About

Known credits:
80
Birthday:
1964-12-10
Place of birth:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Donald Mowat

Overview

Donald Mowat is a Canadian, British and naturalized American citizen. He started in amateur theatre and operatic societies as well as community cable television while still in high school. First film was as an assistant makeup artist on "Joshua Then and Now" and continued working as assistant makeup on numerous projects including "Anne of Green Gables", "The Fly", "The Believers" and "Frontier". While just in his twenties he was makeup department head on "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" winning a daytime Emmy nomination in 1988 and continued to department head several network miniseries and movies of the week. He works extensively with out of kit techniques in casualty effects. His stellar credits as a department head and personal make up artist in all aspects of feature film and television make up from period, corrective, casualty, beauty and straight make up as well as tattoo cover has been seen in countless feature films and projects for television. He worked extensively with Mark Wahlberg for many years as well as with Eminem. In recent years Donald has been working with Daniel Craig and Jake Gyllenhaal continues to work as both a department head ("The Fighter", "8 Mile", "Taking Lives", "Repo Men", "Prisoners", "Everything Will Be Fine", "Nightcrawler", "Stronger") and personal artist ("Skyfall", "Cowboys and Aliens"). In 2012 Mr. Mowat received Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee Medal. Donald has also worked on numerous editorial/print projects with many actors and performers. Focused primarily on feature films from 1992 onwards his stellar career, commitment to the craft and industry as well as active involvement in many charitable causes has earned him an international reputation.

Known for

Costume & Make-Up
2024 Presumed Innocent Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 79
Good
2024 Dune: Part Two Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 79
Good
2024 Dune: Part Two Costume & Make-Up Prosthetic Designer 79
Good
2024 Dune: Part Two Costume & Make-Up Hair Designer 79
Good
2023 Guy Ritchie's The Covenant Costume & Make-Up Makeup & Hair 74
Good
2022 Moon Knight Costume & Make-Up Hair Designer 77
Good
2022 Moon Knight Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 77
Good
2021 The Guilty Costume & Make-Up Hair Designer 63
Fair
2021 The Guilty Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 63
Fair
2021 The Guilty Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 63
Fair
2021 Dune Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 77
Good
2021 Dune Costume & Make-Up Hair Designer 77
Good
2021 Dune Costume & Make-Up Prosthetic Designer 77
Good
2021 Dune Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 77
Good
2021 The Little Things Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 62
Fair
2021 The Little Things Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 62
Fair
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 73
Good
2019 Velvet Buzzsaw Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 55
Average
2019 Velvet Buzzsaw Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 55
Average
2018 First Man Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 69
Fair
2018 The Darkest Minds Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 68
Fair
2017 Blade Runner 2049 Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 75
Good
2017 Life Costume & Make-Up Makeup Designer 63
Fair
2016 Nocturnal Animals Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 73
Good
2015 Spectre Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 65
Fair
2015 Sicario Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 73
Good
2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 57
Average
2014 Nightcrawler Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 76
Good
2013 Prisoners Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 80
Very good
2012 Skyfall Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 72
Good
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 72
Good
2011 Dream House Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 61
Fair
2011 Cowboys & Aliens Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 56
Average
2010 The Fighter Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 72
Good
2010 Casino Jack Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 58
Average
2010 Casino Jack Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
2010 The Other Guys Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 62
Fair
2010 Repo Men Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 62
Fair
2008 Max Payne Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 54
Average
2008 Max Payne Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 54
Average
2008 Mirrors Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 61
Fair
2008 The Happening Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 54
Average
2007 We Own the Night Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 64
Fair
2007 Shooter Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 70
Good
2006 The Departed Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 80
Very good
2006 Invincible Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 66
Fair
2006 The Sentinel Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
2005 Four Brothers Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 66
Fair
2005 Fever Pitch Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 60
Fair
2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 60
Fair
2004 Taking Lives Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 62
Fair
2003 The Human Stain Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 59
Average
2003 The Italian Job Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 66
Fair
2002 8 Mile Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 70
Good
2001 Heist Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 61
Fair
2001 Rock Star Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 63
Fair
2001 Planet of the Apes Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
2000 The Perfect Storm Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 63
Fair
2000 Frequency Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 69
Fair
2000 The Yards Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 60
Fair
1999 Three Kings Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 65
Fair
1999 The Corruptor Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 59
Average
1999 Gloria Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1998 The Big Hit Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 58
Average
1997 Mimic Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 60
Fair
1996 Extreme Measures Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 59
Average
1996 Extreme Measures Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1996 Bogus Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 58
Average
1996 Harriet the Spy Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 59
Average
1995 Voices Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1995 Margaret's Museum Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 59
Average
1995 In the Mouth of Madness Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 68
Fair
1994 The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 58
Average
1993 Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 58
Average
1993 Life with Mikey Costume & Make-Up Key Makeup Artist 58
Average
1992 Terror on Track 9 Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head 59
Average
1989 Passion and Paradise Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1986 Anne of Green Gables Costume & Make-Up Assistant Makeup Artist N/A
N/A
1985 Anne of Green Gables Costume & Make-Up Assistant Makeup Artist 65
Fair
1985 Joshua Then and Now Costume & Make-Up Daily Makeup & Hair 58
Average