Matthew W. Mungle (born October 26, 1956) is an American
make-up artist. He has been nominated five times for the
Academy Award for Best Makeup
The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the Academy Award given to the best achievement in makeup and hairstyling for film. Traditionally, three films have been nominated each year with exceptions in the early 1980s and 2002 when the ...
, winning (as part of a three-person team) in 1992 for ''
Bram Stoker's Dracula''. He has also received 26
Emmy nominations, winning 6.
[Michael Smith]
"Atoka native could win second Oscar in makeup category"
''Tulsa World
The ''Tulsa World'' is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. Tulsa World Media Company is part of Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 20 ...
'', February 24, 2012. His television work includes ''
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales'', ''
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union,'' ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,
The Big Bang Theory
''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro, all of whom also served as head writers. It premiered on C ...
,
Salem,
NCIS,
Conan,'' and ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!.''
Mungle's other film work includes ''
Norbit
In electronics, the NORBIT family of modules is a very early form (since 1960) of digital logic developed by Philips (and also provided through and Mullard) that uses modules containing discrete components to build logic function blocks in re ...
'', ''
Epic Movie
''Epic Movie'' is a 2007 American parody film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer and produced by Paul Schiff. It stars Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jayma Mays, Jennifer Coolidge, Faune A. Chambers, Crispin Glover, Tony Cox ...
'', ''
Disaster Movie
A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may include natural disasters, accidents, military/ terrorist attacks or global catastrophes such a ...
'', ''
Psycho (1998),
The Butler,
Superhero Movie,'' ''
Frida
''Frida'' is a 2002 American biographical drama film directed by Julie Taymor which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Starring Salma Hayek in an Academy Award–nominated portrayal as K ...
,'' ''
Vampires Suck
''Vampires Suck'' is a 2010 American parody vampire film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. It stars Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Christopher N. Riggi, Ken Jeong, Anneliese van der Pol, and Arielle Kebbel. The film is a ...
'', ''
Sky High,''
''The Tempest'''','' ''
The Midnight Meat Train,'' ''
Date Movie,
Monster House,'' and ''
The Polar Express
''The Polar Express'' is a children's book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1985. The book is now widely considered to be a classic Christmas story for young children. It was praised for its detai ...
.''
Mungle has also done
special effects makeup for commercials for
FedEx,
Frito-Lay
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,
Universal Parks and Resorts,
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...
,
KFC,
Best Buy,
Lunchables
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, and
Sprint Corporation
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.
Mungle has also worked on the
Disney Dream Portrait Series From 2007 to 2014, Disney released a series of advertisements created by photographer Annie Leibovitz, and featured celebrities in Disney fairy tale scenes to promote Disney Parks
Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc., formerly Walt Dis ...
photograph featuring,
Jack Black,
Jason Segel
Jason Jordan Segel ( ; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom '' How I Met Your Mother'', as well as for his work with director and ...
, and
Will Ferrell
John William Ferrell (; born July 16, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. He first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show '' Saturday Night Live'', where he performed from 1995 to 2 ...
as The Hitchhiking Ghosts from the
Disney
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attraction,
The Haunted Mansion, in 2012.
Mungle is a native of
Atoka, Oklahoma
Atoka is a city in and the county seat of Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,107 at the 2010 census, an increase of 4.0 percent from the figure of 2,988 in 2000.
The city was settled by the Choctaw and named in 1867 by ...
, and graduated from Atoka High School in 1975. He studied for two and a half years at
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...
before moving to Hollywood in 1977. He studied under make-up artist Joe Blasco, then became an instructor at Blasco's school and worked in low-budget horror films
before his career moved into larger projects beginning with ''
Edward Scissorhands
''Edward Scissorhands'' is a 1990 American fantasy romance film directed by Tim Burton. It was produced by Burton and Denise Di Novi, written by Caroline Thompson from a story by her and Burton, and starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Antho ...
'' in 1990.
[Robin Rauzi]
"The Transformer: Makeup man Matthew Mungle found his calling in Hollywood as a creator of illusions."
''Los Angeles Times
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'', May 15, 1997. In addition to ''Dracula'', he has also received Oscar nominations for his work on ''
Schindler's List
''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film f ...
'' (1993), ''
Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996), ''
Albert Nobbs
''Albert Nobbs'' is a 2011 drama film directed by Rodrigo García and starring Glenn Close. The screenplay, by Close, John Banville and Gabriella Prekop, is based on the 1927 novella ''Albert Nobbs'' by George Moore.
The film received mixed ...
'' (2011), and ''
Hillbilly Elegy
''Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis'' is a bestselling 2016 memoir by future Ohio Senator J. D. Vance about the Appalachian values of his Kentucky family and the social and socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Mi ...
'' (2020). Mungle created old age makeups for the principal cast for the final episode of HBO's ''
Six Feet Under''. In ''Albert Nobbs'' he used make-up and prosthetics for actresses
Glenn Close
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and
's portrayals of women pretending to be men.
[Randee Dawn]
"Nominees for best makeup"
''Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'', February 3, 2012. Mungle also creates the masks of the
Flying Monkeys and
Doctor Dillamond, and
Fiyero's scarecrow
A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin, often in the shape of a human. Humanoid scarecrows are usually dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.Lesley ...
form for the Broadway musical, ''
Wicked
Wicked may refer to:
Books
* Wicked, a minor character in the ''X-Men'' universe
* '' Wicked'', a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that inspired the musical of the same name
* ''Wicked'', the fifth novel in Sara Shepard's ''Pretty Little Liars'' s ...
.'' Mungle previously owned a makeup studio in North
Hollywood. Mungle currently owns a makeup studio in
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
.
References
External links
*
Official website(W.M. Creations)
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Best Makeup Academy Award winners
Living people
American make-up artists
People from Atoka, Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University alumni
1956 births