Updated Resume 2/15/13

The resume on my website is over a year old, along with the photos on there. So here is a newer resume, with all the things I can remember doing. :-)

SAMANTHA WARD

 BEAUTY & SPECIAL FX MAKEUP ARTIST
 WWW.SAMANTHAWARD.COM
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911830/

SAMANTHA@SAMANTHAWARD.COM

(323) 744-1682 LOS ANGELES, CA

TALENT/CLIENTS

*Kevin Pollak (Personal Makeup Artist)

Adam Brody

Adam Jennings
Alan Arkin

Allison Haislip

Alexa Vega

Amber Valdez

Benjamin "Coach" Wade

Bob Rumnock

Blake Hood            

Blake Michael
Bob Odenkirk

Brendan Meyer

Bree Essrig  

Candice Coke            

Chris Galya

Christopher Guest           

Chris Hardwick
Christoper Lloyd            

Chris Pratt

Clare Grant
Colette Carr      
Dan Harmon      

Dana Gould

Danielle Keaton

Daniel Baldwin
Danny Masterson

Daryl Sabara

David Krumholtz

Deanna Russo

Drew Carey

Ed O’Neill

Emillie Autumn

Ezra Buzzington
Fiona Gubelmann

Frank Krueger

Fred Savage

Garret Dillahunt
George Eads

Gerald Downey

Glenn Howerton

Harry Shearer

Isaiah Mustafa

Ivan Rietman
James L Brooks

Jason Antoon
Jason Biggs

Jayson Blair

Jeremy Sumpter

Jesse McCartney

Jessica Lowndes
Johnny Knoxville

John Landis

Katherine McNamara

Maitland McConnell
Mark Valley

Marta McGonagle

Matreya Fedor

Michael Chicklis  

Michael McKean

Noel Orput

Patrick Warburton
Phil Rosenthal
Richard Kind

Rider Strong

Rileah Vanderbilt

Rob Riggle

Robert Amico
Sandeep Parikh

Samm Levine

Scott Elrod            

Sean Patrick Flanery

Sebastian Roche

Shane Dawson

Staci Keanan
Stephen Collins
Stephen Lang

Sugar Ray Leonard

Thomas Lennon
Tom Everett Scott
Tony Hale

Tristan McDonald

Virginia Madsen

Vanessa Ragland
Vanessa Simmons

Zachary Levi

FEATURE FILM

"CHRISTMAS COLT"- (PRE-PRODUCTION) 

•DEPT HEAD MAKEUP & HAIR  ARTIST [DIR: , PROD: LARRY GARRETT]

"NEAR MYTH: THE OSKAR KNIGHT STORY"- (IN-PRODUCTION) 

•KEY MAKEUP & HAIR ARTIST [DIR: SCOTT FIVELSON , PROD: SCOTT FIVELSON]

"CHIHUAHUA TOO"- (POST PRODUCTION) 

•DEPT HEAD MAKEUP & HAIR ARTIST [DIR: MORGAN MOST, PROD: LARRY GARRETT, MORGAN MOST, ELYSSA DAVALOS]

"GUTSHOT STRAIGHT"- (2012) (POST PRODUCTION)

•CO DEPT HEAD/KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: JUSTIN STEELE  PROD: ROSS OTTERMAN]

"THE STRAY"- (2012) 

•DEPT HEAD MAKEUP & HAIR ARTIST [DIR: JOHN RHODES, PROD: STAN HARRIS]

"DARKENING SKY"- (2010)

•DEPT HEAD/KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: VICTOR BORNIA, PROD: KARLY YOUNG]

"DEATH AND CREMATION"- (2010)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST FOR JEREMY SUMPTER (also worked on DANIEL BALDWIN, STACI KEANAN, and SCOTT ELROD) [DIR: JUSTIN STEELE, PROD: ROSS OTTERMAN]

SHORT FILM

“BETTER ”- (2013) •SPECIAL FX MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: KYLE BURNS, PROD: JONATHAN MILLER]

