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Brian Wade(I)

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  • Special Effects
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Makeup and Creature Effects artist Brian Wade.
Brian Wade is an Award Winning Special Makeup Effects Artist turned character/creature designer and sculptor. On March 27, 2022 his artistic contributions for sculpting all of Jessica Chastain's makeups she wore for the entirety of the film "EYES OF TAMMY FAYE" supervised and applied by Academy Award winning Makeup Artist Justin Raleigh, won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup for the 2022 Oscars. "EYES OF TAMMY FAYE" also won the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup & Hair in 2022, the Critics' Choice Movie Award in 2022 for Best Makeup, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards in 2022 for Best Makeup, the Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC) in 2022 for Best Makeup, the Gold Derby Awards in 2022 for Best Makeup, the Hollywood Critics Association Award in 2022 for Best Makeup, and the Online Film & Television Association in 2022 for Best Makeup.

On February 24th, 2019 his creative contributions for sculpting all of Christian Bale's and Amy Adams' prosthetic makeups for the film "VICE" supervised and applied by Multi-Academy Award winning makeup artist Greg Cannom, won the Academy Award for Achievement in Makeup at the 2019 Oscars. "VICE" also won the 2019 Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards, the 2019 Online Film & Television Association Award for best makeup and the 2019 Gold Derby Awards for Best Makeup. "VICE" was also nominated for best makeup by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), nominated for the 2019 Best Makeup by Awards Circuit Community Awards, and nominated for the 2019 International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA).

On December 10, of 2022 Brian Wade's creative talents to the TV series "The Quest" contributed along with fellow artists at SPECTRAL MOTION INC. for it to be the WINNER the 2022 CHILDRENS EMMY AWARD for "OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EFFECTS, COSTUMES, HAIR and MAKEUP"

May 22, 1996 Brian Wade's singular contributions to the design and sculpture of "The Lady in White" character's prosthetic makeup, for the notable daytime series, "DAYS OF OUR LIVES" won the EMMY AWARD for "Makeup For A Drama Series" and he was awarded an HONOR from the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES.

With over 44 years of experience designing and creating characters and creatures for film and television, his film and television work includes The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Obi-Wan Kenobi, American Crime Story, Army Of The Dead, VICE, Aquaman, Black Panther, Stranger Things, Westworld (HBO), Batman vs. Superman, Daredevil (Netflix), The Exorcist III, The Omen (2006), Gremlens 2, Back to The Future 3, Star Trek 3 and 4, Nightmare On Elm Street 3 and 4, X Files, Blade, The Blob, Stuart Little, Harry and the Hendersons, The Terminator and John Carpenter's The Thing. He designed the title character "Stuart Little" for Sony Imageworks, which was popular and starred Michael J. Fox, Gina Davis and Hugh Laurie. to much box office success and went on to release a sequel "Stuart Little 2" and animated film as well "Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild". He has also co-created and co-sculpted several large-scale video game characters for Riot Games, Red 5 Studios and Blizzard Entertainment. Having worked with and apprenticed under industry legends and Academy Award Winning artists Rick Baker, Stan Winston, Rob Bottin, and Greg Cannom. With over 170 credits in some of the greatest film and TV projects of nearly four decades, Brian has solidified himself as a true industry legend.
BornJune 11, 1962
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    Known for

    Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    6.6
    • Makeup Department(Jessica Chastain)
    • 2021
    Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Bae Doona, Michiel Huisman, Charlie Hunnam, Sofia Boutella, and Staz Nair in Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
    Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
    5.6
    • Makeup Department(Fractured FX)
    • 2023
    Christian Bale in Vice (2018)
    Vice
    7.2
    • Makeup Department(Christian Bale and Amy Adams)
    • 2018
    Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Makeup Department(Fractured Fx)

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    Makeup Department



    • The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
      • special makeup effects sculptor: Fractured FX
      • In Production
      • 2025
    • Stranger Things
      • Puss pumper sculptor: Fractured Fx
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025



    • Kevin Bacon in The Bondsman (2025)
      The Bondsman
      7.1
      TV Series
      • prosthetic burn sculptor: Linda Cardellini: Autonomous Fx
      • 2025
    • Brighter Days Ahead (2025)
      Brighter Days Ahead
      8.4
      Short
      • special effects makeup sculpting
      • 2025
    • Courtney B. Vance, Lesley Manville, Niecy Nash, and Travis Kelce in Grotesquerie (2024)
      Grotesquerie
      6.1
      TV Series
      • prosthetics sculptor: Fractured FX
      • 2024
    • Nicholas Crovetti in Salem's Lot (2024)
      Salem's Lot
      5.6
      • special makeup effects and prosthetics sculptor: Barlow
      • 2024
    • Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch in Monsters (2022)
      Monsters
      7.8
      TV Series
      • special makeup effects sculptor: Fractured FX
      • 2024
    • Shell (2024)
      Shell
      6.7
      • creature sculptor: Fractured Fx
      • 2024
    • Mia Goth in MaXXXine (2024)
      MaXXXine
      6.2
      • special makeup effects prosthetic makeup sculptor
      • 2024
    • Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Bae Doona, Michiel Huisman, Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein, and Staz Nair in Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
      Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
      5.3
      • special makeup effects and prosthetics
      • 2024
    • Night Swim (2024)
      Night Swim
      4.7
      • prosthetic makeup sculptor
      • 2024
    • Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
      Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
      5.6
      • sculptor: Fractured FX
      • 2023
    • Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Bae Doona, Michiel Huisman, Charlie Hunnam, Sofia Boutella, and Staz Nair in Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
      Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
      5.6
      • creature and makeup effects sculptor: Fractured FX
      • 2023
    • Carla Gugino in The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
      The Fall of the House of Usher
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • makeup effects prosthetic sculptor
      • 2023
    • Isan Beomhyun Lee in Saw X (2023)
      Saw X
      6.6
      • special makeup effects sculptor: Fractured FX (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • Michael Mann, Penélope Cruz, and Adam Driver in Ferrari (2023)
      Ferrari
      6.4
      • prosthetic makeup co-sculptor: Adam Driver
      • 2023
    • Claire Danes, Dennis Quaid, CCH Pounder, Timothy Olyphant, Adia, Zazie Beetz, and Jharrel Jerome in Full Circle (2023)
      Full Circle
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • prosthetics sculptor: Fractured FX
      • 2023

