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Matt Smith Prosthetics Designer

With over 26 years of experience in Film and Television, Matt and his team deliver a broad range of practical effects and fabrication, from creatures, animatronics, props and dummy bodies to prosthetics and special make-up effects.

His credits include Into the Woods, La Vie en Rose, The Reader, Band of Brothers and Black Mirror. A member of the Oscar-winning make-up team for La Vie en Rose and Emmy-nominated for Band of Brothers, Matt offers productions award-recognised expertise, creative versatility and a workshop and team conveniently located near Shepperton and Longcross Studios.

Selected Credits

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Feature Films

SACRIFICE	Prosthetic Dummy Body Supply Mid March Media & Film4 for Netflix \| Directed by Romain Gavras Produced by Gregory Jankilevitsch, Giorgos Karnavas & Jacob Perlin
BUGONIA	Special Makeup Effects Designer Focus Features for Universal Pictures \| Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos Produced by Ed Guiney, Lars Knudsen & Andrew Lowe
ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE	Prosthetic Makeup Designer T-Street for Paramount Home Entertainment \| Directed by Barnaby Roper Produced by Leopold Hughes & Ben LeClair
OPERATION HADAL	Special Makeup Effects Designer Bona Film Group \| Directed by Dante Lam Produced by Dong Yu
RABBIT TRAP	Prosthetic and Special Makeup Effects Designer SpectreVision for Magnolia Pictures \| Directed by Bryn Chainey Produced by Alex Ashworth, Lawrence Inglee, Elisa Lleras & Sean Marley
ANIMAL	Prosthetic and Special Makeup Effects Designer T-Street \| Directed by Barnaby Roper Produced by Leopold Hughes & Ben LeClair
HAVOC	Prosthetic Dummy Body Supply One More One Production / Netflix \| Directed by Gareth Evans Produced by Gareth Evans, Tom Hardy, Ed Talfan & Aram Tertzakian
KAVITA & TERESA	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Zariya Foundation \| Directed by Kamal Musale Produced by Kamal Musale
LAST TRAIN TO CHRISTMAS	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Future Artists \| Directed by Julian Kemp Produced by Matthew James Wilkinson & Matt Williams
THE WHITE TIGER	Special Makeup Effects Designer Lava Media \| Directed by Ramin Bahrani Produced by Ramin Bahrani & Mukul Deora
SULPHUR AND WHITE	Prosthetic Makeup Designer AMG International Film \| Directed by Julian Jarrold Produced by Michael Elliott
LEAP	Special Makeup Ageing Consultant Alibaba Pictures \| Directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan Produced by Yuet-Jan Hui
THE RESCUE	Special Makeup Effects and Prothetics Designer China Modern Film and Television Development \| Directed by Dante Lam Produced by Candy Leung
WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Iervolino & Lady Bacardi \| Directed by Ciro Guerra Produced by Monika Bacardi, Michael Fitzgerald, Andrea Iervolino & Olga Segura
SO LONG, MY SON	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Dongchun Films \| Directed by Xiaoshuai Wang Produced by Xuan Liu, Jianv Han, Junyi He, Hai Wang, Jingchun Wang, Xiaoshuai Wang, Wei Yang & Dong Yu
OPERATION RED SEA	Special Makeup Effects and Prosthetics Designer Bona Film Group \| Directed by Dante Lam Produced by Candy Leung
CAUTIONARY TALES	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Directed by Christopher Barrett & Luke Taylor Produced by Medb Riordan
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Directed by James Bobin Produced by Tim Burton, Joe Roth, Jennifer Todd & Suzanne Todd
CRIMINAL	Special Makeup Effects and Prosthetics Designer Summit Entertainment \| Directed by Ariel Vromen Produced by Christa Campbell, Denis Chobanov, Mark Gill, Matthew O'Toole, J. C. Spink & Jake Weiner
INTO THE WOODS	Prosthetic Makeup Design and Application for Meryl Streep BBL Motion Picture Studios \| Directed by Rob Marshall Produced by John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Callum McDougall & Marc Platt
BLACK SEA	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Focus Features \| Directed by Kevin MacDonald Produced by Kevin MacDonald & Charles Steel
GOOD PEOPLE	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Millennium Films \| Directed by Henrik Ruben Genz Produced by Ed Cathell III, Benjamin Forkner, Thomas Gammeltoft, Eric Kranzler, Avi Lerner & Tobey Maguire
FRANK	Prosthetic Supply for Michael Fassbender Element Pictures \| Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Produced by David Barron, Ed Guiney, Stevie Lee & Andrew Lowe
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS	Prosthetic Supply for Tom Hanks Scott Rudin Productions \| Directed by Paul Greengrass Produced by Diana Brunetti, Michael De Luca & Scott Rudin
WORLD WAR Z	Key Prosthetic Makeup Artist and Prosthetic Supply for Brad Pitt Paramount Pictures \| Directed by Marc Foster Produced by Ian Bryce, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner & Brad Pitt
ZERO DARK THIRTY	Prosthetic Sculptor Columbia Pictures \| Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Produced by Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal & Megan Ellison
