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Adam Brandy

  • Make-Up Department
  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
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Award winning makeup artist, Adam Brandy comes from a showbiz family. His father, Howard Brandy was one of Hollywood's top press agents and his mother was a Las Vegas showgirl. Makeup became the path for Brandy due to his childhood obsession with Universal's movie monsters and the artists who created them.

Knowing that makeup was more than monsters, Brandy attended the Westmore Academy of Cosmetic Arts, training under the direct tutelage of Marvin G. Westmore, where he excelled in salon, photo, fashion, film, period and character makeup. He then completed a yearlong apprenticeship at Makeup Effects Laboratory where he was schooled by Allan A. Apone in the art of special makeup effects before starting his career as a film and Television makeup artist in 1988.

During his career, Brandy has been nominated for a Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Award for his work on "Three Kings", and awarded an Emmy for his work on HBO's "Deadwood". He also has been a personal makeup artist to Samuel L. Jackson, Val Kilmer, Kevin Spacey, David Keith and Eminem. He has contributed his no-limit artistry to numerous notable film and Television projects such as "The Other Guys", "The Sunset Limited", "Meeting Evil", "Savannah", "The Samaritan", "Shrink", "Seven Below", "ESPY Awards", "MTV Movie Awards", "Basic", "Man in the Chair", "C'mon Man", "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Dark Skies".
BornMay 3, 1961
BornMay 3, 1961
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

Known for

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Ice Cube in Three Kings (1999)
Three Kings
7.1
  • Makeup Department
  • 1999
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
5.5
  • Makeup Department(additional photography)
  • 2008
Basic (2003)
Basic
6.4
  • Makeup Department
  • 2003
Gerard Butler, Maurice Compte, Evan Jones, Mo McRae, Brian Van Holt, Pablo Schreiber, 50 Cent, Kaiwi Lyman, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Den of Thieves (2018)
Den of Thieves
7.0
  • Makeup Department(Los Angeles)
  • 2018

Credits

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Makeup Department

  • The Red Man's View
    • makeup department head
    • Pre-production
  • Galaxy Watch the Galacteran Legacy
    • makeup department head
    • Pre-production
  • All-Star Weekend
    • key makeup artist
    • Post-production
  • Mouthpiece
    • makeup department head
    • In Development
  • Beach Cougar Gigolo
    • makeup department head
    • In Development
  • Thornton Nearing Mars
    • makeup artist (rumored)
    • Pre-production
    • Short
  • Brigantia
    • makeup department head
    • Pre-production
  • Runners
    • makeup department head (2018)
    • Completed
    • TV Series
  • Mark Wahlberg in Father Stu (2022)
    Father Stu
    • makeup artist
    • 2022
  • Absurdist (2021)
    Absurdist
    • makeup department head
    • 2021
  • Sally Kirkland, Ivan Sergei, Trevor Black, Barry Corbin, Mark Cramer, Starletta DuPois, Joe Estevez, Sean Fernald, Brian Habicht, Gary Hershberger, Dan Kneece, Carlene Moore, Richard Nord, Joanna Sanchez, Desi Singh, Jud Tylor, Maurice Warfield, Suzy Vaughan, Rob Pottorf, Gabrielle Evans, Chuck Spitler, James D. Fields, Veronica Powers, Vincent Albo, Trevor Dow, Yaron Urbas, Lisa Chambliss, Wayne Mitchell, Kathryn Dahlstrom, Prestyn Bates, Kolten Kirschke, Karon Stocking, Parker Bates, Lotus Blossom, and Mia Fernald in Magic Max (2020)
    Magic Max
    • makeup department head
    • 2020
  • Liam McIntyre in The Clearing (2020)
    The Clearing
    • makeup artist: Mr. McIntyre
    • 2020
  • Gates of Darkness (2019)
    Gates of Darkness
    • makeup department head
    • 2019
  • Sean Patrick Flanery, Danny Trejo, Trace Adkins, and Jonathan Patrick Foo in The Outsider (2019)
    The Outsider
    • makeup artist
    • 2019
  • Gabriel Sunday in Dope State (2019)
    Dope State
    • special makep effects artist: Mr. Sunday
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Malcolm Barrett, Abigail Spencer, Goran Visnjic, Matt Lanter, Claudia Doumit, and Sheldon Landry in Timeless (2016)
    Timeless
    • makeup artist (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Noah Centineo, RJ Cyler, Shannon Purser, and Kristine Froseth in Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)
    Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
    • makeup artist (uncredited)
    • 2018
  • Lala Kent, Mia Rose Frampton, Lexi Atkins, and Sarah McDaniel in The Row (2018)
    The Row
    • makeup department head
    • 2018
  • Gabrielle Union in Breaking In (2018)
    Breaking In
    • makeup department head
    • 2018
  • Gerard Butler, Maurice Compte, Evan Jones, Mo McRae, Brian Van Holt, Pablo Schreiber, 50 Cent, Kaiwi Lyman, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Den of Thieves (2018)
    Den of Thieves
    • makeup artist: Los Angeles
    • 2018
  • Sean Astin and Jake Busey in Dead Ant (2017)
    Dead Ant
    • makeup artist
    • 2017
  • Bruce Dern, Kris Kristofferson, Trace Adkins, Luke Hemsworth, and Kaiwi Lyman in Hickok (2017)
    Hickok
    • makeup artist
    • 2017
  • Freedom Town (2017)
    Freedom Town
    • makeup department head
    • TV Series
    • 2017

Actor

  • Runners
    • Sy (2018)
    • Completed
    • TV Series
  • Gettysburg (1993)
    Gettysburg
    • Soldier #5 20th Maine
    • 1993

Additional Crew

  • Genuine Risk (1990)
    Genuine Risk
    • production assistant
    • 1990
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Adam Brandy - Makeup Artist
    • The Official Website
  • Born
    • May 3, 1961
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Robin BrandySeptember 21, 2009 - ? (divorced)
  • Other works
    Cleaning Out My Closet: music video (2002) Personal Makeup Artist: Eminem
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    • 3 Articles

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    Older half-brother of actress J.C. Brandy.

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