Crista Llewellyn is a special effects makeup artist based out of Los Angeles, CA.

   She got her start in special effects in high school when she learned how to create cotton and latex wounds for the play 'Bury the Dead.' She fell in love and the rest is history. After high school, she went to San Francisco State University where she got her BA in Technical Theatre and Design with a focus on Costume design, in 2012. In 2014 she graduated from The Blush School of Makeup in San Francisco with a certificate in master makeup artistry. Shorty after, she returned to Los Angeles to work as a freelance artist.

   Crista currently focuses on set work, working freelance for independent films and new media. While her work ranges from Beauty Makeup to SFX Makeup: her strengths lie in natural makeup, character makeup, body painting, and prosthetics.  From 2019-2021 she taught at Cinema Makeup School as a prosthetic makeup instructor.

    Some of her most notable works include: ‘V/H/S/99’, ‘The Book of Queer’, ‘Searching’, ‘In Full Bloom’, ‘House of Demons’, and ‘7 Minutes in Hell’.

CONTACT

Email: crista.llewellyn@gmail.com

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