ABOUT:
Natasha Lawes is a Creative Designer & Maker with 22 years of experience.
A theatrical hybrid of Beauty Make-up Artistry,  Body Art, Prosthetics, Special FX, Wigs, Hair Styling & Concept Design.
After Studying at Chelsea Art College & London Collage of Fashion she went on to design for TV, Film, Fashion, Advertising, Commercials & Music Promos.

Credits include Make-up, Hair & SFX Design on award winning productions such as:

- 'How To Have Sex' - Director: Feature film: Written/Directed by Molly Manning Walker & Winner of Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival 2023

-The Full Story – Directors: Daisy Jacobs/Chris Wilder – Winner -Best Short Film with Edinburgh, Rode Island Int., Canberra, Wimbledon & Animage Film Festivals.
-Bipolar Sunshine ‘Easy To Do’ Director: Matilda Finn - Best Video Winner-VOTD
-Lucozade Anthony Joshua Commercial- Director: Chris Hewitt- Winner of Ciclope Festival Awards & Cannes Lions Film Craft Awards.
-Stealing Sheep ‘Not Real’ –Best Video Winner-Rain Dance Film Festival & Jamie T ‘Zombie’  Best Video Winner-NME Film Festival, Director: James Slater

SKILLS:
Straight, beauty & character make-up & hair,
Hair styling, wig making,  applying fake facial hair & wigs, Grooming,
Body painting, airbrushing, Tattoos & Tattoo Transfers,
Prosthetics & Special-FX Make-up & Masks,  Sculpting, Body Casting,
Mould & Model Making, Casting in Resin/Silicone/Foam Latex.                             Experienced in putting large make-up & hair teams together.

ADVERTISING CLIENTS:
Apple. Huawei. Samsung. Nokia.  Ultra Book Intel. Qualcom. VW. Audi. Nissan. Nike. Adidas. Sky. Freeview HD. Channel 5. ITV. E4. MTV.  Capital Radio X. Warner Bros.  Paramount. Vice. Harpers Collins.  Random House. Play Station. Nintendo. Sega. Xbox. Barclays. Master Card. La Caixa. Santander.   Mailchimp. Confused.com. 118 118. Yel.com. Peloton.  Head & Shoulders. Philips.  Quilib. Cornerstone. Biofirm. Oral B.  Radox. Lynx. John Frieda. GHD. Benzac. Jolen Creme.  Durex. Finish Tablets. Voltarol. Total JobsSpecsavers. Very. Triumph Lingerie. Gossard. Petits Bisous.  Katherine Hamnett. Marks & Spencers.  Hackett. Rayban.  Selfridges.  Harvey Nichols. Sainsburys. Coop. Somerset house Studios. Budweiser.  Smirnoff. Haig Whiskey. Bicardi. Beefeater Gin.  Baileys.  Superbock.  AK Damn Beer. Bulmers.Coca-Cola. Fanta. Red Bull. Wagamama. Kelloggs. Cadburys. Mars. Schwartz.  Hellmanns. Warburtons. Pizzahut. Dominos.

DIRECTORS:
Molly Manning Walker. George A.Romero. Dougal Wilson. Louis Leterrier. Yvonne McDevitt. Daisy Jacobs. Chris Wilder. Gavin Rothery.  Andrew Steggall, Shezad Dawood. Neil Huxley. Chris Hewitt. Mathy & Fran. Matilda Finn.  Aoife McArdle . Bugsy, Holly Blakely, FKA Twigs.   Andrea Vinciguerra. George Belfield. Jake Lushington. Brent Bonacorso. Bouha Kazmi. Brett Sullivan . Simon Smyth. Charles Mehling. Sophie Muller. Basal Erol. Georgie Banks . Paola Morabitso. Kate Moross. Steve Barron. Marc Klasfeld, Richard Ayoade . Alison Goldfrapp. Chris Balmond. Brigitta Szaszfai. Bob Harlow. Ben Gregor. Rob Leggatt. Lawrence Blankenbyl. Bob Partington. Jeff Darling. Tomas Mankovsky.  Zacella. Nima Nourizadeh. Neil Harris. Thunderlips. Rick Guest. Tom Beard.Andrew Proctor. Guy Shelmerdine. Sye Allen. Dan Henshaw. Miles Bingham. Alex Turvey. Tim Fox. Patrick Killingbeck. Joseph Toman. Ewan Jones Morris. Mathy & Fran. Romain Chassaing. Brigitta Szaszfai. Simon Amstell,  Mark Daley. Lorraine  James Slater, Annick Wolfers,  Arron Bevan-Bailey, Oliver Groulx.  David Ward. Salvador Arbuthnol. Alex Smith.  Kinga Burza. Robert Francis Muller. Nicholas Abrahams. Julien Temple.  Owen Lewis.

PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Sandrine & Michael.  Absynth Photo . Yuval Hen. Uli Weber. Pip.  Jeff Darling. Mel Bles,  Markus Klinko & Indrani. Perou. Gary Salter. Ana Cuba.  Alice Hawkins. Dean Chalkley.  Joe Dilworth. Kate Garner. Steve Gullick. Deirdre O Callaghan. Steve Gullick. Darren Black. Elisha Smith-Leverock. Matilda Temperley. Anderson & Low. Sebastien Micke. Jen Carey. David Edwards. Cat Stevens. Alex Sturrock. Roger Deckker. Matilda Finn. Jenna Fox.  Annick Wolfers. Lottie Davies. Joe Mcgorty. Pedro Aguilar. Mike Diver. Paul Blundel. Anthoy Crook. Bocdan Cap. Anthony Lycett. . Jane Hilton. Jeff Hahn. Sam Robinson. Manuel Vason. Matilda Finn.

PUBLICATIONS/PRESS:
Sunday Style Magazine.  Amica.  Hunger Magazine. Rica Mag. Fault. Crack. Under The Radar. Mix Mag. Teen Vogue, Italian Vogue, Tatler, Another Magazine, Super Super, Dazed & Confused, Zoo,  Hedonist. View. Union Mag, Fashion 125, Amika, Sleaze Nation, NME, DIY. Uncut, Clash, Guardian Weekend, Telegraph Fashion, Telegraph's Stella Magazine, Riders, Paris Match Magazine, Elle Decoration, Happy Magazine, Grazia, The Scotsman, Flux Magazine, GQ, Touch, Syntax, Lodown, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Express Fashion, Weekend Daily Mail, Fashion Line, Fashion Weekly,
(Past Beauty Editor of Asian Woman, Random & Viya).   

CELEBRITIES:
Anthony Joshua, Ranulph Fiennes, The Brownlee Brothers. Mark Cavendish  Pixie Geldof, Zandra Rhodes, Katharine Hamnett, Sandy Powell. Jonathan Ross &  Jane Goldman, Kelly Osbourne, Ruby Wax, Sarah Cox, Dermot O'Leary, Denise Van Outen, Jayne Sharpe, John Frieda. Capital DJ’s Roman Kemp & Vick Hope. Hemsley & Hemsley.  Professor Brian Cox. Lin-Manuel Miranda.  Justin Chadwick. Joe Wright. Nick Park & Steve Box. Tim Burton. 

MUSIC ARTIST/BANDS: 
Ed Sheeran. Bipolar Sunshine, Kim Gordon Sonic Youth, Anna Calvi, Iggy Azalea, Charlie XCX, Bat For Lashes Natasha Kahn, Pixx, Jamie T, Sting,  Gene Simmons Kiss, The Specials,  Suggs. Methyl Ethel. Perfume Genius. Django Django.  Kate Tempest. Yeule. Jessica Wilde. Dusky Grey, Years & Years, Sonia Stein, Klyne, Faithless. The Smoke Faries.  Honey blood. Shy Love, Will Young,   The Couteenerss,  The Ramona Flowers,  The Crystal Fighters, The Kaiser Chiefs, John Grant, Metronomy,  Erasure, Sohn, Wild Beasts, Holly Cook, Goldfrapp, Hero Fisher, Kate Nash, Stealing Sheep,  Charlotte Hatherley, Sylver Tongue,  Cold Specks, Ladyhawke, Lady Sovereign, The Guillemots, The Filthy Dukes,  Tarrus Riley, Major Lazer, Glass Animals. Cloves. Arthur Beatrice, The Ramona Flowers, Lily Atkinson,  Scott Walker, Micheal Buble & Indina Menzel, Eric Clapton,  Zyrah, ,James Righton. Clean Cut Kids, Biffy Clyro. The Anchoress. The Thrills, The Mummers, Crazy P, The Gin Riots, The Light House Family, A-Ha, Jeff Wayne, Kele Le Roc, Shola Ama, Keisha White, Aqua Lung, Ladyfuzz, Sissi, Julia Johnson, 2 For Joy, Pixie Geldof, Venom,  Skindred, Napalm Death, Young guns, The Treatment, Temi Doll Face, Hudsen Taylor, White Lies,

