The Last Looks Podcast

Episode 39 : We speak with Hair Designer Chris Clark , Chris tells us about his start in the wonderful world of theatre, how he moved from being on stage to backstage and then ended up in the TV and film world, we chat about the mentors Chris had on his career journey and how he, is now mentoring others… Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks

Episode 38: We speak with Makeup Designer Michele Burke , Michele has designed some of the most iconic characters in film, from Quest for Fire to Bram Stokers Dracula to multiple characters for Tom Cruise including Lestat from Interview with the vampire. Michele chats about how she came up in the business in Canada, how her career has taken her to wonderful locations around the world and the incre...

Episode 37: We speak with Hair Designer Carla Farmer, Carla designed hair for Dolemite is My Name , Black Monday and the James Brown bio pic Get on UP! Carla chats about her start in the industry, the mentors who helped guide her and we chat about what the benefits are of co-department heading a job… Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks

Episode 36: We speak with Prosthetic Makeup Designer Mark Coulier , Mark is the winner of 2 Oscars and Baftas, Marks resume is a long list of incredible projects, we will touch on a few in this episode but I am sure it will leave you wanting to know more. We chat about his start in the industry, collaborating with so many amazing artists over the years and what projects he has coming up.. Buy me a...

Bonus Episode: We speak with 2021's Oscar Nominee's Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli & Francesco Pegoretti about their Makeup & Hair work on the film Pinocchio . This episode was brought to you by Hask Beauty. Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks  

Bonus Episode: We speak with 2021's Oscar Nominee's Sergio Lopez-Rivera & Jamika Wilson about their Makeup & Hair work on the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom . Unfortunately Hair Designer Mia Neal could not be with us for this interview. WINNER of the 2021 Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar! This episode was brought to you by Hask Beauty Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeac...

Bonus Episode: We speak with 2021's Oscar Nominee's Kimberley Spiteri & Colleen LaBaff about the Hair & Makeup work on the film Mank. Unfortunately the Makeup Designer Gigi Williams could not be with us for this interview. This episode was brought to you by Hask Beauty. Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks

Bonus Episode: We speak with 2021's Oscar Nominee's Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew Mungle about their Makeup & Hair work on the film Hillbilly Elegy . This episode was brought to you by Hask Beauty Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks

Bonus Episode: We speak with 2021's Oscar Nominee's Claudia Stolze & Laura Allen about their Hair & Makeup work on the film Emma . Unfortunately the designer Marese Langan could not join us for the recording. This episode was brought to you by Hask Beauty. Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks

Episode 35: We speak with Hair Designer Martin Samuel, Martin has worked on an amazing variety of projects from Pink Floyd's The Wall to Hitchcock with Anthony Hopkins to Pirates of the Caribbean to Evita with Madonna. Martin chats about training in salons in London, his work with David Bowie and how important it is to have a strong committed team with you on those massive projects! Buy me a Coffe...

Episode 34: We speak with Makeup and spfx artist Tami Lane , Tami started her career with one heck of a BANG, having been in the industry only a handful of years, with a few films under her belt, Tami went on to win an Oscar for her work with Howard Berger for Narnia – The lion the witch and the wardrobe. Tami shares with us her career journey, how taking risks throughout her career has been rewar...

Episode 33: We speak with Hair Designer Gail Ryan , Gail is responsible for all those wonderfully creative hairstyles in the film…. How the Grinch stole Christmas , her work along with Rick Baker’s won them the Oscar, Gail chats about coming up in the industry at a time when studios had apprenticeship programs and how valuable that training was, how much fun it was to work on variety shows and how...

Episode 32: We speak with Makeup and Hair designer Jan Sewell .  Jan is responsible for helping Rami Malek transform into Freddie Mercury for the film Bohemian Rhapsody , Eddie Redmayne into Stephen Hawking for The Theory of Everything and again, helping Eddie transform from Einar to Lily in The Danish Girl . We chat about her start at the BBC, what helps her designing process when starting a proj...

