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Brian Sipe: While working in-house at Legacy Effects
(L.E.), John Rosengrant mentioned that they were putting
out bids on a new television show. That conversation led
to meetings with the show's producers, and I was subse-
quently hired as the department head make-up and to run
the trailer.
For this project, I needed to put together a dream team.
For the make-up side, it was an easy decision—I chose
Alexei Dmitriew as the show's assistant department head.
We have worked together for about 20 years. He's incred-
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ibly talented, and we both have similar work ethics and
thoughts when it comes to production.
Finding a department head hair would be trickier. I had
met Maria Sandoval when I put together a team of 60-plus
make-up and hair artists for Avengers: Infi nity War.
Maria Sandoval: I was on another job with my friend Jennifer
Guerrero discussing our upcoming projects. I mentioned that
I had enjoyed working on Infi nity War with her boyfriend, Brian
Sipe. I had just acquired a second Star Wars tattoo. Jennifer
