Biography![]() Brian and model, circa 1988.
Brian Kinney is a 2012 primetime Emmy-nominated makeup artist and a Journeyman in IATSE Local 706 Make-up Artists and Hairstylists Guild, where he also serves as Makeup Craft President and Executive Board Member. Since 1999, Brian has been professionally working in film, television, theater, and print.
Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Brian received his BA from the University of Iowa. Upon graduation he moved to London, England to train in makeup artistry at the Delamar Academy. Brian has made his mark in FX labs, on set, and in classrooms across the U.S. and Europe. His work can be seen regularly in feature films and television shows, such as CSI, Body of Proof, The Middle, SouthLAnd, and Rizzoli & Isles. See Brian's IMDB page here. |
Film
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Scenic Route
Julia X 3D Beneath The Dark Anti-Samaritan Hotline Still The Drums The Mindscape Of Alan Moore Senses Demon Lake The Last Halloween The Theatre Bizarre Mockingbird Brother’s Keeper Night Club Drive Thru Ghosts of the Pacific Gangster Squad Parker Monika We Bought A Zoo Insidious Devil |
Kevin & Michael Goetz- Directors
P.J. Pettiette- Director Chad Feehan- Director A. Tad Chamberlain- Director Talbot Perry Simons -Director Dez Vylenz- Director Jamie Palmer/ Norma Nebot- Directors Gabrielle Lui- Director Stephen Monroe- Director Jeremy Kasten- Director Bryan Bertino- Director J.J. Amato, Josh Mills- Directors Sam Borowski- Director Brendan Cowles/ Shane Kuhn- Directors Brian Falk- Director Ruben Fleischer- Director Taylor Hackford- Director Steven R. Monroe- Director Cameron Crowe- Director James Wan- Director John Erick Dowdle- Director |
Makeup Department Head
Makeup Department Head Makeup Department Head Makeup Department Head Makeup Department Head Makeup Department Head Makeup Department Head Special Makeup Effects Designer Special Effects Makeup Supervisor Key Personal Makeup Artist: Udo Kier Key Makeup Artist Key Makeup Artist Key Makeup Artist Key Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist |
Television
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Urban Tarzan
Sniper: Bulletproof Sniper: Deadliest Missions CSI:NY: Season 8 CSI:NY: Seasons 6-7 CSI:NY: Seasons 1-3 Modern Family Carnal Innocence 1000 Ways The Die Hello Ladies Suburgatory Body Of Proof CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Castle Revenge The New Girl SouthLAnd Childrens Hospital Bent Key & Peele Madmen Justified The Middle Community It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Pair Of Kings NCIS:L.A. Rizzoli & Isles True Blood Law & Order: L.A. Tim & Eric Awesome Show Band Of Brothers |
Asylumn Entertainment
Karga Seven Pictures Karga Seven Pictures CBS Productions CBS Production CBS Productions Levitan/ Lloyd/20th Century Fox Television Mandalay Television Original Productions ABC Studios Piece of Pie Productions/ Warner Bros. TV Matthew Gross Entertainment/ABC Studios CBS Productions ABC Studios Page Fright/ Temple Hill Entertainment American Nitwits/ Chernin Entertainment John Wells Productions/ WB Television Abominable Pictures Universal Media Studios Comedy Central Lionsgate Television FX Productions Blackie and Blondie Productions Krasnoff Foster Productions Blue Bush Productions It’s A Laugh Productions Shane Brenna Productions Hurdler Productions Your Face Goes Here Entertainment Wolf Films Absolutely/ Adult Swim HBO/ BBC Productions |
Makeup Department Head
Makeup Department Head Makeup Department Head Key Personal Makeup Artist: Gary Sinise Key Makeup Artist Special Makeup Effects Artist Key Makeup Artist Key Makeup Artist Key Makeup Artist/ Special Effects Makeup Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Makeup Artist Prosthetic Dept./ Special FX Makeup Artist |
Video, Web & Commercial
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JC Penny- “The Negotiation”
Comcast Business- “Jason Dufner” Ghostfacers Splatter |
Hungry Man
Smuggler Space Zombie Films New Horizon Picture Corporation |
Key Makeup Artist/ Special Effects Makeup
Key Makeup Artist Key Makeup Artist/ Special Effects Makeup Key Makeup Artist/ Special Effects Makeup |
Special Effects Lab Work
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Quantum Creation FX
Autonomous FX KNB FX Group, Inc. Professional Consultation |
Tron Legacy
Race To Witch Mountain The Hulk/ Tremors IV/ Ginger Snaps 2, 3 |
Seaming Department
Painting/ Fabrication Painting/ Fabrication |
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Special FX/ Tattoo/ Airbrush Makeup
Special Effects Makeup Awards |
Temptu- Los Angeles/ London
Sanko Academy - Los Angeles |
2009- Present
2010- Present |
2012 Primetime Emmy Nomination- Non-Prosthetic Makeup for a Single Camera Series- The Middle- "The Play"
Education
Delamar Academy of Makeup- London 1999-2000
• Complete makeup course for theater, film, and television, including beauty, character, corrective, effects, and hair.
• Training in character makeup with Tom Smith and Trefor Proud. Advanced prosthetics and sculpting with Paul Carey.
The University of Iowa- 1994-1998
• B.A. in Liberal Arts- Communication Studies/ English Double Major
• Complete makeup course for theater, film, and television, including beauty, character, corrective, effects, and hair.
• Training in character makeup with Tom Smith and Trefor Proud. Advanced prosthetics and sculpting with Paul Carey.
The University of Iowa- 1994-1998
• B.A. in Liberal Arts- Communication Studies/ English Double Major
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