Dean Gates
Dean Gates. Makeup Department: Blue Velvet. Dean Gates grew up in Roanoke and Alexandria, Virginia. As a college student, he started working in production management and editing in 1979. During an internship on Eyes of a Stranger (1981), he assisted makeup effects guru Tom Savini. Over the next fifteen years, Gates became an award-winning makeup effect and creature designer. He transitioned into writing, directing, and producing feature films and TV...
Dean Gates. Makeup Department: Blue Velvet. Dean Gates grew up in Roanoke and Alexandria, Virginia. As a college student, he started working in production management and editing in 1979. During an internship on Eyes of a Stranger (1981), he assisted makeup effects guru Tom Savini. Over the next fifteen years, Gates became an award-winning makeup effect and creature designer. He transitioned into writing, directing, and producing feature films and TV...
