Steve LaPorte

Steve LaPorte is an winning makeup artist who worked as special effects makeup artist for The Burman Studio on . He received no credit for this work. LaPorte is known for his work as makeup department head for J.J. Abrams' (2004-2009) on which he worked with Veronica Lorenz.
LaPorte was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma following his graduation from high school in 1974, he auditioned for the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey's and was accepted into their Clown College. He studied theatrical makeup, costume, prop making, and prosthetics and toured between 1975 and 1978 as clown, high stilt walker, and for two years as boss clown through the country. He later moved to California and started his career as a professional makeup artist for film and television. 
For his work on in 1988, LaPorte was awarded with an Academy Award for Best Makeup, shared with Ve Neill and Robert Short. The team also won a Saturn Award for Best Make-up in 1990 and was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Make Up Artist in 1989. Visual Effects artist Dale Brady and hair stylist Yolanda Toussieng also worked on this film.
LaPorte was three times nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special/ Outstanding Makeup for a Series in 1993 for the drama mini series Queen, 1996 for , shared with Rick Stratton, Richard Snell, David Abbott, Craig Reardon, Janna Phillips, Kenny Myers, and Jill Rockow, and in 2000 for the episode The Ring, shared with Dayne Johnson, David DeLeon, Rick Stratton, Jill Rockow, Toby Lamm, Earl Ellis, and Robert Maverick. In 1999 he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Series for episodes "Two Fathers" and "One Son", shared with Mark Shostrom, Rick Stratton, Jake Garber, Craig Reardon, Kevin Haney, and Perri Sorel. Further recognitions include a Cable ACE Award nomination for Makeup in 1991 for the fantasy musical Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme and two Saturn Award nominations for Best Make-up in 1988 for , shared with Ve Neill and Greg Cannom, and in 2005 for , shared with Greg Cannom.
Since 1980 he worked as special effects makeup artist on projects such as the horror film Terror on Tour (1980), (1981, with Greg Cannom), (1981, along with Fred B. Phillips, Joy Zapata, and Rick Stratton), (1983, with Susan Boyd, Dale Brady, Rob Burman, Thomas R. Burman, and Ellis Burman), (1984, with Lola McNalley), (1984, with Bari Burman and Tom Woodruff, Jr.), (1985, with Richard Alonzo), (1986), (1986), (1987, with Jeff Dawn, Nina Kent, James Lee McCoy, and Richard Snell), (1988), (1988, with Lisa Meyers), (1989, with R. Christopher Biggs and Rick Stratton), (1990, with Ve Neill, Kim Santantonio, Rick Stratton, Yolanda Toussieng, and Brad Wilder), (1991), (1991, starring Linda Hamilton), (1992), (1993), (1993), (1994), (1995, starring Teri Hatcher and K Callan, with Denise Crosby and Tony Jay), (1995), and (1997).
LaPorte was the personal makeup artist for late actor on (1997) and (1998). Further credits include (1999, with Allan A. Apone, Jeff Dawn, Jim Kail, and Clinton Wayne), pilot episode (1999, with David Abbott), Galaxy Quest (1999), (2000), , (2002), (2003), and (2003).
He later served as second unit key makeup artist on (2009, with Jeff Dawn, Mark Landon, and Cristina Patterson Ceret).
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