Doors open at 6:30pm | Event begins at 7:00pm
Crosstown Theater
Free to attend
Complimentary drinks provided by Crosstown Arts
Please join Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts in a conversation and live demonstration with film & television hair and makeup artist, Faizah Husniyah. Faizah will discuss her flourishing career as well as how filmmaking fundamentals — such as lighting, camera angles, scene-to-scene continuity, and more — all play an important role when strategizing and implementing a style plan for every character on screen. She will also provide a live, on stage demonstration of her work while giving guided insight into her creative process.
Known for her incredible transformations outside of TV & Film, Faizah Husniyah has been a professional hair and makeup artist since 2010, beginning in Memphis, TN. Faizah’s love for production started at the age of 12, where she would help backstage at local theatres’ where her mother was a stage actress. She found herself drawn to the hair and makeup artists who would eventually take Faizah under their wing and mentor her which has contributed to her successes today.
Determined to pursue her career as a professional hair and makeup artist after dropping out of high school, Faizah attended both the Beauty Institute and Paul Mitchell. Faizah ventured into fashion where she became a recognized participant at the notable New York Fashion Week, and later became a sought after artist and is now faithfully invited to work alongside the biggest names in Hollywood.
Faizah has never been afraid to expand to new territories. She set her sights on the film world and landed opportunities that afforded her to work with major production companies such as: CMT, HBO, WETV, NBC, HULU, NETFLIX, DISNEY, GAP KIDS, ABC, SONY & ADIDAS to name a few.
In 2020, Faizah was the winner of an unprecedented award that she received by Emmy and Oscar winning stylists Camille Friend (Dept. Head of hair for Black Panther, Captain Marvel & Guardians of The Galaxy) and Vito Trotta (Grey’s Anatomy) as “The best up and coming artists in tv & film” in which she was paired and mentored by Oscar winning hairstylist Kathrine Gordan.
Shoot & Splice is a FREE filmmaker forum presented by Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis, featuring a wide variety of technical, educational, and unique topics of interest to the Memphis filmmaking community.