THE ADVENTURER: THE CURSE OF THE MIDAS BOX	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Entertainment Motion \| Directed by Jonathan Newman Produced by Peter Bevan, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Karl Richards & Ignacio Salazar-Simpson
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Warner Bros. \| Directed by Guy Ritchie Produced by Susan Downey, Dan Lin, Joel Silver & Lionel Wigram
ONE DAY	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Focus Features \| Directed by Lone Scherfig Produced by Nina Jacobson
HANNA	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Focus Features \| Directed by Joe Wright Produced by Marty Adelstein, Leslie Holleran & Scott Nemes
ANONYMOUS	Prosthetic Makeup Design and Application for Vanessa Redgrave Columbia Pictures \| Directed by Roland Emmerich Produced by Roland Emmerich, Larry Franco & Robert Leger
BRIGHTON ROCK	Prosthetic Makeup Design and Application StudioCanal \| Directed by Rowan Joffee Produced by Paul Webster
LONDON BOULEVARD	Prosthetic Makeup Designer GK Films \| Directed by William Monahan Produced by Quentin Curtis, Tim Headington, Graham King & William Monahan
NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS	Prosthetic Sculptor for Emma Thompson Universal Pictures \| Directed by Susanna White Produced by Tim Bevan, Lindsay Doran & Eric Fullner
IT'S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE	Prosthetic Makeup Artist Bend It Films \| Directed by Gurinder Chada Produced by Gurinder Chada
SHERLOCK HOLMES	Prosthetic Makeup Design and Application and Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law & 'Dredger' Warner Bros \| Directed by Guy Ritchie Produced by Susan Downey, Dan Lin, Joel Silver & Lionel Wigram
THE READER	Prosthetic Makeup Design and Application for Kate Winslet, Lena Olin & Susan Lothar The Weinstein Company \| Directed by Stephen Daldry Produced Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Redmond Morris & Sydney Pollack
SLEUTH	Prosthetic Makeup Design for Jude Law Sony Pictures Classics \| Directed by Kenneth Branagh Produced by Kenneth Branagh, Simon Halfonm Jude Law, Simon Moseley, Marion Pilowsky & Tom Sternberg
STARDUST	Key Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Design and Application for Sarah Alexander, Charlie Cox & Rupert Everett Paramount Pictures \| Directed by Matthew Vaughn Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Michael Dreyer, Neil Gaiman & Matthew Vaughn
ATONEMENT	Prosthetic Makeup Artist Univesal Pictures \| Directed by Joe Wright Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Paul Webster
LA VIE EN ROSE	Prosthetic Makeup Application for Marion Cotillard Légende Films \| Directed by Olivier Dahan Produced by Alain Goldman
THE CONSTANT GARDENER	Prosthetic Design and Application for Rachel Weisz Focus Features \| Directed by Fernando Meirelles Produced by Simon Channing Williams
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY	Prosthetic Makeup Artist Touchstone Pictures \| Directed by Garth Jennings Produced by Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Nick Goldsmith & Jay Roach
DOOM	Prosthetic Makeup Design and Application & Special Effects John Wells Productions \| Directed by Andrzej Bartkowaik Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura & John Wells
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	Prosthetic Makeup Design and Application for Gerard Butler Warner Bros. \| Directed by Joel Schumacher Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber
THE LAST SAMURAI	Prosthetic Makeup Artist Warner Bros. \| Directed by Edward Zwick Produced by Tom Cruise, Tom Engelman, Marshall Herskovitz, Scott Kroopf & Paula Wagner
LD 50 LETHAL DOSE	Prosthetic Makeup Designer for Mel B Four Horsemen Films \| Directed by Simon De Selva Produced by Alistair MacLean-Clark & Basil Stephens
COLD MOUNTAIN	Prosthetic Makeup Artist Miramax \| Directed by Anthony Minghella Produced by Albert Berger, William Horberg, Sydney Pollack & Ron Yerxa
TO KILL A KING	Special Makeup Effects Artist FilmFour \| Directed by Mike Barker Produced by Kevin Loader
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS	Prosthetic Makeup Artist BBC Films \| Directed by Stephen Frears Produced by Robert Jones & Tracey Seaward
THE GATHERING	Prosthetic Makeup Artist Granada Film Productions \| Directed by Brian Gilbert Produced by Pippa Cross, Marc Samuelson & Peter Samuelson
RESIDENT EVIL	Prosthetic Makeup Artist & Creature Crew Constantin Film \| Paul W.S. Anderson Produced by Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Bernd Eichinger & Samuel Hadida
HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME	Prosthetic Makeup Effects Davis-Panzer Productions \| Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski Produced by Peter S. Davis, Brian Gordon & William N. Panzer
GLADIATOR	Special Makeup Effects and Prosthetics Artist Dreamworks Pictures \| Directed by Ridley Scott Produced by David Franzoni, Branko Lustig & Douglas Wick
THE MUMMY	Special Makeup Effects Artist Universal Pictures \| Directed by Stephen Sommers Produced by Sean Daniel & James Jacks
STAR WARS EPISODE 1 - THE PHANTOM MENACE	Prosthetics and Special Makeup Effects Artist Lucasfilm \| Directed by George Lucas Produced by Rick McCallum

