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ALMA CASAL
  "Light is the ultimate makeup"

I wanted to draw and create beautiful dresses like my grandma, so I decided to study

fashion design.

At the fashion design school, I met the work of great fashion photographers like Richard Avedon and Peter Lindbergh who inspired me to study photography.

I decided to study a 


Professional Photography and color processing in Barcelona,

 

 

Consulting

Assisted photographers and did some model photo books.

I worked in a professional lab for one year.

I learnt a lot about color grading.

 

I was offered to work as a trainee in the wardrobe department in a movie. It was then when I discovered

 

makeup, filmmaking and team work. 

 

At the same time I studied

makeup, special effects and hair and I ended up working as a makeup artist.

Consulting

I remember being fascinated about photography in films.

I wanted to become a "skin focus puller" in adjusting makeup with light.

In 1999 I worked in my first film as a makeup designer. Since then, I did a wide range of makeup and hair assignments including

films, television,

advertising campaigns and photography.

Film Academy Goya Awards -  Nominee - Best Makeup and Hair - PA NEGRE (2011)

Film Academy Gaudí Awards - Won - Best Makeup and Hair - UNCERTAIN GLORY (2018)

Film Academy Gaudí Awards - Won - Best Makeup and Hair - REC4 (2015)

Film Academy Gaudí Awards - Won - Best Makeup and Hair - PA NEGRE (2011)

Film Academy Gaudí Awards - Nominee - Best Makeup and Hair - ONE YEAR ONE NIGHT (2023)

Film Academy Gaudí Awards - Nominee - Best Makeup and Hair - THE BELLY OF THE SEA (2022)

Film Academy Gaudí Awards - Nominee - Best Makeup and Hair - SLEEP TIGHT (2013)

Film Academy Gaudí Awards - Nominee - Best Makeup and Hair - THE FOREST (2012)

APCP Awards 2020 - Nominee - Best Makeup and Hair 

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I was born in Asturias, at the north of Spain.

My parents moved to Catalonia and I was sent to visit my grandparents every summer.

I am always excited about getting on a plane and meeting new people.

My grandmother had a dressing school and my father used to paint while my mother loved movies. 

So I spent my childhood watching films, drawing and painting.

I also studied music for ten years.

 

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