David White (make-up artist)

David White
David White
Born	1964; Rustington
Occupation	make-up artist
Years active	1983–present
Children	E. White, O. White
Website	http://www.alteredstatesfx.co.uk/about_asfx.htm

Last updated March 03, 2025

David White is a British make-up artist.

He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category, in 2015 for Guardians of the Galaxy , in 2020 for Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and most recently in 2025 for his work on Robert Eggers' version of Nosferatu , where he realised the newest version of Count Orlock with his special effects makeup design.^[1]^[2]

David is the owner of the company Altered States FX.^[3]

References

↑ "THE OFFICIAL ACADEMY AWARDS® DATABASE" . Retrieved 2 March 2025.
↑ "The 97th Academy Awards 2025" . Retrieved 2 March 2025.
↑ "Exclusive 'Guardians of The Galaxy' Interview" . Retrieved 19 February 2015.

External links

David White at IMDb
https://web.archive.org/web/20150325161827/http://www.alteredstatesfx.co.uk/about_asfx.htm
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/most-complex-makeup-guardians-galaxy-121400471.html (interview about Guardians of the Galaxy)

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[Oscars-1] "THE OFFICIAL ACADEMY AWARDS® DATABASE" . Retrieved 2 March 2025.

[2] "The 97th Academy Awards 2025" . Retrieved 2 March 2025.

[3] "Exclusive 'Guardians of The Galaxy' Interview" . Retrieved 19 February 2015.

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v t e Saturn Award for Best Make-up
1970s	Dick Smith (1973) William J. Tuttle (1974/75) William J. Tuttle (1976) Rick Baker and Stuart Freeborn (1977) William J. Tuttle and Rick Baker (1978) William J. Tuttle (1979)
1980s	Dick Smith/Dick Smith (1980) Rick Baker (1981) Dorothy J. Pearl (1982) Phil Tippett and Stuart Freeborn (1983) Stan Winston (1984) Tom Savini (1985) Chris Walas (1986) Rob Bottin and Stephan Dupuis (1987) Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, and Robert Short (1988) John Caglione Jr., Doug Drexler, and Cheri Minns (1989/90)
1990s	Carl Fullerton and Neal Martz (1991) Stan Winston and Ve Neill (1992) Kevin Haney (1993) Rick Baker and Ve Neill (1994) Jean Ann Black and Rob Bottin (1995) Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (1996) Rick Lazzarini and Gordon J. Smith (1997) Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero, and Howard Berger (1998) Nick Dudman and Aileen Seaton (1999)
2000s	Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan (2000) Greg Cannom and Wesley Wofford (2001) Peter Owen and Peter King (2002) Richard Taylor and Peter King (2003) Jake Garber, Matt Rose, and Mike Elizalde (2004) Howard Berger, Nikki Gooley, and Greg Nicotero (2005) Todd Masters and Dan Rebert (2006) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel (2007) Greg Cannom (2008) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, and Joel Harlow (2009)
2010s	Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (2010) Dave Elsey, Fran Needham, and Conor O'Sullivan (2011) Heike Merker, Daniel Parker, and Jeremy Woodhead (2012) Donald Mowat (2013) David White and Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou (2014) Neal Scanlan (2015) Joel Harlow and Monica Huppert (2016) Joel Harlow and Ken Diaz (2017) John Blake and Brian Sipe (2018/19) Amanda Knight and Neal Scanlan (2019/20)
2020s	Love Larson, Donald Mowat and Eva von Bahr (2021/22) Donald Mowat (2022/23) Pierre-Olivier Persin (2023/24)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

David White
Born	1964 Rustington
Occupation	make-up artist
Years active	1983–present
Children	E. White, O. White
Website	http://www.alteredstatesfx.co.uk/about_asfx.htm