TV

ANN DROID	Prosthetic Dummy Body Supply Boffola Pictures for BBC One \| Directed by Joseph Roberts Produced by Pippa Brown
THE WINTER KING Season 1	Prosthetic Dummy Body Supply Bad Wolf for ITVX & MGM+ \| Directed by Otto Bathurst Produced by Catrin Lewis Defis
BLACK MIRROR Season 6	Special Makeup Effects / Animatronics Designer Broke and Bones \| Directed by Various Produced by Charlie Brooker
C. B. STRIKE	Prosthetic Makeup Designer for Tom Burke BBC One \| Directed by Susan Tully, Michael Keillor, Kieron Hawkes & Charles Sturridge Produced by Jackie Larkin & Alex Rendell
GOOD OMENS	Prosthetic and Special Makeup Effects Designer Amazon Studios \| Directed by Douglas Mackinnon Produced by Tim Bradley, Phil Collinson, Josh Dynevor & Paul Frift
KILLING EVE	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Sid Gentle Films \| Directed by Damon Thomas, Jon East, Harry Bradbeer, Lisa Brühlmann & Francesca Gregorini
MCMAFIA	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Cuba Pictures \| Directed by James Watkins Produced by Paul Ritchie & Justin Kramer
INSIDE NO. 9	Prosthetic Makeup Designer BBC \| Directed by Jim O'Hanlon, Greame Harper & David Kerr Produced by Adam Tandy
BLACK MIRROR USS Callister	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Zeppotron \| Directed by Toby Haynes Produced by Charlie Brooker & Louise Sutton
SS-GB	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Sid Gentle Films \| Directed by Philipp Kadelbach Produced by Patrick Schweitzer
JEKYLL AND HYDE	Prosthetics and Special Makeup Effects Designer ITV Studios \| Directed by Stewart Svaasand, Colin Teague, Joss Agnew & Robert Quinn Produced by Foz Allan & Louise Sutton
CINEMANIACS	Prosthetic Makeup Designer for Michael Sheen Novel Entertainment Productions \| Directed by Julian Kemp Produced by Hugh Lawton, Michael Sheen & Lucinda Whiteley
SHERLOCK	Lifelike prosthetic face of Benedict Cumberbatch Hartswood Films \| Directed by Jeremy Lovering, Colm McCarthy & Nick Hurran Produced by Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue & Susie Liggat
A TOUCH OF CLOTH Series 2 & 3	Prosthetic Makeup Designer Zeppotron \| Directed by Jim O'Hanlon Produced by Mat Chaplin & Adam Tandy
DEAD SET	Special Makeup Effects Designer Zeppotron \| Directed by Yann Demange Winner of the Televisual Bulldog Award for Best Special Effects
BAND OF BROTHERS	Special Makeup Effects Artist DreamWorks \| Directed by Various Produced by Erik Jendresen & Mary Richards Nominated for Emmy Award 2001-2002 - Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Mini-Series

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