    Special Effects



    • Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski in The Tomorrow War (2021)
      The Tomorrow War
      6.6
      • sculptor: creature effects (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Song Kang in Sweet Home (2020)
      Sweet Home
      7.2
      TV Series
      • sculpting department: Spectral Motion Inc
      • sculpting department: Spectral Motion
      • 2020
    • Ja'Siah Young in Raising Dion (2019)
      Raising Dion
      7.1
      TV Series
      • arctic fox puppet sculptor: for Creature FX (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Vera Farmiga, Natalia Safran, Patrick Wilson, Katie Sarife, Mckenna Grace, Samara Lee, Madison Iseman, and Elena Askin in Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
      Annabelle Comes Home
      5.9
      • sculptor: German Shepherd puppet (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • key creature sculptor: Spectral Motion
      • 2016
    • Jonathan Hinman, Mykayla Sohn, and Kerry Garvin in From Under the Bed (2015)
      From Under the Bed
      Short
      • creature creator
      • special effects crew: puppeteer
      • 2015
    • Good Guys versus the Gremlins
      Short
      • creature effects
      • 2012
    • Sharman Joshi, Aamir Khan, and Madhavan in 3 Idiots (2009)
      3 Idiots
      8.4
      • special animatronic baby effects designer and creator
      • 2009
    • K' ego gia mena (2009)
      K' ego gia mena
      7.9
      Short
      • special effects
      • 2009
    • The Pagan Queen (2009)
      The Pagan Queen
      4.5
      • special effects makeup supervisor
      • 2009
    • A Sound of Thunder (2005)
      A Sound of Thunder
      4.2
      • cyberscan: creature models
      • 2005
    • James Spader and Janine Eser in Alien Hunter (2003)
      Alien Hunter
      5.1
      • special alien effects supervisor
      • 2003
    • Sabretooth (2002)
      Sabretooth
      3.5
      TV Movie
      • animatronics supervisor: sabretooth tiger
      • 2002
    • Brad Garrett, Diedrich Bader, Kaefan Shaw, Toby Huss, Brian La Rosa, Stephen Root, Jody St. Michael, and Tony Sabin Prince in The Country Bears (2002)
      The Country Bears
      4.3
      • special bear effects: conceptual design
      • 2002
    • Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Freddie Prinze Jr., Nicholas Hope, and Neil Fanning in Scooby-Doo (2002)
      Scooby-Doo
      5.3
      • "Scooby Doo" designer/cyber-scan model sculptor: Jim Hensens Creature Shop/Rythem & Hues
      • 2002

    Costume Department



    • Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
      Aquaman
      6.8
      • specialty costume sculptor: Fractured FX
      • 2018
    • Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
      Black Panther
      7.3
      • specialty costume sculptor
      • 2018
    • Matt Damon in The Great Wall (2016)
      The Great Wall
      5.9
      • specialty costume sculptor
      • 2016
    • Charlie Cox in Daredevil (2015)
      Daredevil
      8.6
      TV Series
      • daredevil costume sculpture crew (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, and Hailee Steinfeld in Ender's Game (2013)
      Ender's Game
      6.6
      • specialty costumes sculptor fabricator
      • 2013
    • Stitches (1985)
      Stitches
      4.2
      • special costumes
      • 1985

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    • Alternative name
      • Brian G. Wade
    • Born
      • June 11, 1962
      • Los Angeles, California, USA

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      • Male
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      • Straight
    • Race / Ethnicity
      • White
    • Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identity
      • American

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      Academy Award Best Makeup (2022) - Sculpted the Academy Award Winning Makeups used on Jessica Chastain for the film "EYES OF TAMMY FAYE" (2022) for Makeup Supervisor Justin Raleigh. Academy Award Best Makeup (2019) - Sculpted the Academy Award Winning Makeups used on Christian Bale and Amy Adams for the film "VICE" (2018) for Makeup Supervisor Greg Cannom. AWARDS: 2015 - FINEST CRAFTSMANSHIP (2ND PLACE) - STATUE FORUM AWARD - X LARGE SCALE Men In Black, Rosenberg 1:1 Scale Statue (For Elite Creature Collectibles) AWARDS: 2007 - CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN CINEMA - Independent International Festival F/X Con (For excellence of work within the Flim Industry) AWARDS: 1998 - BEST ORIGINAL CONCEPT - Fantasimonium - (Creature Design) EMMY AWARD: TELEVISION 1996 - BEST MAKEUP - ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP - MOTION PICTURE ACADEMY ARTS AND AWARDS: SCIENCES (Certificate for contributions to the Award Winning Makeup).

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