Andy Schoneberg

Chief Academic Officer at Cinema Makeup School

Two-time Emmy Award winner and 4-time nominee for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for The Walking Dead, Andy Schoneberg has over 35 years of experience in the motion picture and television industry.

A native of Billings, Montana, Andy studied Education with a focus on Fine Arts. He was a small business owner offering services in graphic design, portraits, and character design & fabrication. His involvement in community theatre provided a backdrop for practicing his
passion for theatrical makeup.

Andy earned the “Exceptional Caliber” certification from Dick Smith’s makeup course, coinciding with the move to Los Angeles to pursue his professional career in Hollywood. His diverse skills and positive attitude led to working for all the major iconic creature shops — including Rick Baker’s Cinovation, Stan Winston Studio, Amalgamated Dynamics and KNB EFX. He has contributed as a makeup artist, sculptor, painter, department head and puppeteer to over 100 films and television shows.

A member of IATSE 706 Makeup & Hair and SAG unions, Schoneberg has worked with top directors on major films, not limited to Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron, Joe Johnston, Frank Durabont, and Steven Spielberg.

Schoneberg is the personal makeup artist to comedian Dana Gould for the current smash hit Hanging with Dr.Z. In his spare time, Andy has painted a recreation of the Mona Lisa, still drawing inspiration from the fine art masters that inspired him as a child. Andy’s involvement as an instructor at CMS is the realization of a lifetime. With patience and encouragement, he advances the development of the next generation of Hollywood makeup artists.

  • CREDIT 1: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (FILM) (CHIEF HAND FABRICATOR ) (1990)
  • CREDIT 2: JURASSIC PARK (FILM) (LEAD ARTIST,BRACHIOSAURUS) (1993)
  • CREDIT 3: THE SANTA CLAUSE (FILM) (ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR, ADI) (1994)
  • CREDIT 4: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (FILM) (ARTIST, STAN WINSTON STUDIO) (1991)
  • CREDIT 5: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (FILM) (CONTRIBUTING ARTIST) (2004)
  • CREDIT 6: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (FILM) (ARTIST, STAN WINSTON STUDIO) (2009)
  • CREDIT 7: WALKING DEAD (TV SERIES) (MAKEUP ARTIST 5 SEASONS)

Alumni Credits

CMS graduates are highly regarded artists in the film & tv industry;
their credits tell their story.

Prey
Paranormal
Mandalorian
Lemonade
Teen Wolf
Grown-ish
GG-3
Euphoria
Captain Marvel
Avengers
BOBA FETT
Bear Town
Avengers Infinity War
Avatar
AdAstra
Bill & Ted
Bombshell
Captain Marvel
Colony
Crazy Rich Asians
Sword Of Destiny
Dave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Euphoria
Evil
Glass Onion
Game of Thrones
Grown ish
Guardian Of  the Galexy
Hellraiser
Hunger Games
Jessica Jones
John Carter
Kindred
Kong
Mandalorian
Marco Polo
Emancipation
Lucifer
Next of Kin
Planet of the Apes
The Popes Exorcist
Predators
Prey
Renfield
Rings of Power
Shotgun Wedding
Space
Stranger Things
Sweet Tooth
Thor
Train To Busan
Teen Wolf
Underwater
V/H/S/99
Wednesday
X-Men Apocalypse
Zombieland
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