Resume

Crist Ballas

Special Make-Up Effects Artist
Owner & Supervisor, Metamorphosis Make-Up Artistry — St. Paul, Minnesota

Summary

Special make-up effects artist with a career spanning over 30 years in film, television, and commercial production. Specializes in natural “no make-up” looks, beauty and corrective makeup, and ultra-realistic character prosthetics. Refined his techniques under the tutelage of legendary make-up artist Dick Smith. Skilled in research, design, chemistry, anatomy, mold-making, and producing and handling facial and body prosthetics, wigs, dentures, custom contacts, and mechanical creatures.

Awards & Recognition

  • Academy Award — member of the winning make-up team for Star Trek (2009); created the character Keenser (Deep Roy)
  • Emmy Award (2011) — for make-up work on a Minnesota Twins campaign

Selected Film & Television Credits

  • Star Trek (2009)
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000 (make-up artist, 4 years, plus the 1996 feature film)
  • Jingle All the Way
  • Batman & Robin
  • End of Days
  • The 6th Day
  • Collateral Damage
  • The Straight Story
  • A Simple Plan
  • Sweet Land
  • Double Jeopardy
  • Reindeer Games
  • Drop Dead Gorgeous
  • Mallrats
  • The Love Guru
  • The 13th Warrior
  • The Forbidden Kingdom
  • The Warlords

Skills & Specialties

Research · Design · Chemistry · Anatomy · Mold-making · Facial & Body Prosthetics · Wigs · Dentures · Custom Contacts · Mechanical Creatures

Teaching & Studio

Teaches at the University of Minnesota. Owns and operates Metamorphosis, a full-service make-up shop and studio providing teams of make-up artists, designers, professional operators, and skilled puppeteers.

Note: the original resume page on metamorphosismakeup.com was a single image file that was not independently preserved by web archives, so it could not be recovered as-is. This resume has been reconstructed from publicly available sources (IMDb and Crist’s own archived biography) to restore the substance of his professional history.