Christien Tinsley

Christien Tinsley is an American makeup artist and bio creator. His career started in Los Angeles at the age of 22. Within two years, he had a place in the makeup league and began to work as a makeup artist for films such as ‘ The Grinch Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Pearl Harbor’, ‘Swordfish’, and ‘Ocean’, ‘Work 11’ and more. He continued to develop a proprietary technology called prosthetic limb transplantation. He founded Christien Tinsley Studio, Tinsley Transfers Inc. and he also continues to work as a makeup supervisor and personal makeup artist. His makeup department works include ‘Chill Factor’ (prosthetic makeup effects artist: XFX), ‘Evil Hill’ (Short) (designer and creator: special makeup effects), ‘Nutty Professor II: The Klumps’ (special makeup effects artist), ‘Flags of Our Fathers’ (special makeup effects artist), ‘Bug’ (special effects makeup), ‘Chingaso the Clown’ (Short) (makeup designer), ‘Find Me Guilty’ (makeup artist) / (prosthetic makeup artist), ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ (prosthetic makeup), ‘The Pacifier’ (makeup artist), ‘Catwoman’ (prosthetic makeup), ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’ (makeup artist), ‘The Passion of the Christ’ (makeup artist/ prosthetic makeup artist/ special makeup effects designer), ‘Master and Commander.

The Far Side of the World‘ (special makeup artist), ‘Solaris’ (key makeup artist), ‘xXx’ (makeup artist/ tattoo artist), ‘Dahmer’ (designer and creator: special makeup effects), ‘Ocean's Eleven’ (key makeup artist), ‘The Same’ (Short) (special makeup effects artist), ‘Pearl Harbor’ (makeup artist), ‘Swordfish’ (key makeup artist), ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ (makeup artist), ‘Bullfighter’ (makeup effects), ‘ Labor Day Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (special makeup effects designer and creator), ‘Behind The Candelabra’ (additional makeup effects), ‘ Gangster Squad Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (special makeup effects designer), ‘ The Campaign Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (special makeup effects designer), ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn’ (TV Movie) (special makeup artist), ‘ Killing Them Softly Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (special makeup effects designer), ‘Men in Black 3’ (makeup artist), ‘ John Carter Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (key makeup artist), ‘Reconstruction’ (TV Movie) (special makeup effects designer), ‘No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure’ (Short) (special makeup effects artist), ‘Answers to Nothing’ (special effects makeup artist), etc.

Tinsley received an Academy nomination for best makeup for his work in ‘The Passion of the Christ’ (2004). In 2008, he won an Academy for technical achievement for developing transfer technology (called Tinsley Transfers) for the creation and application of 2D and 3D makeup. In 2009, he won the National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... for Best Make-up for the 2009 Bollywood film ‘ Paa Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. Tinsley also won the 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Prosthetic Makeup for a series, miniseries, movie and special nominated by "American Horror Story". His other works include ‘Western World’ and ‘Santa Clarita Food’.