Joel Harlow is one of the most innovative makeup and special effect make-up designers in American motion pictures.
His company, Morphology FX Inc., continues to create groundbreaking, state-of-the-art make-up designs and prosthetics that set the standard for the rest of the industry.
Harlow is a four-time Oscar nominee for Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling (Star Trek {dir. JJ Abrams}; Star Trek Beyond {dir. Justin Lin); The Lone Ranger; and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), one-time Oscar winner (Star Trek), five-time Emmy Award
nominee for Outstanding Make-up and Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up (The Stand; The Shining; Buffy the Vampire Slayer {S.6}; Carnivále {S.2}; Mad Men {S.1}); two-time Emmy Award winner (The Stand; The Shining), seven-time Hollywood Make-up Artist & Hair
Stylist Guild Award nominee and two-time winner for Special Make-up Effects (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Star Trek Beyond), two-time Saturn Award winner for Best Make-up (Star Trek, Black Panther), and two- time Critics’ Choice Award
nominee for Best Make-up and Hair (Black Mass; Star Trek Beyond).
His recent television work includes Special Character Make-up for Evil (S.1 – S.4), and Special Character Make-up for Zachary Quinto on AMC’s N0S4A2.
Seeing characters through, from lab to set, continues to be the artistic passion of everyone on Harlow's team.
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