ACHIEVEMENTS of JOE BLASCO
LEADING THE FINE ART OF MAKE-UP INTO THE NEXT MILLENNIUM™
Past Memberships
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (N.A.B.E.T.) AFL-CIO, CLC, Local #53 and #57, Hollywood, CA
Long Time member of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.), AFL-CIO Make-upArtists and Hair Stylist Union, Local #706, Hollywood, CA


Current Memberships:
Better Business Bureau, Los Angeles, CA
Chamber of Commerce, Hollywood, CA
Better Business Bureau of Central Florida, Winter Park, FL
Chamber of Commerce, Orlando, FL
Metropolitan Business Association (M.B.A.). Orlando, FL
Florida Motion Picture and Television Association (F.M.P.T.A)
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films
The Beauty and Barber Supply Institute (B.B.S.I.)
Licensed Cosmetician, State of California.

Achivements

est Make-upand Special Effects for David Cronenburg’s They Came From Within, Cannes Film Festival. Supervised and financed the design and manufacturing of the coveted Howard Smit Union Achievement Award (which is presented to professional make-upartists each year) for outstanding contributions that have advanced and helped raise the standards of the Make-upand Hairstylists Union Local #706. President, Craft Seminars, I.A.T.S.E., AFL-CIO, Local #706, 1983 and 1984 Responsibilities: Organized educational seminars to keep union artists up to date with changes in the make-upindustry. Presented with Distinguished Service Award, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Presented certification of Appreciation Award, ABC-TV Broadcast Operations and Engineering. Presented Stepping Stone Award for Professional Achievement. Listed in Who’s Who in America.



Experience
rofessional make-upartist for the NBC and ABC television affiliates in Pittsburgh, PA. (1963-1965) Traveling representative and make-upartist for the Max Factor Company. Make-upartist and laboratory apprentice with Ben Nye, Sr., Los Angeles, CA. Studied with Mr. George Bau at Warner Brothers Studios. Studied television make-uptechniques with Mr. Rudy Horvatich (Head of Make-up, ABC-TV). Studied highlight and shading techniques with Mr. Kiva Hoffman. Studied the film and television lighting techniques of Mr. George Dibie at ABC-TV, Los Angeles. Studied Horror and Monster make-upwith Mr. Harry Thomas. Worked under the direction of Mr. Bud Sweeny, Mr. Lou Philippi, Mr. Charles Nash, Mr.Verne Langdon, and Mr. Lee Greenway (CBS-TV, Television City, Los Angeles, CA). Professional Make-upArtist for ABC-TV, CBS-TV, and NBC-TV, Hollywood, CA. Professional Make-upArtist for Humana Hospital Burn Centers. Radio show host: The Joe Blasco Show, 98.7 KIEV Radio Hollywood, CA. Directed and hosted the Orlando Science Center permanent guest introduction video on make-upmanufacturing, make-upapplication, and make-uphistory. This video is shown daily to the hundreds of patrons interested in learning more about the exciting field of make-upartistry. The Joe Blasco make-updisplay and video is located in the Tech Works Section of the Science Center.
TEACHING THE WORLD THE FINE ART OF MAKE-UP™