Maïna Militza is a Canadian

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. She is known for working with filmmaker

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. Militza is affiliated with the agency Folio Montreal and B Agency Paris. She worked for Dolan on the 2014 film '' Mommy'', for which she won the

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for Best Makeup. With Denis Vidal, Militza worked on the make-up for Dolan's 2016 film ''

It's Only the End of the World ''It's Only the End of the World'' () is a 2016 drama film written, directed and edited by Xavier Dolan. The film is based on the 1990 play by Jean-Luc Lagarce and stars Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, and Vincen ...

'', and shared the

with hair stylist Denis Vidal. In April 2017, she also received a

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nomination for Best Make-Up for ''It's Only the End of the World''. In 2018 she worked with American rapper Tierra Whack for her 15 min. short film “Whack World�

The same year she was doing makeup and hair on Billy Eilish in her music video “Hostag

Since then she’s working with various international artists, directors, musicians and actress and her work has been published in prestigious magaziner like Vogue, Numero, ID, Harper's Bazaar, Dazed, Wonderland and Nylon to name a few. In september 2024 she was nominated for makeup-artist of the year at the CAFA awards. She is now based in Paris.

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