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BJOERN REHBEIN Make-Up Artist IATSE 798 BJOERN REHBEIN Make-Up Artist IATSE 798 FILM JUNGLE CRUISE Personal Make-Up Artist to Emily Blunt (ADDITONAL PHOTOGRAPHY) Director: Jaume Collet – Serra Crocus Productions, INC. BAD EDUCATION Personal Make-Up Artist to Mr. Hugh Jackman Automatik Entertainment Director: Corey Finley AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Personal Make-Up Artist to Michael Douglas Marvel Director: Anthony and Joe Russo ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Personal Make-Up Artist to Michael Douglas Marvel Director: Peyton Reed CIGARETTE Personal Make-Up Artist to John Travolta Netflix Director: John Luessenhop THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN GOTTI Department Head – New York Lionsgate Director: Kevin Connolly Cast: John Travolta SUBMERGENCE Make-Up Designer Waterstone Entertainment Director: Wim Wenders Cast: Alicia Vikander, James McAvoy, Charlotte Rampling DOCTOR STRANGE Department Head – New York Shoot Marvel Studios Director: Scott Derrickson MONEY MONSTER Department Head – Additional Photography New York Tri-Star Pictures Director: Jodie Foster Cast: Jack O'Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe THE TALE Personal Make-Up Artist to Laura Dern Blackbird Films Director: Jennifer Fox INDIGNATION Department Head FilmNation Director: James Schamus Cast: Sarah Gadon, Logan Lerman JOY Assistant Department Head Annapurna Pictures Director: David O. Russell Cast: Édgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, Drena De Niro, Susan Lucci THE MILTON AGENCY Bjoern Rehein 6715 Hollywood Blvd #206, Los Angeles, CA 90028 Make-Up Telephone: 323.466.4441 Facsimile: 323.460.4442 IATSE 798 [email protected] www.miltonagency.com Page 1 of 4 DAUGHTER OF GOD Department Head Emmett/Furla Films Director: Gee Malik Linton Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas, Mira Sorvino BRIDGE OF SPIES Assistant Department Head DreamWorks Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Eve Hewson, Billy Magnussen, Alan Alda, Domenick Lombardozzi SONG ONE Department Head Worldview Entertainment Director: Kate Barker-Froyland Cast: Anne Hathaway THE RE-WRITE Personal Make-Up Artist to Marisa Tomei Castle Rock Entertainment Director: Marc Lawrence Cast: Marisa Tomei AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Assistant Department Head Jean Dournmaian Productions Cast: Abigail Breslin, Dermot Mulroney, Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson Nominee: Make-Up Artist & Hair Stylist Guild Awards – Best Contemporary Make-Up Nominee: Artisan – Best Contemporary Make-Up Feature Films DEAD MAN DOWN Personal Make-Up Artist to Naomi Rapace Automatik Entertainment Director: Niels Arden Oplev Cast: Noomi Repace and Colin Farrell PASSION Department Head Canal + Director: Brian De Palma Cast: Naomi Repace, Rachel McAdams THE BOURNE LEGACY Assistant Department Head Universal Pictures Director: Tony Gilroy SINISTER Special Effects Make-Up (Kids) Alliance Films Director: Scott Derrikson GODS BEHAVING BADLY Assistant Department Head Production Company Director: Marc Turtletaub Cast: Oliver Platt, Rosie Perez, Phylicia Rashad, Nelsan Ellis, Ebon Moss-Bachrach MOONRISE KINGDOM Assistant Department Head Indian Paintbrush Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman BEING FLYNN Assistant Department Head Focus features Director: Paul Weitz Cast: Paul Dano, Robert De Niro (prosthetics application) THE THREE MUSKETEERS Make-Up Designer (Male cast) Summit Entertainment Director: Paul W.S Anderson Cast: Orlando Bloom, Christophe Waltz, Logan Lerman THE MILTON AGENCY Bjoern Rehein 6715 Hollywood Blvd #206, Los Angeles, CA 90028 Make-Up Telephone: 323.466.4441 Facsimile: 323.460.4442 IATSE 798 [email protected] www.miltonagency.com Page 2 of 4 ANONYMOUS Department Head/Special Make-Up effects Designer Colombia Pictures Director: Roland Emmerich Cast: Rhys Ifans, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis Winner: Film Award in Gold (Germany) - Best Make-Up SEX AND THE CITY 2 Assistant Department Head New Line Cinema Director: Michael Patrick King JEW SUSS: RISE AND FALL Department Head Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH Director: Oskar Roehler Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu Winner: Austrian Film Award - Best Make-Up Nominee: Film Award in Gold (Germany) Best Make-Up DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? Special Effects Make-Up Colombia Pictures Director: Marc Lawrence Cast: Michael Kelly (Prosthetics) PANDORUM Department Head Constantin Filmproduktion Director: Christian Alvart Cast:Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigndet THE INTERNATIONAL Make-Up and Hair Department Head Colombia Pictures Director: Tom Tykwer THE ANARCHIST’S WIVES Department Head P’Artisan Filmproduktion Gmbh Director: Maire Noelle Cast: Maria Valverde, Juan Diego Botto Nominee: Gaudí Award - Best Make-Up and Hairstyling THE THREE INVESTIGATORS AND THE Department Head SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND Director: Florian Baxmeyer Studio Hamberg International Production Cast: James Faulkner ODE TO JOY Department Head; Fukushima Minposha Director: Masanobu Deme Cast: Bruno Ganz PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER Make-Up and Hair Supervisor Constantin Filmproduktion Director: Tom Twyker Cast: Alan Rickman, Ben Whishaw (Special Effects) BEYOND THE SEA Make-Up Artist Lions Gate Films Director: Kevin Spacey Cast: Kate Bosworth THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE Department Head Rai Cinema Director: Gianni Amelio Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Kim Rossi Stuart HALF PAST DEAD Department Head Screen Gems Director: Don Michael Paul Cast: Nia Peeples, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule THE MILTON AGENCY Bjoern Rehein 6715 Hollywood Blvd #206, Los Angeles, CA 90028 Make-Up Telephone: 323.466.4441 Facsimile: 323.460.4442 IATSE 798 [email protected] www.miltonagency.com Page 3 of 4 RESIDENT EVIL Personal make-Up and Hair to Mila Jovovich Constantin Filmproduktion Director: Paul W.S Anderson Cast: Mila Jovovich TELEVISION THE KOMINSKY METHOD – S2 Personal Make-Up Artist to Mr. Michael Douglas Netflix Director: Various GOD FRIENDED ME – Pilot Department Head Director: Marcos Siega DECEPTION (Pilot) Department Head Director (David Nutter) UNTITLED WALL STREET PROJECT – Pilot Department Head Director: Niels Arden Oplev THE MILTON AGENCY Bjoern Rehein 6715 Hollywood Blvd #206, Los Angeles, CA 90028 Make-Up Telephone: 323.466.4441 Facsimile: 323.460.4442 IATSE 798 [email protected] www.miltonagency.com Page 4 of 4 .
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