Mark Shostrom

Mark Shostrom (born May 13, 1956) is a Hong Kong-born American special makeup effects artist for the film industry.

Mark Shostrom
Born	Mark Allen Shostrom (1956-05-13) May 13, 1956 (age 69)
Occupation	Make-up artist
Website	http://markshostrom.com/

Background

Shostrom grew up in Hong Kong during the 1970s. He became interested in makeup after seeing The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Shostrom was encouraged to pursue makeup as a 13-year-old boy after befriending Evelyn Karloff, widow of Boris Karloff, the actor who portrayed the original Frankenstein's monster.

He is the winner of three Emmy Awards (out of four nominations)^[1] and has been nominated for four Saturn Awards by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.^[2] Shostrom designed and created special makeup effects for numerous cult horror films of the 1980s and 1990s, in particular the film series and sequels of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Phantasm and Evil Dead II.^[3] He also contributed special makeup effects to music videos for "Pet Sematary" The Ramones and Nine Inch Nails.

Partial filmography

• Android (1982)
• The Beastmaster (1982)
• Videodrome (1983)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• The Mutilator (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
• The Boys Next Door (1985)
• From Beyond (1986)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
• Evil Dead II (1987)
• John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987)
• Poltergeist III (1988)
• Phantasm II (1988)
• Deep Star Six (1989)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
• The X Files (TV series) (1993)^[4]
• Best of the Best 2 (1993)
• Phantasm III (1994)
• Star Trek: Voyager (1995–1997)^[5]
• Men in Black (1997)
• The Devil's Advocate (1997)
• The X Files (1998)
• Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003)
• Charmed (1998)
• The General's Daughter (1999)
• Life (1999)
• City of Angels (2000)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Hood of Horror (2006)
• The Warlords (2007)
• The Mooring (2012)
• Java Heat (2013)
• Amityville: The Awakening (2017)