Allan A. Apone

Apones love of film began when he was nine years old His family moved to Culver City and the back lots of MGM and Desilu became his playgrounds Career aspirations in film development in high school where he and his friends made amateur movies He worked as a production assistant on his first film soon after graduating He continued working on independent projects finally becoming a field producer with Bill Burrud Productions which did travel logs for American Express Later he became a purchasing agent in the hobby craft field with Western Trimming From there he moved into his career in special effects and makeup A multiawardnominated makeup artist Apone who also has excellent financial and organisational skills coproduced three projects with actor Tom Berengers production company 1st Corps Endeavours from 1994 to 1997 The projects included the awardwinning miniseries Rough Riders the TNT telefilm Avenging Angel and the feature film An Occasional Hell He is president and CEO of Makeup Effects Laboratories MEL a special effects makeup facility he opened in 1979 after an apprenticeship with Burman Studios as well as being mentored by Academy Awardwinning special effects wizard Stan Winston MEL Inc has grown from 500 square feet to over 20000 square feet which has provided special effects elements on over 145 films and 25 television shows since its inception Recent film projects include Westworld Divergent Django Unchained The Last Thing He Wanted Den of Thieves Captain America Civil War Avengers Age of Ultron Killing Reagan 22 Jump Street and Suicide Squad In 2012 he started Mel Products a speciality makeup line that is used by the majority of film and television productions as well as makeup effects and Halloween hobbyists all over the world Apone has served as a makeup artist on over 170 films and 150 television episodes throughout his career He has been the personal makeup artist for Samuel L Jackson Dustin Hoffman Chris Evans Gerard Butler Tom Berringer and Sir Ben Kingsley to name a few A member of Makeup and Hairstylist Local 706 for over 20 years he has been nominated for his achievement in makeup by the Emmys in 1993 1994 1997 and 2018 for Westworld He was nominated for the Hollywood Makeup Artists Guild for his work on Three Kings and Captain America Winter Soldier Apone is a member of both the Television Academy as well as the Motion Picture Academy He resides in Newhall California and has two children Information above via their homepage