Person
Michael Burnett
Costume & Make-Up
Biography
Michael Burnett is an American two-time Emmy-nominated make-up artist. He has been creating special makeup effects in the film, television, and the haunt industries for more than 30 years. Some of his film and television credits include, The Ben Stiller Show, Universal Soldier, The Forsaken, Star Trek Enterprise, Passions, and Mad TV. Between the years of 1997-2016, he designed and ran the makeup for Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights 17 times, more times than any other person. In October 2016, he became the Director of design & development for FrightNight Studios, a Florida-based company that creates makeup and effects for motion pictures, television and theme parks including Bush Gardens, Universal Studios and Disney.
Known for

Lost Highway
Special Effects Makeup Artist

We Were Soldiers
Makeup Effects

Universal Soldier
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Flatliners
Makeup Effects

Nowhere
Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Chronicles of Riddick
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Heavyweights
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Jiu Jitsu
Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Beach House
Turtle (puppeteer)

Black Scorpion
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Filmography
- 2020Jiu JitsuSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2018The Beach HouseTurtle (puppeteer)
- 2006Comedy Central Roast of William ShatnerSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005Stan Ridgway's Holiday In DirtVisual Effects
- 2004Creature UnknownDirector
- 2004The Chronicles of RiddickSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2002We Were SoldiersMakeup Effects
- 2001The ForsakenSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1997NowhereSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1997Lost HighwaySpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1995Black ScorpionSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1995The Alien WithinSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1995HeavyweightsProsthetic Makeup Artist
- 1994Cosmic SlopSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993Zombie Jamboree ‘93Himself
- 1992Universal SoldierSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1991Dolly DearestSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1991Shock Cinema: Volume TwoSelf
- 1990FlatlinersMakeup Effects
- 1988Missing LinkMakeup Artist
- 1986Alien WarriorMakeup Effects
- 1986AssassinMakeup Effects
- 1986Fangoria's Weekend of HorrorsSelf
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