JUDY CHIN

Makeup
Artist Bio
Black Swan 2010
West Side Story 2021
Maniac 2018
he Dead Don’t Die 2019
Little Women 2019
Frida 2002
Mother 2017
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
Black Swan 2010
Birdman 2014
Black Swan 2010
Blood Diamond 2006
West Side Story 2021
Frida 2002
Requiem for a Dream 2000
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
Requiem for a Dream 2000
Requiem for a Dream 2000
West Side Story 2021
Frida 2002
Black Swan 2010

JUDY CHIN

Makeup

Judy CHIN

Judy Chin’s makeup concepts, designs and creative leadership have manifest across a remarkable range of collaborations with film visionaries including director Darren Aronofsky to create the iconic, BAFTA-nominated makeup for Black Swan.

Chin’s long-term work with director Aronofsky spans from her OSCAR and BAFTA award-winning makeup for The Whale; head of department for Mother!, and Noah; key makeup artistry for The Wrestler and Requiem for a Dream, and makeup design for The Fountain.

Chin was makeup department head for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, The Post, and Bridge of Spies and collaborator with Jim Jarmusch on the makeup for The Dead Don’t Die, Broken Flowers, Coffee & Cigarettes and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.

Chin’s work with writer and director Julie Taymor began within the BAFTA award-winning makeup and hair team for Frida, followed by makeup department head for Across the Universe, The Tempest, and The Glorias.

Her creative spectrum is also shown in her work as makeup department head for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick…BOOM!, Alejandro Iñárritu’s Birdman, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche; and as key makeup artist on Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, and Rebecca Miller’s The Ballad of Jack and Rose.

Chin has a longstanding collaboration with the actor Jennifer Connelly that began with her makeup concepts for Requiem for a Dream (dir. Darren Aronofsky) and includes American Pastoral (dir. Ewan McGregor), Money Monster (dir. Jodie Foster), Stuck in Love (dir. Josh Boone), The Dilemma (dir. Ron Howard), Blood Diamond (dir. Edward Zwick), Winter’s Tale (dir. Avika Goldsman) and House of Sand and Fog (dir. Vadim Perelman).

She has also been personal makeup artist to actor Rachel Weisz, including for, Disobedience (dir. Sebastián Lelio), Oz the Great and Powerful (dir. Sam Raimi), The Fountain (dir. Darren Aronofsky), Dream House (dir. Jim Sheridan) and the TV series Dead Ringers, based on Bari Wood’s novel Twins.

MATERIALISTS
2024

Makeup department head, director Celine Song, cast PedroPascal, Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson

DEAD RINGERS
2023

Makeup department head, cast Rachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, Poppy Liu, season 1

THE WHALE
2022

Makeup department head, director Darren Aronofsky, cast Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins

WEST SIDE STORY
2021

Makeup department head, director Steven Spielberg, cast Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose

TICK, TICK… BOOM!
2021

Makeup department head, director Lin-Manuel Miranda, cast Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus

GREYHOUND
2020

Makeup department head, director Aaron Schneider, cast Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham

THE GLORIAS
2020

Makeup department head, director Julie Taymor, cast Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe

LITTLE WOMEN
2019

Makeup department head, director Greta Gerwig, cast Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh

THE DEAD DON’T DIE
2019

Makeup department head, director Jim Jarmusch, cast Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton

MANIAC
2018

Makeup department head, cast Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno, mini series

THE POST
2017

Makeup department head, director Steven Spielberg, cast Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson

WONDER
2017

Makeup department head (NY), director Stephen Chbosky, cast Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic

DISOBEDIENCE
2017

Makeup artist for Rachel Weisz, director Sebastián Lelio, cast Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola

MOTHER!
2017

Makeup department head, director Darren Aronofsky, cast Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris

THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES 2017

Makeup department head, director Noah Baumbach, cast Adam Sandler, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman

AMERICAN PASTORAL
2016

Makeup department head, director Ewan McGregor, cast Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning

MONEY MONSTER
2016

Makeup department head, director Jodie Foster, cast George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell

PEE-WEE’S BIG HOLIDAY
2016

Key makeup artist (NY), director John Lee, cast Paul Reubens, Jordan Black, Doug Cox

BRIDGE OF SPIES
2015

Makeup department head (NY), director Steven Spielberg, cast Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda

IRRATIONAL MAN
2015

Makeup department head, director Woody Allen, cast Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey

HOKE
2015

Makeup department head, director Scott Frank, cast Paul Giamatti, Oona Chaplin, John Carroll Lynch

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
2014

Makeup department head, director Noah Baumbach, cast Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver

BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) 2014

Makeup department head, director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, cast Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton

NOAH
2014

Makeup department head, director Darren Aronofsky, cast Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins

WINTER’S TALE
2014

Makeup artist for Jennifer Connelly, director Akiva Goldsman, cast Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe

MUHAMMAD ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT 2013

Makeup department head, director Stephen Frears, cast Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella, Ed Begley Jr.