FEMALE ACTORS: 
Rosy McEwen. Jade Croot. Mia McKenna-Bruce. Lara Peake. Laura Ambler. Enva Lewis. Saoirse Ronan. Tallulah Hadden. Emily Browning. Faye Marsay. Miranda Hart. Harriet Walter.  Abigail Thaw. Amanda Abbington. Louise Brealey.  Sheila Hancock. Dawn French. Lynda Baron.  Susan Earl. Adjoa Andoh. Honeysuckle Weeks. Fiona Button. Mariah Gale. Connie Nielsen. Michelle Austin. Manjinder Virk. Tasmin Outhwaite. Michelle Ryan. 

MALE ACTORS:
Dev Patel. Sam Bottomley. Shaun Thomas. Malachi Kirby. Sacha Baron Cohen. Colin Firth. Monty Python: Terry Gilliam. John Cleese. Eric Idle. Terry Jones. Michael Palin. Martin Freeman. Rowan Atkinson. Matthew Beard. Matthew Macfadyen. Ralph Fiennes. Jean Reno. Christopher Lee.  Tobias Menzies. Dexter Fletcher. Thomas Hardiman. Elliot Cowan. David Mitchell.  Robert Web. Alan Carr, Mackenzie Crook, Noel Fielding Nick Moran, Bill Nighy, Jonny Vegas, Mark Heap. Jonathan Ryland. Stewart Wright. Patrick Baladi. kris Marshall. Kevin Eldon. Justin Edwards.  Jordan Long. Dan Renton Skinner. Tim Plester. Simon Callow. Geoffrey Palmer. Nicholas Farrell. Steffan Rhodri. Jeff Rawle.  Neil dudgeon. Nathaniel Parker. Rupert Young. Geoffry Streatfeild. Sam Kelly. Sam Crane. David Bamber. Noel Fielding.

FEATURE FILM:

HOW TO HAVE SEX (2023)                                                                                                 Make-up & Hair Designer                                                                                                         Dir. Molly Manning Walker                                                                                                       Prod. Film4/MK2Films/Heretic Films

SWEET SUE (2022)                                                                                                                 Makeup & Hair Designer                                                                                                         Dir. Leo Leigh                                                                                                             Prod.Somesuch

UP THE CATALOGUE (2022)                                                                                         Makeup & Hair Designer                                                                                                           Dir: Alastair Siddons

MY LIFE STORY (2018)
Make-up & Hair Artist
Dir. Julien Temple
Prod.  Ahmad Ahmadzadeh, Suggs

GRIMSBY (2016)   
Make-up & Hair Designer for pick ups  
Dir. Louis Leterrier
Prod. Point Productions Ltd. 

TOWARDS THE POSSIBLE FILM (2013)   
Make-up & Hair Designer                                                                                                           Dir. Shezad Dawood                                                                                                                 Prod. Parasol Unit 

2 GRAVES (2013)                                                                                                                  Make-up & Hair  Designer                                                                                                         Dir. Yvonne McDevitt                                                                                                               Prod. Edwina Forkin    

THE WILDEST DREAM (2008) 
Make-up & Hair Designer 
Dir. Tom Pollock
Prod. Altitude films 

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SHORT FILM:

DANGEROUS ROMANCE (2023)                                                                                 Makeup & Hair Designer                                                                                                           Dir. Daisy Jacobs / Chris Wilder

THE APPOINTMENT (2018)
Prosthetics, Make-up & Hair Designer
Dir. Alexandre Singh
Prod. EMU Films

