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Kyra MacPherson is an award-winning makeup artist out of Calgary, Alberta, passionate about story telling and character development. In 2000, a move to Texas ignited a transformation in Kyra's artistry.
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- Uncertain Industry
- Huge Step
- Old School
- No Mask Needed in Dino-Shark Suit
- Sharkasaurus A Hero?
Alberta's film and television industry was forced to shut down in March as cases of the virus started to rise. Work ground to a halt on all movies and series being shot in the province, leaving thousands of Albertans out of work. Its reopening was included under Stage 2 of the provincial government's relaunch strategy. The government released a thr...
The original Sharkasaurus was the first project to come out of Telus Storyhive, and the eight-minute film went on to tour the world and spawn a graphic novel. This next instalment is a western set in 1880s Drumheller, where protagonist Betsy Tyrrell must stop Sharkasaurus after coal miners accidentally dig too deep and unleash the monster on the to...
That money helped the production invest in the film's showpiece: the monster suit. This new Sharkasaurus is an upgrade from the puppet that was used in the first film, and was designed and built by Brian Cooley, a dinosaur sculptor whose previous (and very lifelike) work can be viewed at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. "[Cooley] has been doing dinosaur s...
The crew experimented with making the suit as light as possible, so that the puppeteer inside could operate and carry it. Michael Roik, the man inside the machine, has been puppeteering for 15 years. For all his experience, he said there hasn't been a puppet like Sharkasaurus. "I've never operated such a giant and complicated puppet, with so many c...
Under the hot Drumheller sun, masked crew members dab paint onto the tail of the animatronic shark with dinosaur feet, who leers at the camera through bloodied teeth. Kyra MacPherson, the key makeup and special effects artist on The Ballad of Sharkasaurus, has seven years in the industry and teaches special effects and prosthetics. Movies like thes...
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Graduated the Complete Film, Fashion, and Theater makeup program at Alberta Academy of Aesthetics C/O One Beauty Brands /niimd, certified in special effects C/O One Beauty Brands/niimd yyc, WHIMS, undergoing prosthetic certification, key HMUA/ wardrobe on two round 2 Storyhive films, HOD on full length syfy network film, experienced key HMUA/wardrobe. Key Makeup artist for 2016 live Shaw TV ...
Kyra MacPherson is known as an Actor, Assistant Makeup Artist, and Makeup & Hair. Some of their work includes Alive and Throwback.
