Mark Shostrom

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Mark Shostrom (born May 13, 1956) is a special makeup effects artist for the Hollywood film industry. He is the winner of three Emmy awards and has been nominated for four Saturn Awards. Shostrom has designed special makeup effects for numerous cult horror films of the 1980s and 1990s.

He is best known for his work on the film series and sequels of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Phantasm and Evil Dead II. He has also contributed special makeup effects to music videos for The Ramones and Nine inch Nails.

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 monster in the 1931 Universal Studios classic.

Shostrom grew up in Hong Kong. He speaks Mandarin and reads and writes Chinese.

[edit] Partial Filmography

• Android (1982)
• The Beastmaster (1982)
• Videodrome (1983)
• Courage (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1983)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
• The Boys Next Door (1985)
• From Beyond (1986)
• The Supernaturals (1986)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
• My Demon Lover (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)
• Best of the Best 2 (1993)
• Phantasm III (1994)
• Love is a Gun (1994)
• Star Trek: Voyager (1995–1997)
• Men in Black (1997)
• The Devil's Advocate (1997)
• The X Files (1998)
• Jane Austin'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)

[edit] External links

• Mark Shostrom at the Internet Movie Database