“THAT DAY IN JULY ”- (2012) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MARCOS VAZ, PROD: MARCOS VAZ, MARCEL ZIUL]
“SABER 2: THE BODY WASH STRIKES BACK” - (2012) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: SETH GREEN, PROD: CLARE GRANT AND RILEAH VANDERBILT]

“HARPER DOES BAD” –UCLA (2012) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MEJA SHOBA]

“PASSAGES”- UCLA (2012)  •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: PIERRE FINN]

“THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL”- (2011) •SPECIAL FX AND CHARACTER MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: DARREN BOUSMAN, PROD: SEAN DEMOTT]

“HOW SHANANAY STOLE CHRISTMAS ”- (2011) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: SHANE DAWSON, PROD: LAUREN SCHNIPPER]

“FRIENDS 4 EVER ”- (2011) •KEY MAKEUP/ASSISTANT MAKEUP [DIR: SHANE DAWSON, PROD: LAUREN SCHNIPPER]

“HOLY SH**T ”- (2011) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MARCOS VAZ, PROD: MARCOS VAZ, MARCEL ZIUL]

“MIMIC ”- USC THESIS - (2011) •MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: BRADEN DUEMMLER, PROD: JESSICA STEPHENS]

“WITH AND WITHOUT ”- (2011) •MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: KEVIN SWEENEY, PROD: KEVIN SWEENEY, STEPHEN STEELMAN]

“GHOST ”- (2011) •KEY MAKEUP [DIR: CAITLIN MURRAY, PROD: STEVE SANDERS] 
“KICK”- (2010)

•KEY SFX MAKEUP [DIR: ROBERT TORRES, PROD: RYAN NICOLSON & SEAN JENKINS]

"CHINESE PENHOLD"- (2010)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: GABRIEL SUNDAY, PROD: SHAE HORTON]

"NEAR AND DEAR"- (2010)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST FOR EMILIA LEPPILAMPI, NOEL ORPUT, CANDICE COKE [DIR: DAVID VEGEZZI, PROD: JOEL DEUTSCH]

"BROTHERS IN BLOOD"- (2009)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST (CHARACTER/FX) [DIR: FREDERICO BEJA]

"IN DEEP SIGHT" - (2009) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: ALVARO SERNA, PROD: FERNANDO RUIZ]

"THE SANTA ANIMALS" - (2009) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [GRANT WHITE FILMS, DIR: GRANT WHITE, PROD: NICOLE TAUBMAN]

“THE AUDITION”AFI- SHORT (2009)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [SEVENTH SHADE PRODUCTIONS, DIR: GABE HOHREITER, PROD: PAUL MICHAEL MERRYMAN]

WEBSERIES

"VKO" – (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MICHAEL ROTMAN, PROD; AJ TESSLER, BAMMO PRODUCTIONS]

"LOCKOUT" – (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MICHAEL ROTMAN, PROD; AJ TESSLER, BAMMO PRODUCTIONS]

"MONGO’S MAGICK MIRROR" – (2012)

• ASSISTANT MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: TOM HOLLAND, PROD; DENNIS DEFREHN]

"KEVIN POLLAK’S CHAT SHOW" – (2011-CURRENT)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MICHAEL ROTMAN, PROD; JAIME FOX, JASON MCINTYRE, JOSH NEGRIN]

“KEENAN’S CRUSH ”- EPISODE 2 (2011) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: JUSTIN STEELE, PROD:

DARRYL C. SCOTT]

"GAME NIGHT" – 1 EPISODE (2011) • MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: SABINA SHAMDASANI, PROD: ASHWIN GORE, RAJAN VELU,

KYLAE JORDAN]

“VAMPED OUT”- - 6 EPISODES (2010)

•KEY HAIR/ASSISTANT MAKEUP [DIR: KEVIN POLLAK, PROD: MICHAEL ROTMAN, KEVIN POLLAK, JASON ANTOON]

"MURDER SQUAD" (2010)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST FOR JAYSON BLAIR, TRISTAN MCDONALD, ADAM JENNINGS, BOB RUMNOCK) [DIR: MATT QUEZADA & CHETT HOFFMAN, PROD: JARED FERRIE]