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 2013

Makeup artist for Rachel Weisz, director Sam Raimi, cast James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz

STUCK IN LOVE
2012

Makeup artist for Jennifer Connelly, director Josh Boone, cast Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins

THE DICTATOR
2012

Makeup department head, director Larry Charles, cast Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly

DREAM HOUSE
2011

Makeup artist for Rachel Weisz, director Jim Sheridan, cast Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts

THE PLAYBOY CLUB
2011

Makeup department head, cast Randy Steinmeyer, Eddie Cibrian, David Krumholtz, season 1

THE DILEMMA
2011

Makeup artist for Jennifer Connelly, director Ron Howard, cast Vince Vaugh, Kevin James, Winona Ryder

ALL GOOD THINGS
2010

Makeup department head, director Andrew Jarecki, cast Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella

THE TEMPEST
2010

Makeup department head, director Julie Taymor, cast Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou

BLACK SWAN
2010

Makeup designer, director Darren Aronofsky, cast Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel

SEX AND THE CITY 2
2010

Makeup artist for Sarah Jessica Parker, director Michael Patrick King, cast Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? 2009

Makeup artist for Sarah Jessica Parker, director Marc Lawrence, cast Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott

BORED TO DEATH
2009

Makeup department head, cast Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, pilot episode

THE MARC PEASE EXPERIENCE 2009

Makeup artist for Ben Stiller, director Todd Louiso, cast Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick

THE WRESTLER
2008

Key makeup artist, director Darren Aronofsky, cast Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood

PREAMBLE
2008

Key makeup artist, director Vivian Tse, cast Kate Nowlin, Sally Wheeler

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK 2008

Makeup department head, director Charlie Kaufman, cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams

SEX AND THE CITY
2008

Makeup artist for Sarah Jessica Parker, director Michael Patrick King, cast Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

JUMPER
2008

Key makeup artist, director Doug Liman, cast Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell

SMART PEOPLE
2008

Makeup department head, director Noam Murro, cast Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker

FRED CLAUS
2007

Makeup artist, director David Dobkin, cast Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
2007

Makeup department head, director Julie Taymor, cast Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson

BLOOD DIAMOND
2006

Makeup artist for Jennifer Connelly, director Edward Zwick, cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly

THE FOUNTAIN
2006

Makeup designer, director Darren Aronofsky, cast Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas

FAILURE TO LAUNCH
2005

Makeup artist for Sarah Jessica Parker, director Tom Dey, cast Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Bates

BROKEN FLOWERS
2005

Key makeup artist, director Jim Jarmusch, cast Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone

THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE 2005

Key makeup artist, director Rebecca Miller, cast Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener, Camilla Belle

NATIONAL TREASURE
2005

Key makeup artist, director Jon Turteltaub, cast Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha

SEX AND THE CITY
2000-2004

Makeup artist for Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristen Davis, cast Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, seasons 3-6, HBO

HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG 2003

Key makeup artist, director Vadim Perelman, cast Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard

COFFEE AND CIGARETTES 2003

Key hair and makeup artist, director Jim Jarmusch, cast Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni

FRIDA
2002

Key makeup artist, director Julie Taymor, cast Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush

LIFE WITHOUT DICK
2002

Key makeup artist, director Bix Skahill, cast Sarah Jessica Parker, Harry Connick Jr., Johnny Knoxville

THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS 2001

Makeup artist, director Wes Anderson, cast Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
2000

Key makeup artist, director Darren Aronofsky, cast Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly

GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI 1999

Makeup artist, director Jim Jarmusch, cast Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey

ENTROPY
1999

Makeup artist, director Phil Joanou, cast Stephen Dorff, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Macdonald

THE 24 HOUR WOMAN
1999

Key makeup artist, director Nancy Savoca, cast Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Patti LuPone

REAR WINDOW
1998

Makeup artist, director Jeff Bleckner, cast Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, Robert Forster

MONTANA
1998

Key makeup artist, director Jennifer Leitzes, cast Kyra Sedgwick, Stanley Tucci, Robin Tunney

SUBWAYSTORIES: TALES FROM THE UNDERGROUND 1997

Key makeup artist, directors Bob Balaban, Patricia Benoit, Julie Dash, Ted Demme, Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Craig McKay, Lucas Platt, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld

A BROTHER’S KISS
1997

Makeup artist, director Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, cast Nick Chinlund, Michael Raynor, Justin Pierce

FERRUM 5000 (short)
1996

Department head/designer (aka key), director Adam Bernstein, cast Debbie Harry, Adrien Brody

BULLET
1996

Makeup artist, director Julien Temple, cast Mickey Rourke, Tupac Shakur, Adrien Brody

I SHOT ANDY WARHOL
1996

Makeup artist, director Mary Harron, cast Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton

FLIRT
1995

Makeup artist, director Hal Hartley, cast Paul Austin, Robert John Burke, Martin Donovan

SEARCH AND DESTROY
1995

Makeup artist, director David Salle, cast Griffin Dunne, Dennis Hopper, Jason Ferraro

OPERA NO. 1 (short)
1994

Makeup artist, director Hal Hartley, cast Patricia Dunnock, Parker Posey, Adrienne Shelly

THE DEFLOWERING (short)  1994

Hair and makeup artist, director Alyce Wittenstein, cast Holly Adams, Emmanuelle Chaulet, Burkhard Kosminski

AMATEUR
1994

Makeup artist, director Hal Hartley, cast Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Löwensohn

AMBITION (short)
1992

Makeup artist, director Hal Hartley, cast George Feaster, Hannah Sullivan, Rick Groel

SURVIVING DESIRE
1992

Hair and makeup artist, director Hal Hartley, cast Martin Donovan, Matt Malloy, Rebecca Nelson

THE REFRIGERATOR
1991

Makeup artist, director Nicholas Jacobs, cast Julia McNeal, Dave Simonds, Phyllis Salaberrios

HANGIN’ WITH THE HOMEBOYS 1991

Makeup artist, director Joseph B. Vasquez, cast Doug E. Doug, Mario Joyner, John Leguizamo

MONSTERS
1990-1991

Makeup artist, cast John Bolger, Pamela Dean Kelly, Michael J. Anderson, season 3

ALLIGATOR EYES
1990

Mair and makeup artist, director John Feldman, cast Annabelle Larson, Roger Kabler, Mary McLain

TRUST
1990

Hair and makeup artist, director Hal Hartley, cast Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Rebecca Nelson

THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH 1989

Hair and makeup artist, director Hal Hartley, cast Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke