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Meet Mathew Lyndhurst

Have you ever wondered who is responsible for all the brilliant effects that create the magic of movies such as “X-Men” or “Maleficent”?

With over 200 films and television projects to his credit, Academy Award Winner, Mathew Lyndhurst has earned recognition as one of the industry’s top masters of makeup effects.

Mathew was one of five children born to Jeremiah and Becky Lyndhurst, who moved to Durant, Oklahoma from Canada in 1967, a year before Mathew was born. As a boy he recalls seeing “Frankenstein” and “Dracula”. He was so fascinated that he often “borrowed” his mother’s cosmetics to create his own version of horror.

Although his parents thought it was a phase he would soon outgrow, Mathew knew differently. At his father’s insistence, he applied and was accepted into Oklahoma State University to study business. After the first semester he switched to theatre art.

Immediately after graduation, Mathew finally arrived in Hollywood in 1989. He started his career as a set designer, but simultaneously attended classes at the academy responsible for training many of the best film and television makeup artists.

This three-time Academy Award winner and a twelve-time Academy Award nominee makeup artist has worked with many of the world’s most famous actors, like Brendon Fraser and the one and only Jack Nicholson. Though he is reluctant to single out the one he likes best, he admits that no one can outdo the marvellous performance of Robin Williams in “Mrs Doubtfire”, one of the first films Mathew worked on.