"323" PILOT EPISODE- (2009)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST FOR DEANNA RUSSO, DAN PENA AND JOSH NEGRIN [DIR: JOSH NEGRIN, PROD: DAN PENA]

MUSIC VIDEO

MOHAMBI- "DO YOU FEEL LIKE MOVIN" - (2013)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: COLIN TILLEY, PROD: BRANDON BONFIGLIO]

JESSIE BOYKINS III- "STRANGE RECREATION" - (2013)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: JONA WARD]
TOKIMONSTA FEAT. MNDR- "GO WITH IT" - (2013)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: JONA WARD]
KID SISTER- "HATERS MAKE A WISH" - (2013)

• MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: MITCHELL DEQUILETTES]
SHANNA MALCOM- "BRUSH THAT TONGUE" - (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MICHAEL GALLAGHER, PROD: ILANA COHN]
SHANE DAWSON- "MAYBE THIS CHRISTMAS - (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: BEN BARNES, PROD: LAUREN SCHNIPPER]
BRANDY "WILDEST DREAMS"- (2012)

• INTERN MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MATTHEW ROLSTON, PROD: MICHAEL ANGELOS]

FELIX DA HOUSECAT  "BURN THE DISCO"- (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: PARTIZAN ENTERTAINMENT]
HEARTSREVOLUTION "NOT THAT HARD TO EXPLAIN"- (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: PARTIZAN ENTERTAINMENT]

CHILDISH GAMBINO "FIREFLY"- (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: PARTIZAN ENTERTAINMENT]
EL POTRO ALVAREZ FT. OSCARCITO - "ME GUSTA"- (2012)

• MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR:DANIEL DURA,  PROD: ISABEL MONTENEGRO]

JOHNNY POLYGON- "LIMOSEXSUPERSTAR"- (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: AUSTYN JEFFS  PROD: SHELLIE LEWIS]

KRAZY BALDHEAD "EMPTY BOY"- (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: MITCHELL DEQUILETTES]
SOULSAVERS- "TAKE ME BACK HOME" (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: PARTIZAN ENTERTAINMENT]

SPECTOR- ”CELESTINE” - (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE, PROD: BENJAMIN MURPHY]

KILL THE NOISE- "KILL THE NOISE PT 1"  - (2012)

•SPECIAL MAKEUP FX ARTIST [DIR: MIKE DIVA, PROD: MIKE SHAFIA]

SHANE DAWSON- ”SUPERLUV” - (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: MATTHEW SILVERMAN, PROD: LAUREN SCHNIPPER]

BELLE STARR - (2012)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR: CHRISTOPHER MILLS PROD: CHRISTIAN HEUER]

VICIOUS BUNNY- "KILL BILL" - (2012)

•SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS ARTIST [DIR: AND PROD: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE]

 DEV ft FABOLOUS- “KISS MY LIPS” - (2011)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR & PROD: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE]

FRANK OCEAN- “THINKING ABOUT YOU” - (2011)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [DIR & PROD: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE]

MR. LITTLE JEANS- “THE SUBURBS” - (UNOFFICIAL VIDEO -2011)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST & HAIRSTYLIST [DIR & PROD: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE]

THE WEEKND “THE MORNING” - (UNOFFICIAL VIDEO- 2011)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST & HAIRSTYLIST [DIR & PROD: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE]

TRASH TALK- “BURN ALIVE” - (2011)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST & HAIRSTYLIST [DIR & PROD: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE]

CITIZENS!- “TRUE ROMANCE” - (2011)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST & HAIRSTYLIST [DIR & PROD: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE]

AMY WHINESHOUSE- “ME AND MR. JONES” - (UNOFFICIAL VIDEO- 2011)

• KEY MAKEUP ARTIST & HAIRSTYLIST [DIR & PROD: HIGH 5 COLLECTIVE]

A STATIC LULLABY- “TOXIC” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

AGRACEFUL- “THE GREAT I AM” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

AGRACEFUL- “PROPHECIES IN REVERIE” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

