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Vincent J. Guastini

Make-Up Department | Special Effects | Actor

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey October 7, 1963, he started his own Special Make-up effects company at the age of 22, specializing in prosthetics and creature effects, design, and animatronics. The film that was a big influence on his life was John Carpenter's remake of Howard Hawks film The Thing; the film had an effect that changed Vincent's life... See full bio »

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2014 Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (special makeup effects creator and designer) (post-production)
 
2013 Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
2012 Re-Kill (special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
2012/I Silent Night (special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
2012/II 1,000 Times More Brutal (special makeup effects artist)
 
2012 Sushi Girl (special makeup effects designer)
 
2012 Hirokin: The Last Samurai (special makeup & creature effects designer and supervisor)
 
2012 The Devil's Carnival (special makeup & prosthetic character effects by)
 
2011 Scream of the Banshee (TV movie) (special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
2011 51 (special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
2011 Seconds Apart (additional makeup effects)
 
2009 Splatter (TV series) (special makeup effects designer, 2009) (special makeup effects supervisor, 2009)
 
2009 The Beacon (special effects makeup designer)
 
2009 Dark Room Theater (special makeup effects artist)
 
2009 The Pig People (makeup effects creator & designer: pig creature)
 
2008 Humanzee! (TV series) (special makeup effects artist - 1 episode)
– Pilot (2008) (special makeup effects artist)
 
2008 Audie & the Wolf (special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
2007 I Am Legend (early make-up design - uncredited)
 
2007 Devil's Trade (TV series) (special makeup effects artist & designer - 7 episodes)
– An Awful Truth (2007) (special makeup effects artist & designer)
– Sell It (2007) (special makeup effects artist & designer)
– The Burning Tree (2007) (special makeup effects artist & designer)
– Anna's Plan (2007) (special makeup effects artist & designer)
– Hanging (2007) (special makeup effects artist & designer)
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2007 Unearthed (additional special makeup effects designer and creator)
 
2007 Urban Decay (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
2006 Letters from Iwo Jima (burn effects)
 
2006 Driftwood (special makeup effects designer and supervisor - as Vincent Guastini)
 
2006 Flags of Our Fathers (burn effects - uncredited)
 
2006 Hood of Horror (makeup effects designer, special makeup effects designer and supervisor)
 
2006 Red Riding Hood (special effects makeup, special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
2006 Scary Movie 4 (makeup effects artist: Tiffany Stone - as Vincent Guastini, prosthetic makeup application: Oprah)
 
2006 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (creature effects supervisor and designer: Krug - as Vincent Guastini)
 
2005 Doom (early creature concept design)
 
2004 Rottweiler (special effects supervisor: makeup effects)
 
2002 Infested (special makeup effects artist)
 
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (special makeup supervisor)
 
2001 Children of the Living Dead (video) (special makeup effects artist)
 
2000 Requiem for a Dream (special makeup and prosthetic effects)
 
1999 Man on the Moon (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1999 Dogma (special makeup effects creator and designer - as Vincent Guastini)
 
1999 Virus (special makeup effects supervisor: second unit, special makeup effects: second unit)
 
1997 Traveller (special makeup effects - as Vincent Guastini)
 
1996 Thinner (application and special makeup effects supervisor and designer for end sequence)
 
1995 Vampire Vixens from Venus (makeup effects)
 
1994 Regenerated Man (makeup artist, special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (TV movie) (prosthetic makeup creator: Donald Sutherland)
 
1993 Super Mario Bros. (prosthetic makeup)
 
1992 The Last of the Mohicans (prosthetic makeup artist - as Vincent Guastini, special make-up effects supervisor)
 
1991 Child's Play 3 (studio technician: Kevin Yagher Productions)
 
1989-1990 Monsters (TV series) (special makeup effects artist - 4 episodes)
– Bug House (1990) (special makeup effects artist)
– Mr. Swlabr (1990) (special makeup effects artist)
– Bed and Boar (1990) (special makeup effects artist)
– Satan in the Suburbs (1989) (special makeup effects artist)
 
1989 The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (devil design & concept)
 
1989 Blades (special makeup effects artist - as Vincent Guastini)
 
1988 Lone Wolf (special makeup effects artist)
 
1987 Mindkiller (special makeup effects artist)
 
1987 Doom Asylum (special makeup effects artist)
 
1986 Spookies (special makeup effects - as Vincent Guastini)
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (47 titles)
???? Sherwood Horror (special effects makeup) (pre-production)
 