Episode 31: We speak with hairstylist Kim Kimble , Kim is responsible for Beyonce 's iconic looks including her period styles for films like Dreamgirls, Austin Powers and Cadillac records. Kim chats about starring in reality TV show LA hair, how she started in film and what it takes to juggle staff, clients, a business, education and her own creative work. Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast:...

Bonus Episode: We speak with Marc Pilcher the Makeup and Hair designer for the Netflix series everyone is talking about. Bridgerton ! If you have seen the show, then you know what we will be chatting about and if you haven’t binged it yet, what are you waiting for! The amazing Marc Pilcher unfortunately passed away in October 2021 🌹  Buy the podcast a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlook...

Episode 30: We speak with Vincent Van Dyke , Makeup FX designer and owner of Vincent Van Dyke effects studio based in LA, Vincent and his team have produced work for projects like I Tonya, Star Trek Picard, American Horror Story and the latest to look out for Angelyne.. Vincent chats about having the opportunity to get into the business at a young age, How he had supportive mentors coming up that...

Episode 29: We speak with Makeup artist Louie Zakarian and Hairstylist Jodi Mancuso together these two do what seems to be the impossible and smash out amazing work every week on Saturday Night Live… We chat about what a normal working week is like for them, how they do what they do and why they love it! Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks

Episode 28: We speak with two amazing hair stylists, Gloria Casny and Jules Holdren … Gloria and Jules have worked on multiple films together, We chat about what it is to be an HOD but also the importance of knowing your roll as an Assistant Department Head, They let us in on some of the challenges they have faced together as a team and how great it is working with together. Buy me a Coffee and su...

Episode 27: We speak with Makeup & Hair Designer Sharon Martin , Sharon’s work can be seen in films such as Okja, Snow white and the Huntsman and The Last King of Scotland. Sharon shares with us how wonderfully collaborative it is to work with Tilda Swinton, The design process she went through for Snow White and the huntsman and she chats about the incredibly exciting projects she has been wor...

Episode 26: We speak with Hair Designer Dean Banowetz and Makeup Designer Tonia Green : This dynamic duo have worked on shows like America’s got talent, So you think you can Dance and X-factor. We chat about what it takes to run such creative and challenging shows, how important planning is and they share some of those uh oh moments of crossing fingers and praying it works! Buy me a Coffee and sup...

Episode 25: We speak with Hair & Makeup Designer Nana Fischer , Nana is a personal to James Franco, she has been the hair designer for 3 Ridley Scott films and has had some pretty incredible experiences working in the Colombian Amazon.. Boy! Does Nana have some stories for you... Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks

Episode 24: We speak with Hair Designer Lawrence Davis , Lawrence has done everything from owning his own salon to Reality TV, Talk Shows, Award shows through to television drama and Feature Film work. We chat about some of the incredible projects he has been involved with,  such as The Green Book, Just Mercy, Watchmen, True Detective, Mudbound and soon to be released Respect the Aretha Franklin S...

Episode 23: We speak with Makeup Prosthetic Designer Mike Marino from Prosthetic Renaissance , You would have seen Mike’s work on Black Swan, True Detective and The Goldfinch also Mike and his team are responsible for helping Heidi Klum get ready for Halloween each year! We chat about being mentored by the legend Dick Smith, getting to work with some of his idols and how he approaches his work now...

Episode 22: We speak with Makeup Designer Heba Thorisdottir and Hair Designer Janine Rath-Thompson , these two talented women have teamed up on projects such as Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a time in Hollywood and the next Suicide Squad yet to hit our screens. We chat about their first job together on Bridesmaids, what its like working on a Tarantino film and What they feel their role is within t...

Episode 21: We speak with the highly sought after Makeup Designer Donald Mowat , we chat about some of the incredible films he has designed, the important lessons we learn through our experiences coming up in the industry,  how he is a mentor to many and the importance of passing on your knowledge to those who follow… Buy me a Coffee and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lastlooks