Local 706 - The Artisan

Winter 2020

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B eing chosen as the department head hair for a fi lm of the scope and magnitude of The Irishman was a peak moment in my 25-year career. Nicki Ledermann, Department Head Make-up, brought me in as her partner in crime. In our initial discussions about this movie which featured more than 200 principal actors, a plot that spanned 60 years, and call sheets that regularly brought in up to 40 hairdressers per day—Nicki's fi rst question (half-joking) was "So ... how are you with wigs?" I laughed and said I have learned a thing or two, not afraid of them, shouldn't be an issue; only to fi nd out that nearly every actor was going to need one (in most cases, two wigs) because of the span of time we were recreating. It's not often that someone offers you the chance to collaborate on a masterpiece. After meeting the design team, I knew instantly that I wanted to contribute to this magnifi cent piece of cinema … and it turned out that I could "paint houses" with the best of them. Background: Baby baptizing ceremony. Inset at left: One of the many wigs used in the production. Inset at right: Sean Flanigan and Nicki Ledermann style Anna Paquin. Photos courtesy of Sean Flanigan

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