2013 The Employer (special effects supervisor)
 
2013 Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (special effects makeup)
 
2012 Cut/Print (special effects makeup)
 
2012 Under the Bed (creature effects creator)
 
2011 ColdWater (special effects)
 
2011 Devolution: Reckoning (short) (creature effects designer)
 
2011 Scream of the Banshee (TV movie) (special effects makeup supervisor)
 
2011 The Green Hornet (designer: early concept)
 
2010 Chateau Belvedere (short) (special effects makeup)
 
2009 Transylmania (special makeup effects designer and creator)
 
2009 Neighbor (special effects makeup - as Vincent Guastini)
 
2009/I Dog (creature effects creator, creature effects supervisor)
 
2009 PG Porn (TV series) (special effects supervisor - 1 episode)
– High Poon (2009) (special effects supervisor - as Vincent Guastini)
 
2009 Watchmen (conceptual designer - uncredited)
 
2009 Gurdian (special effects makeup)
 
2008 Humanzee! (TV series) (prosthetic effects - 1 episode, 2008) (special effects supervisor - 1 episode, 2008)
– Pilot (2008) (prosthetic effects, special effects supervisor)
 
2008 Sparky & Mikaela (TV series) (special effects supervisor - 1 episode)
– Pilot (2008) (special effects supervisor)
 
2008 The Dark Path Chronicles (TV series) (special makeup effects) (special makeup effects designer and creator, 2008)
 
2008 The Wicked (special effects director)
 
2008/I Hindsight (special effects makeup)
 
2008 5 or Die (TV short) (special effects makeup)
 
2007 Rapturious (special effects makeup)
 
2007 Fun on Earth (short) (special makeup effects)
 
2007 Urban Decay (special makeup effects designer and creator)
 
2007 The Greatest Show Ever (TV movie) (special effects director)
 
2006 Soul's Midnight (special effects makeup supervisor)
 
2006 Hood of Horror (special effects makeup)
 
2006 Witchwise (short) (special effects makeup - as Vincent Guastini)
 
2004 The Robinsons: Lost in Space (TV movie) (early creature & vehicle concept designer)
 
2003 Batman: Dead End (short) (special effects consultant - uncredited)
 
2003 This Thing of Ours (special effects makeup)
 
2002 Archangel (special effects supervisor: animatronic wings)
 
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (creature supervisor)
 
2001 Murder in Small Town X (TV series) (simulated silicone human head effects)
 
2001 Hannibal (designer: early concept - uncredited)
 
2001 Tooth Fairy (short) (special makeup effects - as Vincent Guastini)
 
1999 Dogma (creature effects creator - as Vincent Guastini, creature effects designer - as Vincent Guastini, puppeteer: Vincent Guastini Productions)
 
1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series) (prosthetic makeup artist)
 
1995 The Langoliers (TV mini-series) (modeler/creature designer)
 
1995 Search and Destroy (special effects technician - uncredited)
 
1992 The Bruce Diet (short) (special makeup effects creator, special makeup effects supervisor)
 
1991 Child's Play 3 (special effects technician)
 
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (special effects technician - uncredited)
 
1989-1991 Monsters (TV series) (special effects creator designer - 6 episodes)
– Werewolf of Hollywood (1991) (special effects creator designer)
– Malcolm (1990) (special effects creator designer)
– Mr. Swlabr (1990) (special effects creator designer)
– Bed and Boar (1990) (special effects creator designer)
– Satan in the Suburbs (1989) (special effects creator designer)
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1990 Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor (creature effects crew)
 
1987 Deranged (special effects)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2012/II 1,000 Times More Brutal
Numbers spot guy on phone
 
2001 Children of the Living Dead (video)
Construction crew
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2009 Lost Tapes (TV series) (source: stills - 1 episode)
– Vampire (2009) (source: stills)
 
2002 Below (creature concepts)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2013 The Employer (co-producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2005 The Courtesy Nudge (short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2013 Sushi Girl: A Documentary (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Dark Path Chronicles: Making Of (TV movie)
Himself
 
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Vincent was also Will Ferrell's steady make-up man on Saturday Night Live working on that show he was nominated for an Emmy for best make-up.

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Known to have created the wings in Dogma & created one of the best prosthetic transformations seen for an independent film for Ellen Burstyn in the film Requiem for a Dream. See more »

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Star Sign:

Libra