FIGHT FAIR- “POP ROCKS” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

I SEE STARS- “WHAT IT MEANS TO ME” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE- “THANK THE WATCHMAKER” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE- “REINVENTING ROBERT COHN” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

THE DANGEROUS SUMMER- “WHERE I WANT TO BE” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

DR. ACULA - “IS THIS A PARTY OR A DICK-MEASURING CONTEST” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR: LUKE ROCHELEAU, PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

BROADWAY FT CRAIG OWENS- “THE SAME THING WE DO EVERYDAY PINKY” -MUSIC VIDEO (2009) •KEY MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK]

DESTINE- “STARS” -MUSIC VIDEO (2009)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR: MARCO DE LA TORRE, PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK]

IMPENDING DOOM- “THE SERPENT SERVANT” - (2009)

• MAKEUP ARTIST | HAIRSTYLIST [ROBBY STARBUCK MEDIA, DIR & PROD: ROBBY STARBUCK

COMMERCIAL

AXE "BOAT"- (2012)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [R-LINES, DIR: STEPHANE MARELLI, PROD: ROMUALD BOULANGER]

XBOX/MICROSOFT- "SPORTS EXPERIENCE"- (2012)
•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [gNET MEDIA, DIR: WALTER MAYS, PROD: BRANDON BONFIGLIO]
NINTENDO/UBISOFT- "SPORTS CONNECTION"- (2012)

•KEY MAKEUP ARTIST [gNET MEDIA, DIR: MIKE GOUBEAUX, PROD: BRANDON BONFIGLIO]

ADVERTISING/MARKETING

SACRAMENTO KINGS DANCE TEAM CALENDAR PHOTOSHOOT- ELEVENDY- KEY MAKEUP
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 3 (VIDEO GAME) ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN PHOTOSHOOT-

PETROL ADVERTISING.- KEY MAKEUP

BLACK BANDITZ TATTOO AND HAIR PRINT AD- FLAUNT MAGAZINE 2012- KEY MAKEUP

CALIFORNIA FAMILY FITNESS ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN PHOTOSHOOT- ELEVENDY- KEY MAKEUP

SAINTS ROW THE THIRD (VIDEO GAME) ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN PHOTOSHOOT-

PETROL ADVERTISING- KEY MAKEUP

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 (VIDEO GAME) ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN PHOTOSHOOT-

PETROL ADVERTISING- KEY MAKEUP

BUGATTI AUTOMOTIVES- MAKEUP ON CEO OF COMPANY FOR PROMOTIONAL VIDEO.

THEATER PRODUCTION

“FRANKENSTEIN”- (2012)-CHARACTER MAKEUP ARTIST- THE OAKWOOD SCHOOL, NORTH HOLLYWOOD

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CINEMA MAKEUP SCHOOL- MASTER MAKEUP PROGRAM (BEAUTY, PROSTHETICS, SPECIAL FX)- GRADUATED JAN 2009 COSMETIC LINE: LAURA MERCIER, ESTEE LAUDER, MAC COSMETICS, AND BENEFIT COSMETICS.

PHOTOGRAPHERS I’VE WORKED WITH: JULIA KUZMENKO,RENA DURHAM, KEVIN LYNCH, EJEN CHUANG, RIAN FLYNN, MEGAN THOMPSON, NATHANIEL TAYLOR, RYAN MCKINNEY, NEIL FAVILA,

AND JOHN REMUS III, ALEX KAPUSTIN

SPECIAL FX STUDIO WORK: BONEYARD FX IN GLENDORA, CA (2009, 2011, 2012), AMERICAN FX (2010)

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS MAKEUP FX CREW: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS GRINCHMAS SPECIAL MAKEUP FX CREW: 2011, 2012

REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANT- 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A DENTAL ASSISTANT IN AN ORTHODONTIC OFFICE. EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION WITH ALGINATE IMPRESSIONS, MODEL POURING AND TRIMMING, TOOTH STRUCTURE AND ANATOMY, AND FITTING DENTAL APPLIANCES.