Desmarais, Anita Resume

Make-Up Artist

Testimonials

"There are no set academic requirements for becoming a make up artist for films, but a good one will use their imagination to change the shape of a face, or create scars and wounds etc. This is the key. Anita did a fantastic job on Cargo, liaising closely with the producers, director, costume designer and the performers themselves. She had a strong visual sense and a creative imagination from the start . She had stamina and most importantly, she had the confidence and tact to suggest changes to benefit an individual''s appearance to suit the style of the film." - Andi Reiss - Director of Cargo

“I worked with Anita Desmarais on the film “ Cargo” shot by Andi Reiss.  The film is about four refugees who travel in the back of a lorry during the Balkan War. Given the grueling schedule, Anita not only looked after the leading actors with professional excellence, but also with great personal care, warmth and humor. Her make – up, in my opinion, was both subtle and beautiful – following the four leading actors from the start of a bleak journey, to the draining and bitten end. I could not recommend her more highly” - Daniela Nardini – Actor in the feature film “ Cargo”

“Anita Desmarais is a very imaginative make – up artist, whom I worked with at Pinewood studios, a few years ago, on a short feature film called “ Cargo”, about Asylum seekers. She was required to indicate their slow suffocation and demise, a the back of a container truck.

In a “ flashback” sequence, my character in the film was required to have complex make up work, which Anita applied deftly and thoughtlessly convincing results. She is an extremely experienced and dedicated make up artist, whom I would most definitely recommend”. Heathcote Williams, writer/actor

"I have worked with Anita on several projects and have been impressed with her creativity, expertise and professionalism. In particular, our most recent project based on Green Man mythology, required a couple of characters to be made up with bark and foliage to become hybrid plant/human figures, and we were very pleased with the results." 

“Anita - you Fox!  - the make up looked so good! especially for that scene when she is walking by his car.  I am not that pretty in real life, but you made it look like I was- you are GOOD.
Thank you again” - Corina Miller, actor on short film entitled “Believe”

MAKE UP WORK - CV

ARM Graduate Recruitment Film - 2008
Form: Corporate | Running time: 12 mins
Format: HD | Company: ARM/ Key 20 Media

Kiera - 2008
Form: Music Video | Running time: 4 mins
Format: HD | Company: CR productions

Operation Entebbe
Form: Documentary | Running time: 90 mins
Format: HD | Company: KCW Productions LA

Asylum Stories -2008
Form: Documentary | Running time: 30 mins
Format: HD | Company: Refugee Resource (not yet completed)

Mme Yevonde - Be original or die! 2008
Form: Documentary | Running time: 90 mins
Format: HD | Company: Homespun Films NYC (not yet completed)

L’ Oreal - The Matrix 2007:
Form: Documentary | Running time: 30 mins
Format: HD | Company: L"Oreal/Goldilocks NY

The Christmas Fairy - 2007:
Form: Short Drama | Running time: 10 mins
Format: HD | Company: Spa Road Music

Music Manifesto : Hugh Masekela 2007:
Form: Music Documentary | Running time: 90 mins
Format: HD | Company: Music Manifesto

Vision Express - 2006:
Form: Commercial | Running time: 5 mins
Format: HD | Company: Yellow Productions Ltd

PharmaClinix - 2006:
Form: Commercial | Running time: 3 mins
Format: HD | Company: Yellow Productions Ltd

Little Angels - 2005:
Form: Short Drama | Running time: 15 mins
Format: HD | Company: Yellow Productions Ltd/DBP

Skin Trade - 2006
Form: Charity Viral Campaign | Running time: 5 mins
Format: HD | Company: HSUS

Dyslexia Myth - 2005
Form: Documentary | Running time: 30 mins
Format: HD | Company: Dyslexia Research Trust

Passport To Export - 2005
Form: Live Event | Running time: 90 mins
Format: HD | Company: GGL Ltd

Curious Paradise Live - 2006
Form: Live Music Concert | Running time: 90 mins
Format: HD | Company: CP Ltd

Cargo - 2004
Form: Feature Drama| Running time: 83 mins
Format: DVCam/Mini-DV | Company: Yellow Productions Ltd

Killer Cure - 2004
Form: Documentary | Running time: 30 mins
Format: DVCam/Mini-DV | Company: Crusade Laboratories

Maltese Tourist Board - 2003
Form: Commercial/Corporate Campaign | Running time: 25 mins
Format: DVCam | Company: MTB

Special Delivery - 2003
Form: Documentary | Running time: 40 mins
Format: DVCam/Mini-DV | Company: Yellow Productions Ltd

Sleeper - 2003
Form: Short Drama | Running time: 15 mins
Format: HD | Company: Yellow Productions Ltd

Moving Day - 2003
Form: Short Drama | Running time: 15 mins
Format: HD | Company: Martin Kittappa Films

The Rage - 2003
Form: Short Drama | Running time: 15 mins
Format: HD | Company: Brian Hutton Films

Solicit - 2002
Form: Short Drama | Running time: 15 mins
Format: HD | Company: Sharma Films

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