The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2020 - Issue 27

bite award spotlight asked, adding if sex was going to be absent from his future, his determination to succeed as an actor might be an attractive alternative. To help combat this, he devised a plan in which he would go to a wig-maker in London to have a hairpiece made. “It was a stunner,” he said smiling, adding that the wig maker was one of many who commented he was a wig maker’s dream. Auditioning for regional theatre at the time, Stewart would arrive wearing his hairpiece to perform a juvenile role and then remove it and play an old character role. “As one un- der-financed director told me I became two actors for the price of one,” he exclaimed. He promptly stopped the practice of wearing the hairpiece after he auditioned for National Theatre in London and Sir Laurence Olivier. “When I finished performing my second piece for Sir Laurence Olivier and the National Theatre cast- ing directors, there was silence. No one said anything at all. Then Sir Laurence sat forward in his chair and said, ‘Do it again.’ I said, ‘Which piece?’ He said, ‘No more acting. Put the hairpiece back on again and take it off!’ So I did, and he said, ‘Marvellous! We’ll let you know.’” Stewart finished off by saying he enjoyed wearing the hair- pieces over the years and thanked those who made them for him as well as the hair and make-up department who worked on him on film sets. A recipient of several awards himself, his accolades include the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children; Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor; and Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role. Thomas Burman, Emmy Award-winning Make-Up Art- ist was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Make-Up celebrating his award-winning career in motion pictures and television for over five decades. He has won sev- en Emmy Awards, received 31 Emmy nominations, and one Oscar nomination, among many other accolades. His award was presented by Vincent Van Dyke, Emmy Award-winning Make-Up and Prosthetic Artist for Star Trek : Picard . In his speech, Burman thanked Vincent, his wife Bari and Local 706 for their support and enacted the milestones of his career, starting with his three-year apprenticeship at 20th Century Fox in July 1966. Six months later, he became re- vered make-up artist John Chambers’ assistant on the original Planet of the Apes . Chambers was responsible for Mr. Spock’s pointed ears on Star Trek . In 1979, Burman, his brother Ellis and John Chambers started the first independent make-up artist studio to serve the industry. Oscar-nominated Film and Celebrity Hair Stylist Martin Samuel received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Styling which applauded his career spanning the last 40 years. He is credited with more than 60 films, including three Os- car nominations. His award was presented by Michael Apted, English director, producer, writer and actor, and past presi- dent of the Directors Guild of America. In his speech, Samuel recalled his long career starting as a young hairstylist working in London’s Swinging Sixties. He was the artistic director of Crimpers, the first unisex salon in London. His job was to promote the salon by working with photographers on shoots doing hair for models, advertising, print, and editorials. This introduced him to styling hair for commercials and working with young directors like Alan Parker, Adrian Lyne, Hugh Hudson, and Tony and Ridley Scott who were starting to make their first films at the time. Samuel set his sights on styling hair for Hollywood, beginning with 2007 film Stardust . He went on to create the iconic hairstyle for David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth , worked on the Michael Apt- ed directed Coal Miner’s Daughter, and musical fantasy film Xanadu starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly. He was head of the department for Alan Parker’s Evita creating 42