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Allan A. Apone

Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
1953

Mini Biography / Biyografi
Apone's 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.He is now president and CEO of Makeup & Effects Laboratories (MEL), Inc. in North Hollywood and a multi-award nominated makeup artist. Apone, who also has excellent financial and organizational skills, co-produced three projects with actor Tom Berenger's production company, 1st Corps Endeavors, from 1994 to 1997. The projects included the award-winning mini-series Rough Riders, the TNT telefilm Avenging Angel and the feature film An Occasional Hell.Apone opened MEL, Inc., a special effects makeup facility, in 1979 after an apprenticeship with Burman Studios as well as being mentored by Academy Award winning special effects wizard, Stan Winston. MEL, Inc. has grown from 500 square feet to over 10,000 square feet, which has provided special effects elements on over 145 films and 25 television shows since its inception. Recent film projects include XXX, U.S. Marshals, Star Trek: Insurrection, Thick as Thieves, Doctor Doolittle, Batman Forever, Caveman's Valentine, Being John Malkovich and The Drew Carey Show.Apone has served as a makeup artist on over 170 films and 150 television episodes throughout his career. For the past six years he has been the personal makeup artist Samuel L. Jackson on films which include No Good Deed, Changing Lanes, Formula 51, Caveman's Valentine, Unbreakable, Shaft, Rules of Engagement, Deep Blue Sea and XXX. A member of Makeup and Hairstylist Local 706 for over ten years, he has been nominated for his achievement in makeup by the Emmys in 1993 and 1997 for Star Trek. In 1994 he was nominated for both an Emmy and ACE Award for And The Band Played On. Most recently, he was nominated in 2000 by the Hollywood Makeup Artists Guild for his work on Three Kings.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. IMDb Mini Biography By: Allan Apone

Personal Quotes / Kişisel Alıntılar
""The problem with reality is that there is no background music.""