Shannon Shea has worked as a Hollywood monster maker for over 30 years. A native New Orleanian, he migrated to the west coast in the early eighties to pursue his dream of working in motion picture special effects. He has contributed to such iconic films in his career including ALIENS, EVIL DEAD II, PREDATOR, DANCES WITH WOLVES, TERMINATOR II, JURASSIC PARK, PULP FICTION, DUSK TILL DAWN, SPY KIDS and many others!
In 2009, he began to blog about his career and attracted a large readership which led to him contributing columns to Film School Rejects. This led him to writing a draft of 7-time Academy Award winner, Rick Baker's expansive biography.
Publisher Michael Key invited Shannon to contribute columns to Makeup Artist magazine where Shannon Shannon Shea has worked as a Hollywood monster maker for over 30 years. A native New Orleanian, he migrated to the west coast in the early eighties to pursue his dream of working in motion picture special effects. He has contributed to such iconic films in his career including ALIENS, EVIL DEAD II, PREDATOR, DANCES WITH WOLVES, TERMINATOR II, JURASSIC PARK, PULP FICTION, DUSK TILL DAWN, SPY KIDS and many others!
In 2009, he began to blog about his career and attracted a large readership which led to him contributing columns to Film School Rejects. This led him to writing a draft of 7-time Academy Award winner, Rick Baker's expansive biography.
Publisher Michael Key invited Shannon to contribute columns to Makeup Artist magazine where Shannon currently writes feature columns about other artists and crafts people.
Not limited to the world of motion pictures, Shannon now teaches both at the Stan Winston School of Character Arts and Cinema Makeup School and enjoys every minute of it. ...more