Biography

Nick Dudman and his team created the make-up effects and the magical animatronic creatures ( and the CG scanning models ) in all of the Harry Potter films, garnering Bafta nominations for the first four in the series, and also for the seventh.

The last Potter movie brought an Oscar Nomination,another Bafta Nomination and another Saturn Nomination. He won the Critics Choice award for Best Makeup for the final in the series, as well.

He won the Bafta for Best Visual Effects for "The Fifth Element", and in 2006 he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2007 he was presented with the Canadian Genie Award for Special Achievement in Make-Up for Beowulf and Grendel.

Having completed all three series of "Penny Dreadful" as Make-up Effects Designer, he was awarded a Bafta Craft Award for the first series, receiving an Emmy Nomination for all three seasons, three years in a row.

He is also developing a major TV Series, "The Saga of The Exiles", based on the best-selling series of "Pliocene Exile" science fiction / fantasy novels by Julian May.

In 2012 Nick Dudman was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the University of the Arts Bournemouth.

His latest project is as Makeup Effects and Creatures Designer on the Amazon / Legendary series "Carnival Row".
- IMDb mini biography by: NICK DUDMAN

Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.