Vincent Van Dyke is a make-up effects artist, painter and sculptor who worked as a silicone prosthetics sculptor and lab tech for the Proteus Make-up FX Team on Star Trek. He did the same thing for Mission: Impossible III (2006, directed by Star Trek's J.J. Abrams). More recently, Van Dyke worked as Prosthetic Designer on the first season of Star Trek: Picard, winning an Emmy Award for his efforts. [1] His work as such on the series' second season earned Van Dyke his second Emmy Award nomination, which he did not win this time.
Career[]
Van Dyke was also a member of Barney Burman's Proteus FX's make-up effects crew on the films Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, Blades of Glory (2007), Tropic Thunder (2008), and Bryan Singer's Valkyrie (2008). His effects work on the TV shows Strong Medicine, Medium and Scrubs were also done as part of the Proteus FX team. For Tom Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman's company, The Burman Studio, Van Dyke has provided special effects makeup for the hit medical television shows Grey's Anatomy and Nip/Tuck, as well as TV's The Closer and the film Camille.
Star Trek awards[]
Van Dyke's work on Star Trek netted him the following awards and nominations,
Emmy Award[]
Van Dyke received the following award nomination as Prosthetic Designer in the "Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup" category,
- 2020 win for PIC: "Absolute Candor", shared with James MacKinnon, Richard Redlefsen. Alexei Dmitriew, Neville Page, and Michael Ornelaz
- 2022 nomination for PIC: "Hide and Seek", shared with James MacKinnon, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Hugo Villasenor, Bianca Appice, Neville Page, Toryn Reed, and Ralis Kahn
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards[]
Van Dyke received the following Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award nomination in the "Best Special Makeup Effects – Television Series, Limited Series or Miniseries, or New Media Series" category.
- 2021 nomination for PIC Season 1, shared with Richard Redlefsen, Alexei Dmitriew, and James MacKinnon.
External links[]
- VVDFX.com – official site
- Vincent Van Dyke at the Internet Movie Database
- Vincent Van Dyke at FameHog.com