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| Makeup & Hair Designer: Emma Croft |
Emma Croft is a world renowned creative hair, makeup & FX
designer. Based in London, Emma’s work covers the spectrum of television, film,
music and commercials.
From an early age, Emma discovered her passion for the arts and
film. She studied film production for before deciding that makeup and hair was
her true passion and her path was in the film industry. Emma studied at the world-renowned
London College of Fashion, where she learned the techniques and expertise of
film-based hair, makeup and special effects makeup. Emma’s training continued
with Neill Gorton at Gorton Studios. She also studied period hairstyling under
Emmy nominated Lou Sheppard at Pinewood Studios and barbering at the
award-winning Hair for Men Academy. As
Emma states: “Continuous training is something I value very highly. You can
never have too much knowledge. “
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While her craft is technical, Emma applies a wealth of knowledge
in beauty makeup, hairstyling and special makeup effects and prosthetics to
execute designs with both precision and creativity. The art of creating a
character through makeup, and giving the audience an opportunity to figure out
a character’s entire back story just by looking at them, is something that has
always compelled Emma as an artist. “There hasn’t been a job that hasn’t
inspired me in some way.”
For her own personal taste, Emma prefers watching dramas which
she believes are often less interesting in terms of makeup, but thinks a
thriller or horror of course, can be quite exciting for makeup, ‘there’s always
a bit of a rush when you read a script and discover all the problem solving and
makeup challenges that lie ahead’. What puts Emma above every other creative
artist and creator, is “being able to do a bit of everything, beauty makeup, hair
styles or prosthetics.” Makeup can help
define what a character has been through and give the extra edge when
portraying the character to the audience; storytelling is Emma’s biggest drive
when it comes to makeup.
Emma’s credits include working with Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill),
Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh) and BAFTA winner Lauren Socha (Misfits), and
in television for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Discovery Channel. She has also
worked with music superstars The Weeknd, Years & Years, One Direction and
Noel Gallagher. Even more amazing, Emma was nominated for Best Styling in a
Music Video at the 2017 UK Music Video Awards for her work on the video ‘Tyburn
Jig’ by Police Dog Hogan. Emma Croft is a force to be reckoned with!
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