Click on the links below to choose The Monstrous Makeup Manual Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 or the whole collection! Also available is our Makeup For Haunts video course. About the author Mike Spatola is a make-up artist with over 40 years professional experience. Although he’s flown under the radar for most of his career, he’s actually been nominated by his peers TWICE for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Make-up EMMY Awards, and TWICE for Best Make-up Cable ACE Awards. Mike’s worked on all types of budgets and films from “Return of the Living Dead” to “Stargate” to “Terminator 2” to "Iron Man 3" and is probably best known for being the Make-up Effects Supervisor for a few seasons of HBO’s “Tales From The Crypt.” Before his “Hollywood” career, Mike cranked out monster make-ups, day in and day out at The Brigantine Castle- a 5 story haunted castle amusement in Brigantine, New Jersey. After 6 years of the haunted house business, it was time to move to Hollywood. You’ll find that Mike’s a skilled instructor. He’s a teacher with the ability to explain techniques and methods so they are extremely easy to understand. Mike was also the Chief Academic Officer for many years at Cinema Makeup School in Los Angeles, where he created much of the curriculum for the Character, Prosthetics, Special FX and Advanced Lab courses. He's also responsible for Cinema's Summer Bootcamp classes for teens.