DON BROOKER
Prosthetic & Makeup Effects Designer
Don Brooker brings a highly creative and dynamic energy to any creative project. Communicating through multi disciplinary art forms including illustration, painting and sculpture, he offers a variety of practical design services to creative industries. Known for his work on feature films such as Avatar, King Kong, What We Do in the Shadows, The Hobbit Trilogy and Television shows including Cleverman, Ash vs Evil Dead, fan favourite Wellington Paranormal, Time Bandits and recent genre films The Rule of Jenny Pen, Wolfman and Evil Dead: Burn. Currently filming THe Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
After studying fine arts at the Hunter Institute in Newcastle, NSW Australia, Don then began his screen industry career, which now spans over 25 years. He is an experienced creature and makeup effects designer and Head of Department. He has supervised international onset prosthetic teams as well as leading and managing creature workshop crews. He has enjoyed contributing as an artist, to a long and varied list of renowned projects with world class teams. He has worked for industry leading companies and individuals such as Weta Workshop, John Cox Creature Workshop, Makeup Effects Group and Odd Studio.
Don is grateful to have worked with accomplished directors including Steven Spielberg, George Miller, Ridley Scott, Jemaine Clement, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, Mel Gibson, James Cameron, Neil Blomkamp, James Ashcroft and Taika Waititi. Don has proudly contributed to Oscar and Bafta winning teams and also an array of winning and nominated projects for MUHS Guild, APDG, NZTVA and most recently a 2025 NZSA nominee for Best Makeup Design for The Rule of Jenny Pen.
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JESS REEDY
Supervisor | Key Artist
Jess Reedy is a highly experienced professional makeup, hair and prosthetic artist based in Wellington, New Zealand. Jess is a lead artist and specialist in special makeup effects and prosthetics, with diverse expertise her career has spanned over 25 years. Her creative skillset includes experience in a wide range of manufacturing processes within the workshop. As a seasoned project manager she has supervised and co-ordinated various memorable projects for commercial clientele. Additionally, Jess has enjoyed many years working onset in Key and Senior roles with top talent for creature, prosthetic, makeup and hair teams globally.
A love of storytelling and a vivid imagination led Jess to began her career in the screen industry after studying Arts and Education at Victoria University. Following on from a screen industry traineeship on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy she went on to complete advanced professional makeup artistry tuition in fashion, media makeup and hairstyling and gained a further diploma in SFX makeup and prosthetics. Her studies most recently have included Natural History Illustration at Newcastle University, NSW. She is known for her work on feature films such as Mad Max: Fury Road, Alien: Covenant, The Hobbit Trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia and recent genre films When Darkness Loves Us and Forgive Us All. Filming currently on The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
Her resume includes work with a variety of notable personalities and she is grateful to have had opportunities allowing her to acquire techniques and skills in many areas of character arts. Jess has worked with accomplished directors including George Miller, Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis and Andrew Adamson.
Jess has proudly contributed to Oscar and BAFTA winning teams and multiple winning and nominated projects for MUHS Guild, and APDG. She has also enjoyed being a part of crews working with and for industry leading companies and individuals including Jim Henson's Creature Shop, KNB EFX, Makeup Effects Group and Odd Studio.
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