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44 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2024 Desert winds kick up dust, creating a diffusing filter across the Moab's Castle Valley. Bright orange cliffs loom over the Colorado River, flowing alongside our base camp and set. e best start to each day was experiencing the colorful and dramatic sunrises exploding the bright blue sky with rich purples, yellows, and oranges. e resident family of eagles nested high on a dead tree above our director's RV could oen be seen soaring above the set: a camper's dream spot and the home to John Ford's old Western films. Occasionally, vacationing river raers float by and stop near our fort set, hoping to get a wave from our writer, director, producer, and star, Kevin Costner. He would give a big wave and continue filming in the raw American West of the 1860s. He advised us from the start of filming, "Westerns are hard and dirty to make." He was right, BUT it was all so fun! Filming for Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 began in August 2022 in Moab, Utah. Our hair and make-up teams were a combination of IATSE Locals 706, 798, 488, and 99. Co-department Heads for Make-up Francisco Perez and Mario Michisanti have been longtime personals for Kevin Costner and department heads for his many projects. Francisco (FX) started working with Kevin in 1988 and was later nominated for a BAFTA for his make-up in Dances With Wolves. Mario and Kevin met on Hatfields & McCoys; his impeccably hand-laid beards, mustaches, and sideburns helped Mario win a Primetime Emmy for Make-up. is was my fourth project with Francisco and first time working with Kevin Costner. It was an incredible opportunity to be part of Costner's dream project and step back into the mid-1800s when my ancestors came looking for a new life in the West, and the natives ruled the land. To transform more than 120 cast and hundreds of background artists to appear as In foreground: Owen Crow Shoe (Pionsenay) B Y K I M B E R L Y C A R L S O N | D E P A R T M E N T H E A D H A I R Marigold (Abbey Lee) ALL ALONG THE A M E R I C A N HORIZON