Tricia Sawyer

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Tricia Sawyer, (December 2006)
Born (1968-04-06) April 6, 1968 (age 56)
Pasadena, California, United States
Occupation(s)Makeup artist, cosmetics designer
Website www.triciasawyer.com
www.triciasawyer.tv

Tricia Sawyer born (April 6, 1968 in Pasadena, California) is an American make-up artist in the film and print industry.

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Career

She has worked extensively in the motion picture industry as a personal artist to Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Sylvester Stallone, Gina Gershon, Kate Beckinsale, Brittany Murphy, Michael Douglas, Geena Davis, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba. She has also done several films as department head, along with countless print campaigns, media, awards, and television shows. Sawyer's work for TV series Mad Men was nominated for Emmy Award in 2011. [1]

Sawyer began her career at the Joe Blasco Make-Up School in Los Angeles at the age of 18. After graduating, Sawyer started her film career working as an artist with Roger Corman's Concorde/New Horizons, and on several music videos, most notably productions for Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne and Janet Jackson.

In 1992, Sawyer worked with Sharon Stone on "Where Sleeping Dogs Lie," which was the first of twenty feature films on which they would work together.

Sawyer joined the IATSE union at 22, and acted as department head on her first union film Sliver.

Sawyer became the spokesperson for Prescriptives Cosmetics in 1995 where she was responsible for the re-design of the existing color line up along with design of new collections. After a four-year spokesperson run, she stayed on at Estée Lauder as an independent development consultant.

She is the CEO of Tricia Sawyer Beauty, Inc. which produces a variety of prosumer cosmetics, most notably Full Potential Foundation which contains 55% pigment as compared to the industry standard of 10% pigment.

Currently, Tricia is the department makeup head for the House Of Card series.

Life

She currently resides in the Homeland neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmAsNotes
2008 Labor Pains Makeup artist for Lindsay Lohan in production
Happy Tears Makeup artist for Demi Moore in production
The Love Guru Makeup artist for Jessica Alba release 2008
2007 The Year of Getting to Know Us Makeup artist for Sharon Stone release 2008
I Know Who Killed Me Makeup artist for Lindsay Lohanrelease 2007
If I Had Known I Was a Genius Makeup artist for Sharon Stonerelease 2007
When a Man Falls in the Forest Makeup artist for Sharon Stonerelease 2007
2006 The Holiday Makeup artist for Lindsay Lohan and James Franco
Bobby Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
Clerks II Key makeup artist
Huff - Sweet Release (TV)Makeup artist for Sharon StoneTV Episode
Huff - Whipped Doggie (TV)Makeup artist for Sharon StoneTV Episode
Huff - Maps Don't Talk (TV)Makeup artist for Sharon StoneTV Episode
Huff - Maps Don't Talk 2 (TV)Makeup artist for Sharon StoneTV Episode
Basic Instinct 2 Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
2004 In Good Company Makeup artist for Scarlett Johansson
Little Black Book Makeup artist for Brittany Murphy
3-Way Makeup artist for Gina Gershon
2003 Tiptoes Makeup artist for Kate Beckingsale
Uptown Girls Makeup artist for Brittany Murphy
Just Married Makeup department head
2002 D-Tox Makeup artist: Sylvester Stallone
2001 Don't Say a Word Makeup artist for Michael Douglas
Driven makeup artist: Sylvester Stallone and Gina Gershon
2000 Get Carter Makeup artist for Sylvester Stallone
Beautiful Joe Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (TV)makeup artist: Sharon StoneTelevision film
1999 Simpatico Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
The Muse Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
1998 The Mighty Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
Sphere Mkeup artist for Sharon Stone
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Makeup artist for Geena Davis
Last Dance Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
Diabolique Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
1995 Casino Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
The Quick and the Dead Makeup artist: Sharon Stone
1994 The Specialist Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
Intersection Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
1993 Last Action Hero Makeup artist for Sharon Stone
Sliver Key makeup
White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II Key makeup
1992Where Sleeping Dogs Liemakeup artist for Sharon Stone
1990 Body Chemistry Makeup artist
Sorority House Massacre II Makeup artist

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References

  1. "Tricia Sawyer". Television Academy. U.S.: Emmy Award. Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2020-05-09.