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Hire an Artist | Kari Thompson
Kari Thompson

Kari Thompson

I am a Hair and Makeup Junior who graduated April 2018. Since leaving Iver I have been lucky enough to work on a multiple different productions where I have loved building my skills, being creative and meeting lots of new friends and colleagues along the way. I first started out in the industry doing Craft services for a few years where I got to know the industry from all aspects including what each different department did to the set etiquettes. Although I loved being part of the craft team it soon became even more apparent to me that Hair and Makeup was the department I wanted to be in. I am very sociable, hard working, always smiling and very much a team player.

Work Experience

Film:

Snow White – January 2022 – July 2022- Contracted Junior.
Designer: Nadia Stacey Supervisor: Charmaine Fuller

Indiana Jones – March 2021 – January 2022- Contracted Main Team/ Crowd Trainee.
Designer: Frances Hannon, Supervisor: Karen Cohen, Supervisor: Angie Mudge

Star Wars – February 2021 – March 2021- Daily
Crowd Junior.
Supervisor: Nicola Mount

Jurassic – February 2020 – November 2020- Contracted Crowd Trainee
Supervisor: Karen Cohen

Batman – January 2020 – February 2020 – Daily
Crowd Junior.
Supervisor: Nikita Rae

Eternals – August 2019 – January 2020- Contracted Crowd Trainee.
Supervisor: Karen Cohen

The Old Guard- April 2019 – August 2019- Contracted Main Team Trainee.
Designer: Alessandro Bertolazzi/ Crowd Supervisor: Nicky Mount

Cats – February 2019 – April 2019- Daily
Crowd Trainee.
Supervisor: Tamara Ramsay- Cocket

Aeronauts Additional Photography – January 2019- Daily Crowd Trainee.
Supervisor: Sam Smart

Summer of Rockets – August 2018- Daily
Daily Crowd Junior.
Supervisor: Sam Smart

Wonder Women 2 – July 2018- September 2018- Daily Crowd Trainee.
Supervisor: Karen Cohen

Men in Black – July 2018- September 2018- Daily
Crowd Trainee.
Supervisor: Nikita Rae/ Hair Supervisor: Spob O’Brien

Maleficent – July 2018- August 2018- Daily
Crowd Trainee.
Supervisor: Julia Vernon

Bohemian Rhapsody Additional Photography – June 2018- Daily Crowd Trainee.
Supervisor: Renata Gilbert

Namaste England – May 2018- Daily
Daily Trainee.
Designer: Jacqui Russon

Tv, Commercials and Photo Shoots:

Tv. Fit – Photo Shoot – February 2019
Hair and Make-Up Assistant Designer: Missy Logan

Bud Light – Commercial – January 2019
Trainee
Designer: Spob O’Brien

Erica – TV Show – May 2018 Daily
Work Experience
Designer: Sue Michael

Other Employment:

Crew Catering – Craft Services
January 2017- December 2019
Hobbs and Shaw|Pokemon| Dumbo| Tomb Raider| Holmes & Watson
Managers: Gaynor Fitzgerald, Matt Barry, Vincent Jordan

Education

The Iver Make- Up Academy – January 2018 – April 2018
Foundation Certificate in Make-up and Hair Artistry

Nail Training:
-Essential Nails- Diploma in spa manicure and pedicure- Graduated July 2016
-Essential Nails- Diploma in UV gel polish (distinction)- Graduated July 2016
-Essential Nails- Gel Extension Training undergoing

I also have GCSE’s in Maths, English, Science and Art. Fully Qualified Child Care Practitioner.

Years of Experience

  • Make-Up 4 years
  • Hair Dressing Less than a year
  • SFX 4 years
  • Prosthetics 4 years
  • Colourist Less than a year
  • Barbering 1 year
  • Wig Dressing 2 years
  • Knotting Less than a year
  • Airbrushing Less than a year
  • Body Art 4 years
  • Other I qualified in Gel polish and currently doing my training for Gel extensions

Other

  • IT Skills From learning IT at school to then being a trainee for 3 years I feel I am very confident when it comes to IT.
  • Languages English
  • Driver License Full
  • References Karen Cohen - karencohen1@mac.com Liz Tagg - liz.tagg@iveracademy.co.uk
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