Jana Carboni

Jana Carboni comes from a family with generations involved in theatre and film and always had intentions of pursuing a creative career. After attending Art College in Rome, she went onto study Architecture before following her passion and gaining work experience on Giuseppe Tornatore's film The Legend of 1900 (1998), where she met Makeup Designer Luigi Rocchetti, whom she went onto work for 10 years (Titus (1999), Proof of life (2000), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) to mention few). After working all over the world, Jana moved to England, where she worked for Makeup Designer Tina Earnshaw for a number of years. Jana currently works as a Makeup, Prosthetic and Personal Designer. Her bold approach to the whole vision and incredible thought behind every character keep her designs unique - A constant and evolving research project between the artists that inspire her, historical or fictional documentation and what she feels looks right for the character in question. Jana has recently designed Napoleon and House of Gucci directed by Ridley Scott, 6 Underground (Dir. Michael Bay), Infinite (Dir. Antoine Fuqua), The Great Wall as Personal Designer to Matt Damon (Dir. Zhang Yimou), The Hitman's Wife Bodyguard as Personal Designer to Ryan Reynolds (Dir. Patrick Hughes) and has worked on productions such Gangs of New York (2002), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Casanova (2005), Apocalypto (2006), Prometheus (2012).Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), and The Martian (2015).