKinnon, Jill Rockow, Jay Wejebe, and Michael F. Blake), (2011), (2011, with Todd Masters and Ken Niederbaumer), (2012, with Francisco X. Perez), (2012), (2012, with Belinda Bryant, Dean Jones, Brad Look, and Lygia Orta), and (2013, with Gloria Pasqua Casny and Joel Harlow).
==Star Trek work==
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** – Makeup Artist (uncredited, Season 5)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited, Season 7)
** – Makeup Artist (uncredited)
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** – Makeup Artist (Season 2)
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** – Special Makeup Effects Artist (uncredited, Season 1)
** – Special Makeup Effects Artist (uncredited)
**Season 3 – Make-Up Effects Department Head (with Glenn Hetrick)
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**Season 2 – Make-Up Effects Department Head (live action episodes)
==External links==
* – official site
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Category:Performers
Category:Film performers
Category:Makeup staff
Category:Emmy Award nominees