Mark Viniello is known as a multi-talented foam specialist and special effects innovator. He works every aspect of creature creation and movie magic in Hollywood from puppeteering to SPIDER-MAN's web effects. However, Mark had humble beginnings in NY as a child filled with inspiration from the black & white movie greats such as Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney "The Man of a Thousand Faces". 

Mark knew that he had a unique passion for all things "movie makeup" related and he chased that passion with a drive that few people actually follow through with. In fact, at a young age, Mark would stay in the basement of his Grandmother's house and glue special fx makeup to his face, trying different looks and marveling at any new creation he could create. 

After his college years, Mark was told by his father that he was to move to California and pursue his dream. His trip to California was then planned out and scheduled in advance. However, once Mark and his friend John got to California, they quickly had to get jobs to support their new life. After John got a job at TJI Fridays, Mark joined in and also became a busboy at the restaurant. At one point, both Mark and John, ate shrimp off of the floor because they were so hungry trying to make ends meet. 

After tough times, eating off of the floor, and a horrible earthquake, Mark finally landed a job at a small makeup store in Burbank, called Cinema Secrets. He felt like he was in the ballpark of where he wanted to be and he knew that the success of landing a great job was right around the corner. He was right. After a short stint at Cinema Secrets, Mark got a job working for Mark Shostrum and got hired to do a Nine Inch Nails music video and work in a film called Love is a Gun with Eric Roberts and Kelly Preston.

Now Mark Viniello has eagerly taken on the position of Make-up Effects Coordinator for Spectral Motion, bringing with him over twenty years of industry experience. He has had the privilege to work under such talents as Oscar-winners Stan Winston, Alec Gillis, and Tom Woodruff, Jr., and Patrick Tatopoulos, Viniello’s resume now sparkles with blockbuster screen credits from ALIEN RESURRECTION to LORD OF THE RINGS to WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE.   

He is quite the talent in this field as in one moment, he’s puppeteering a massive pteranodon on JURASSIC PARK III while the next finds him handling makeup effects for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN or generating special web effects for all three SPIDER-MAN films. Yet, not even film itself has a secure hold on Viniello, who has been coordinating all of Optic Nerve’s effects on television hits from CSI:NY to HEROES for the last several years. 

Ingenuity adds further depth to Viniello’s skill set. The same artist, who single-handedly developed a new synthetic formula, has also run his own company, Artistic Innovation Studios, Inc. since 2004. Here, Viniello demonstrates the paradigm blend of innovator and manager, qualities that ensure his value in the challenging and rapidly evolving field of Special Makeup and Creature Effects.

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