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Thomas Robert Burman (born November 28, 1940) is an American make-up artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the film Scrooged . [2] Burman also won five Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for nine more in the Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup and Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) categories.
- Early Career
- 1980s
- Work with Bari Dreiband-Burman
Burman provided special make-up for many science fiction and horror films from the 1960s through the 1980s. His early make-up career included Planet of the Apes (1968, featuring James Daly, Lou Wagner, Paul Lambert, Jane Ross, Billy Curtis, and Felix Silla, music by Jerry Goldsmith and designs by Wah Chang), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977...
Burman designed the special make-up effects for the 1981 horror film My Bloody Valentine and the 1983 sci-fi film Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. He also did effects work for such 1980s horror films as The Hand (starring Bruce McGill), The Beast Within (starring Bibi Besch and Ronny Cox), and Happy Birthday to Me (starring Sharon Ack...
Films
Burman first worked with his future wife, make-up artist Bard Dreiband, on Cat People (1982, starring Malcolm McDowell, Ed Begley, Jr., and John Larroquette). Burman hired Bari Dreiband to assist in the film's transformation effects, beginning a professional and personal relationship that has lasted for over 25 years. Shortly thereafter, Burman and Dreiband again worked together on the cult 1984 film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, with Burman as special make-up ef...
Television
Tom and Bari Burman were make-up artists on The Tracey Ullman Show for all of the program's four seasons, from 1987 through 1990. They won two Emmy Awards and received two Emmy Award nominations for their work on this series. They reunited with comedienne Tracey Ullman for her next show, Tracey Takes On, which ran from 1996 through 1999. The Burmans earned two Emmy nominations and one win for their work on this series. They were also nominated for their work on the TV specials Tracey Takes on...
Thomas R. Burman was born on 28 November 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Scrooged (1988) and Nip/Tuck (2003). He has been married to Bari Dreiband-Burman since 1984.
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Thomas R. Burman (born 28 November 1940; age 83) is a five-time Emmy Award-winning and one-time Academy Award-nominated make-up artist who worked on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as the head of the Burman Studio.
Thomas R. Burman was a costume designer for The Star Wars Holiday Special. He designed the costumes for Mallatobuck, Lumpy, and Itchy.
Thomas R. Burman is known as an Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Actor, Makeup Artist, Special Effects, Makeup Designer, Makeup Effects Designer, Writer, Story, Director, Makeup Supervisor, and Executive Producer.
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The Television Academy database lists prime-time Emmy information. Click here to learn more. Thomas R. Burman: bio, photos, awards, nominations and more at Emmys.com.
