Thomas Robert Burman (born November 28, 1940) is an American

make-up artist A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions in ...

. He was nominated for an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment in ...

in the category Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the film ''

Scrooged ''Scrooged'' is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens, ''Scrooged'' is a modern retel ...

''. Burman also won five

Primetime Emmy Awards The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

and was nominated for nine more in the Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup and Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) categories.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1988; co-nominated with

Bari Dreiband-Burman Bari Dreiband-Burman is an American make-up artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the film ''Scrooged''. Dreiband-Burman also won five Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for eighteen ...

) * ''

Meet the Hollowheads ''Meet the Hollowheads'', also known as ''Life on the Edge'', is a 1989 science fiction black comedy movie written and directed by special-effects makeup artist Thomas R. Burman. It stars Juliette Lewis, John Glover, Richard Portnow, and Jos ...

'' (1989; written and directed)

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* 1940 births Living people Artists from Los Angeles American make-up artists Primetime Emmy Award winners {{US-film-bio-stub