Kelly Mann followed a boyhood dream in 1976 when he accepted his first professional job as a makeup artist, working for a TV station in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he grew up. Subsequent work in theater makeup, outdoor attractions and other live performances eventually led to Kelly's decision to pursue a makeup career in Hollywood, California! Successful in his quest for work performing facial transformations as a studio makeup artist, Kelly then expanded his expertise while in the employ of many leading producers, directors, actors and major film, Television, and entertainment companies, including Universal Studios, New Line pictures, Lorimar television, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Studios, Buena Vista Pictures, and Walt Disney Imagineering. Kelly Mann delivers to his Clientel a vast array of expertise as Latex Technician, Special Effects Designer, Shop Foreman, Make-up Designer, Effects Technician, Movie prop Restoration Artist, Production Designer, Sculptor and Model Designer, and enjoys ever-increasing International acclaim as a Mask Maker, heralded by collectors throughout the world as "The Mask Doctor!" In addition to his great skills in the creation, maintenance, preservation and reconstructive restoration of masks, in recent years Kelly has authored a book, and produced a best-selling video, "Build Your Own Haunted House" a dark book of Professional haunting secrets that transforms would-be house-haunters, maze-builders and Halloween officianados into "smart haunters," capable of creating spooky attractions for friends and family, alike. As his varied portfolio of outstanding credits attests, Kelly Mann's solid background working with fellow-experts in an ongoing remarkable career is proof positive that acting upon a dream can be extremely rewarding! |
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