Yvonne Cox

Calgary, Alberta

E-Mail: abpvqh@r.postjobfree.com

Online Portfolio: www.yvonnecox.com

Profile

Creative and resourceful individual with a strong passion for make-up and special effects.

Conscientious and detail-oriented with great multi-tasking skills.

Proven ability to work independently or with a team.

Formal Education

July 2010 BC Film Orientation Certification Vancouver, BC

BC Film Industry Orientation Course, including instruction in WHMIS.

May 2009 - May 2010 Vancouver Film School Vancouver, BC

Diploma with honors in Makeup Design for Film & Television

One intense year through an immersive study of all facets of make-up and special effects.

June 2008 Job Shadow Calgary, AB

Job shadowed Gail Kennedy on the set of Dear Prudence for two days

Followed Gail's position as HOD as well as her assistants. Learned basic set etiquette along with what exactly is the

position of a make-up artist on set.

2003 2005 Foothills Composite High School Okotoks, AB

High School Diploma

Subject certificate of 55 credits for Cosmetology with honors

Won the Cactus Club Salon Award in Cosmetology.

Work Experience

Current Free-Lance Calgary, AB

Make-up & Special Effects Artist

Currently working on projects in my home studio and do various work around Calgary for stage shows.

September - October 2011 Black Hills Calgary, AB

Key Make-up & Special Effects Artist

Made various props and prosthetics for this short film.

Created a rabbit designed to be skinned, gutted, and dismembered.

Other props and prosthetics included: headless body with hands and blood rig, prop knife, neck wound appliance with

protruding knife handle, slit throat appliance, blood rigs, bloody burlap sack of heads, out-of-kit make-up, etc.

March - April 2011 Funny Business Vancouver, BC

Key Make-up Artist & Hairstylist

Applied beauty, correction, natural, and clown makeups for a eight day film competition called Crazy8's.

May 2010 - November 2010 WCT Productions Vancouver, BC

Special Effects Make-up Shop

Worked as a full time employee to create props and prosthetics for various movies and TV shows.

Gained real shop experience and learned how to work quick and efficiently.

Continued...

Yvonne Cox

September 2010 - October 2010 The Sirens Vancouver, BC

Key Special Effects Make-up Artist

Created the look for the Sirens make-up by sculpting, molding, running, and painting gelatin appliances.

Made acrylic teeth and latex webbed hand appliances.

Spent a full day on set applying and touching up the Siren creature.

August 2010 Dunwich Horror Vancouver, BC

Key Make-up Artist

Spent a day on set applying dirt make-up and corrections to the characters.

April 2010 IMATS Trade Show Vancouver, BC

Special Effects Make-up Artist

Applied a prosthetic make-up demo of my own creation for the VFS booth.

Worked on a show piece at WCT Productions for display in the showcase museum.

February 2006 - March 2009 The Hair Studio Okotoks, AB

Red Seal Hairdresser

Completed a full apprenticeship to obtain my red seal license.

Became a well established Hairdresser in all aspects of hairstyling.

Professional Development

Mold making with: ultracal, hydrocal, fiber-glass, 1630, silicone, and epoxy. Brush up, open pour, injections, plate molds,

lifecasting, alginate, tin and platinum silicones, cap plastic, foam latex, polyfoams, mark two plastic, gelatin, prosthetic body

parts and appliances, mask making, dental acrylics, animal fabrication, sculpting, painting, airbrushing: single and duel

action, illustrator, PAX, oil, acrylic, ventilating hair, punching hair, lace wig application and hairstyling, straight and stage

make-up, creature and disguise make-up, out-of-kit fx, bald caps, blood rigs and bladders, assembled animal skeletons,

proficient with rotary tools, set experience.

Credited Work

Black Hills - key make-up & fx artist (animal, prop, & prosthetic effects fabrication) - 2012

Funny Business - short film for Crazy8s (key make-up artist) - 2011

The Sirens - vfs student film (key special effects make-up artist) - 2010

The Dunwich Horror - vfs student film (key make-up artist) - 2010

IMATS Trade Show - picture of work on imatsshow.com - 2010

Uncredited Work

Mr. Popper's Penguins - (animal effects fabrication) - 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - (animal effects fabrication) - 2011

Red Riding Hood - (prosthetic effects fabrication) - 2011

The Tall Man - (dog skull fabrication) - 2011

Stargate Universe - various episodes (prosthetic effects fabrication) - 2010/2011

Smallville - various episodes (prosthetic effects fabrication) 2010

References available upon request.

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