Susan Stepanian is a make-up artist who did hair and hairpiece make-up on Star Trek. [1]
Stepanian graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Visual Communications. She then took post-graduate studies in sculpture, graphic design, jewelry design, and serigraphy at Studio Art Center International in Florence, Italy. Afterward, she graduated the hairstyling program from the Cinema Make-up School in Los Angeles, California, and moved on to pass the 400 hour program in Beauty/Character make-up Artistry at the Make-Up Designory in Burbank.
The first film Stepanian worked on was South of Pico (2007, featuring Star Trek's Jimmy Bennett, with Peter White, Bonita Friedericy, Amy Hill and Paul Rae). She later worked on two films starring Eddie Murphy: Paramount Pictures' Imagine That (2009), on which she was a Key Make-up Artist; and DreamWorks' A Thousand Words (2012, featuring Matt Winston). On the latter, Stepanian again worked with fellow Star Trek make-up artist Cynthia Hernandez.
Stepanian also did additional make-up for Burn After Reading (2008) and Drag Me to Hell (2009, with David Paymer and Star Trek's Reggie Lee). For television, she provided make-up for interviews on E! True Hollywood Story. In addition, she worked on CBS' Viva Laughlin (starring Mädchen Amick), the first four episodes of the third season of Big Love, and the pilot and first four episodes of Privileged.
External links[]
- Susan Stepanian, Make-Up Artist – official site
- Susan Stepanian at the Internet Movie Database