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#67 – Brian Kinney

November 16, 2020 By //  by Stuart

Brian Kinney is a primetime Emmy-nominated makeup artist and a Journeyman in IATSE Hollywood Local 706 Make-up Artists and Hairstylists Guild, where he serves as Makeup Craft President and Executive Board Member.

His work can be seen in feature films and television shows, such as Fear The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Westworld, Purge: Anarchy and CSI. Check out his extensive IMDb page to see the hefty list of credits.

Brian came to my workshop just after Christmas 2019 and we had a great afternoon catching up and recording a chat. It seems funny to remember when you could just be in a room with other people normally and not wear masks…

Anyhoo, we started our chat with the time Brian visited the workshops of Stuart Freeborn (original Star Wars trilogy, 2001, The Bridge Over The River Kwai) which is eye-watering nostalgic.


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Brian has a fantastic manner, combining the makeup artists skills with exquisite etiquette (plus a great voice for radio as you’ll hear!). We chat about being responsible for things on set, how bosses may allocate tasks to their freelancers, case-hardening skills learned in makeup school in the real world and being available to help others.

Check his website out here. He is on Instagram @bekinney.

Reposting this pic from my friend @tdebreceni,
who gathered a fine group for lunch in Atlanta.
Good times catching up with the folks at
@theengineerguy_atlanta @ramaterials! @syntheonline
#bapofx#theengineerguy#atlanta#makeupfx#reynoldsadvancedmaterials#fullslapfx— 
at The Engineer Guy
Another of Brian’s strings is that he restores vintage Gerstner makeup cases!

This was the quote I remembered from Tom Smith, makeup artist on Temple Of Doom, picture from the collectors book I had when I was 11 years old. Still got it.

Many thanks, as always, for your time checking the stuff out. You can email us directly at stuartandtodd@gmail.com or leave us a voice message on our site.

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–Stuart & Todd

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