Nicki Ledermann is a German-born makeup artist who has spent the last 30 years living in the United States doing makeup for television and film. She has worked on 80 projects, and her credits include Sex & the City, Vinyl, Boardwalk Empire, the Devil Wears Prada, Enchanted, the Greatest Showman, and the Joker. What a career!
Nicki was always fascinated by film, and after watching the Exorcist as an adolescent, she became transfixed. She knew one day she would end up in New York. She went to a performing arts high school where she actually studied music. Nicki came to the United States in the late 1980s to live the American Dream, and learned the art of makeup, and was lucky enough to build connections and find work right away on smaller, low-budget projects.
In this episode, Nicki talks about the difference between low budget projects and big budget projects, the family nature of production, how being an independent woman raised by a feminist father shaper her career, and her experience working on the Greatest Showman and the Joker.
Key interview takeaways:
- Don’t be ashamed to ask for help
- The difference between a key makeup artist and a department head
- Why you need to manifest your vision
- The importance of all the departments coming together to ensure they complement one another
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