Sven Granlund

Make-up Department
Special Effects
Producer

Sven Granlund, is an International Makeup and Makeup Effects Artist, from Lexington Kentucky and Los Angeles California. Sven has almost 40 years working experience in makeup and is know for such movies as Deadpool 1 & 2, Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle, and The Cello, Saudi Arabia's first and only Horror movie directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Sven taught makeup and prosthetics for over 4 years in Los Angeles Additionally Sven is a Commercial Pilot/Flight Instructor, and Musician/Synth Player releasing music since the 1980s.

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Known for

Deadpool

8.0

Makeup Department

2016

Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Terry Crews, Bill Skarsgård, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Lewis Tan, Stefan Kapicic, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Zazie Beetz, and Brianna Hildebrand in Deadpool 2 (2018)

Deadpool 2

7.6

Makeup Department

2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

6.9

Makeup Department

2017

Blade Runner 2049

8.0

Makeup Department

2017

Credits

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Makeup Department

Kentucky Roses
7.1
TV Movie
- makeup artist
- 2026
Prey of Wrath
4.4
- makeup artist
- 2026
Twisted
4.5
- prosthetics design technician
- special makeup effects artist
- 2026
The Wraith
4.2
- makeup designer: Makeup Fx & Prosthetics Designer
- special makeup effects artist
- 2025
Persona
4.4
- prosthetic makeup effects
- 2024
Carved
4.4
- creature effects crew
- 2024
Stomach It
7.7
Short
- silicone runner: Haunted Dreams Effects Studio
- 2024
Crescent City
3.9
- special makeup effects artist
- 2024
Bosco
5.4
- hair & makeup artist (as Sven David Granlund)
- 2024
Skeletons in the Closet
3.0
- key makeup effects artist
- 2024
The Cello
3.8
- special makeup effects artist
- 2023
Play It All Night Long
Short
- special makeup effects artist: key workshop technician
- 2023
Soul Mates
5.0
- special makeup effects artist
- 2023
They Wait in the Dark
3.4
- lifecasting
- 2022
Within Oneself
Short
- makeup artist
- 2022

Special Effects

Twisted
4.5
- prosthetic design and application
- 2026
Beaver with a Cleaver
- blood
- 2025
There Is No Antimemetics Division
7.7
Short
- special effects makeup
- 2024
Within Oneself
Short
- pyrotechnic effects
- 2022
Maneater
3.2
- special effects makeup
- special effects supervisor
- 2022
Private View
8.6
Short
- special effects makeup department head
- 2021
Black Lightning
6.1
TV Series
- 3d scan technician
- 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox
5.5
- 3d scan technician
- 2018
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
6.9
- 3d scan technician
- 2017
American Horror Story
7.9
TV Series
- 3d scan technician
- 2015–2016
Ray Donovan
8.3
TV Series
- special effects assistant
- 2015
The Zombie Movie
4.7
- special effects makeup
- 2014
Hi-8 (Horror Independent 8)
4.5
- special effects supervisor (segment "Switchblade Insane")
- 2013
The Council of Veda
Short
- special effects
- 2013
Nexus Vegas
Short
- special effects
- 2013

Producer

The Mysteries of Science
6.2
TV Series
- supervising producer
- producer
- 2015–2021
Bella: Thanksgiving in July
5.2
- associate producer
- 2018
H. Beam Piper's He Walked Around the Horses
TV Movie
- associate producer
- 2017
The Hydric Zone
TV Series
- assistant producer
- 2015
Tarzan's Teenage Daughter
TV Series
- producer
- 2014
Closed Lines
Short
- producer
- 2014
The Mayor
- co-producer
- 2013
Hi-8 (Horror Independent 8)
4.5
- co-producer (segment "Switchblade Insane")
- 2013
The Council of Veda
Short
- producer
- 2013
The Horror
Short
- producer
- 2013
Servant of Light
Short
- associate producer
- 2013
Biscuit
Short
- producer
- 2013
Game On
Short
- producer
- 2013
Nexus Vegas
Short
- associate producer
- 2013
Temporally Yours: Or Paradox Lost
Short
- producer
- 2013

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Personal details

Official sites
- Cinema Makeup School; Hollywood's Professional Makeup School
- Dick Smith Makeup; Special Makeup Effects Training
Alternative names
- Sven David Granlund
Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- July 6, 1965
- Los Angeles, California, USA

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Gender / Gender identity
- Male

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Trivia
Got interested in makeup after watching Universal Studios The Wolfman. Snuck into the Exorcist in 1973, at age 8, just to see Dick Smith's makeupfx. Has done makeup since he was 8 years old and worked on Highschool and College school plays as a makeup artist.