SHIFT (MS Charity Film) (2018)
Make-up & Hair Designer
Dir. Dan Henshaw
Prod. MPC

TEETH & PILLS (2018)
Make-up & Hair Designer
Dir. Andrea Vinciguerra
Prod. Pretzal Films

GANG SIGNS & PRAYER (STORMZY) (2017) 
Make-up & Hair Designer
Dir. Rollo Jackson
Prod. Somesuch & Co

ANTLERS (2017) 
Make-up, Hair & Antler Designer
Dir. Miles Bingham
Prod. Blink

THE FULL STORY (2017) 
Make-up & Hair Designer
Dir. Daisy Jacobs
Prod. The Bigger Picture

ROOMS  (FKA TWIGS) (2016) 
Make-up Artist 
Dir. FKA Twigs
Prod. Academy

METHOD (Film Trailer)  (2016)
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. George Belfield
Prod. Somesuch

SOMETHING MORE  (Channel 4) (2016)
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Simon Amstel
Prod. Llk Film & TV

NIPPLE JESUS (2015)
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Jake Lushington
Prod: Rachel Wardlow
Based on a story by Nick Hornby                                          

THE LAST MAN (2014)
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Gavin Rothery
Prod: Philip Herd

HOLLOW FEET  (2012) 
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Nick Walters
Prod: Samuel Clews

THE DOOR (2011)
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Andrew Steggall
Prod: Daisy Lewis
Based on a story by H G Wells

THEY WALK AMONGST US (2011)
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Michael Koltes
Prod: Mark Maclain

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DEATH (2009)
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Nathan Wiley
Prod. Electric Candle Light
Starring Noel Fielding

WORLD OF WRESTLING (2006)
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Ben Gregor
Prod. Knucklehead
Writer: Tim Plester 

BLAKE’S JUNCTION (2004)  
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Ben Gregor
Prod. Knucklehead
Writer: Tim Plester 

THE SCULPTURE & THE STONE MAN (2003) 
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Salvador Arbuthnol
Prod. NFTS

ANT MUZAC (2002) 
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Ben Gregor
Prod. Knucklehead
Writer: Tim Plester

AUTO-DE-FE  (2001) 
HOD Make-up & Hair
Dir. Tim Mercier
Prod. APT Films

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TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY:   (HOD MAKE-UP & HAIR)

Britannic (2015)  Prod. BBC 2  Dir. Steve Morgan

The Erotic Adventures Of Anais Nin (2015)SKYTV drama IWC Media Dir.Sarah Aspinall

Witch Hunters   (2015) Channel 5 Doc.

JFK: Seven Days That Made A President (2013) Discovery Channel Doc.                            

The Meaning Of Monty Python (2013)   Dir. Albert Sharp                                                        

The Brilliant Bronte Sisters (2013)  ITV Doc.                                                                                    

The Charles Dickens Show (2013) Prod. BBC Louise Brealey 

The Riots: In Their Own Words (2012) BBC TWO Drama 

The Most Courageous Raid Of WWII – THE Cockleshell Heros (2012) BBC

NOVA: The Fabric Of The Cosmos (2011)  Dir. Randall MacLowry

The Sex Researchers (2011) Discovery Channel - TV Series WAG TV

Revealed: Was Crippen Innocent (2008) Channel 5 - Dir. Andy Webb

Gene Simmons Family Jewels (2007) TV Series

Little Aliens - (2006) Childrens TV series -  WAG TV 

Great British Menu (2006 3 series)   BBC TWO series

10 Top Ways (2005) Discovery Channel - TV Series/ WAG TV

Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice To All Creation (2005) Series FRANCE 5  TV Series

Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice To All Creation (2004) Series Channel4/Discovery Channel  

Ultimate Gamer (2003) Series - Sci-Fi Channel

Sci-Fright (2002) Series- Sci-Fi Channel

THEATRE:
SIDE SHOW  (Musical) (2016) 
HOD Prosthetics & Wigs Designer
Paul-Taylor-Mills
Southwark Playhouse

THE CROCODILE OF OLD KANG POW (2015) 
Tech-FX, Make-up, Wigs Designer
Writer/creator: Darren Berry