AMUA’s Makeup Artist: Special Effects Program is designed to teach you how to create and apply astonishingly realistic makeup and prosthetic effects that meet the highest industry standards. Students in this program will add at least 9 images to their sfx portfolio.
Students who complete this program will receive a diploma authorized by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
Program Overview
- Clock Hours: 828
- Award: Diploma
- Meets: 3 days per week
- Duration: 10 months
- Student to Teacher Ratio: 12:1
Course Requirements
- Sculpting – 140 hours
- Special Effects I – 330 hours
- Special Effects II – 330 hours
- Minding your Business – 28 hours
About the Instructor
Ben Rittenhouse is an Emmy Award-winning makeup artist (The Pacific, 2010) specializing in special effects makeup, prop making, and prosthetics. He cultivated a successful and tenured career in the entertainment industry with projects including Star Trek, Hunger Games, Avatar, Anchorman, Hangover 3, CSI, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe, Kill Bill: Vol 1&2, Hulk, RIPD, Grey’s Anatomy, The Mist, Hostel, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and Sin City.
Feel free to peruse Ben’s IMDB for a more comprehensive review of his professional career.