Marese Langan

Hair and Make-up Designer

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Heads of Department

Assistant: Lizzie Quinn
Second Assistant: Daniel Kostick

Heads of Department

GOYA Award Winner 2017, Best Make-up and Hair for A MONSTER CALLS

BAFTA Winner 2012, Best Make-up and Hair for THE IRON LADY 

Quantas Film & Television Winner 2009, Best Make-up Design on a Feature Film for MY TALKS WITH DEAN SPANLEY

Film

ProductionCompanyNotes

OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE

2023

Miramax Films / STX Entertainment

Dir: Guy Ritchie
Prods: Jason Statham, Bill Block & Ivan Atkinson

CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY

2022

Working Title Films

Dir: Lena Dunham
Prods: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Jo Wallett

EMMA

2020

Working Title / Focus Features

Dir: Autumn de Wilde
Prods: Tim Bevan, Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin and Eric Fellner
With Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Nighy, Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner,
Gemma Whelan

Academy Award Nomination for Best Make-up and Hair

THE TWO POPES

2018

Netflix

Dir: Fernando Meireilles
Prod: Tracey Seaward

DISOBEDIENCE

2017

Braven Films/Element/Film 4

Dir: Sebastian Lelio
Prod: Ed Guiney, Frida Torresblanco, Rachel Weisz
With Rachel W Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola

MARY MAGDALENE

2016

Porchlight Films/ See-Saw Pictures/ Universal Pictures

Dir: Garth Davis
Prods: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Liz Watts
With Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor

MY COUSIN RACHEL

2017

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Dir: Roger Michell
Prod: Kevin Loader, Enrico Ballarin, Anita Overland
With Rachel Weisz ,Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen

DENIAL

2016

Shoebox Films/ Participant/ BBC

Dir: Mick Jackson
Prods: Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff
With Rachel Weisz , Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott

THE MERCY

2015

Blueprint Pictures/BBC Films

Dir: James Marsh
Prods: Graham Broadbent, Scott Z. Burns, Peter Czernin, Nicolas Mauvernay
With Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz , David Thewlis

A MONSTER CALLS

2014

Apaches Entertainment

Dir: J.A.Boyana
Prods: Belén Atienza, Mitch Horwits, Jonathan King
With Lewis Mcdougall, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver,Tony Kebbell, Liam Neeson


GOYA Award Winner 2017, Best Make-up and Hair

COLLIDE

2014

42 Silver Pictures

Dir: Eran Creevy
Prods: Rory Aitken, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Ben Pugh
With Nicholas Hoult, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Felicity Jones

THE FACE OF AN ANGEL

2014

Revolution Films/BBC Films

Dir: Michael Winterbottom
Prod: Melissa Parmenter
Daniel Bruhl

BLACK SEA

2013

Cowboy Films/ Focus Features/Film 4

Dir: Kevin Macdonald
Prod: Charles Steel
With Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn

CHRISTINA NOBLE

2013

Destiny Films

Dir: Stephen Bradley
Prod: Melanie Gore Grimes, Nick Laws
With Deirdre O'Kane, Sarah Greene, Ruth Negga

BELLE

2012

DJ Films Ltd

Dir: Amma Asante
Prod: Damian Jones
With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson, Tom Felton, Sarah Gadon, Sam Reid

HOW I LIVE NOW

2012

Cowboy Films & Passion Pictures

Dir: Kevin Macdonald
Prods: Alasdair Flind, Andrew Ruhemann, Charles Steel
With Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay

WELCOME TO THE PUNCH

2011

Between The Eyes/ Scott Free Productions

Dir: Eran Creevy
Prod: Ben Pugh, Rory Aitken, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
With James McAvoy, Mark Strong, David Morrissey, Andrea Riseborough

MISTER PIP

2011

Olympus Pictures

Personal Make-up and Hair to Hugh Laurie

Dir: Andrew Adamson
Prod: Andrew Adamson, Robin Scholes, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech

IRON LADY

2011

FILM4/Pathe

Dir: Phyllida Lloyd
Exec Prod: Francois Invernel, Cameron McCracken, Tessa Ross
Prod: Damian Jones
With Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent


BAFTA Winner 2012, Best Make-up and Hair

ALL IN GOOD TIME

2010

Left Bank Productions

Dir: Nigel Cole
Prod: Suzanne Mackie

CHATROOM

2009

Film4/ Ruby Films

Dir: Hideo Nakata
Prod: Laura Hastings-Smith,
Alison Owen
With Aaron Johnson, Imogen Poots, Matthew Beard

IT'S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE

2009

Bend It Films

Dir: Gurinder Chadha
Prod: Chris Curling, Michelle Fox
With Shabana Azmi, Sally Hawkins, Sanjeev Bhaskar

FISH TANK

2008

Kasander Film Company/ BBC Films

Dir: Andrea Arnold
Prod:Nick Laws
With Michael Fassbender, Katie Jarvis, Kierston Wareing

KINGSLAND

2008

The Bureau/ Film4

Dir: Tony Grisoni
Prod: Kate Ogborn
Mike Elliot

IN THE LOOP

2008

BBC Films

Dir: Armando Iannucci
Prod: Kevin Loader
Adam Tandy
With Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini

MY TALKS WITH DEAN SPANLEY

2008

Atlantic Film Productions

Dir: Toa Fraser
Prod:Alan Harris
Matthew Metcalfe
With Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole

Winner of Quantas Film and Television Awards 2009, Best Make-up Design on a Feature Film

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS

2007

Heyday Films/ Miramax Films

Dir: Mark Herman
Prod: David Heyman
With Asa Butterfield,Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend

A MIGHTY HEART

2007

Revolution Films/ Plan B/Paramount Vantage

Dir: Michael Winterbottom
Prod: Andrew Eaton
Dede Gardner
Brad Pitt
With Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Irfan Khan

ANGEL

2007

Poisson Rouge/ Fidelite Productions

Dir: Francois Ozon
Prod: Christopher Granier Deferre
With Romola Garai, Charlotte Rampling, Sam Neill, Michael Fassbender

INTERVENTION

2005

Scion Films

Dir: Mary McGuckian
Prod: Jeff Abberley
With Charles Dance, Rupert Graves, Andie MacDowell

THE HALF LIFE OF TIMOFEY BEREZIN

2005

HBO/Beacon Pictures/ Section 8

Dir: Scott Burns
Prod: Guy Louthan

Toronto Film Festival 2006
With Paddy Considine, Radha Mitchell, Oscar Isaac

TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY

2004

BBC Films/ Revolution Films

Dir: Michael Winterbottom
Prod: Andrew Eaton
With Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Fry

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

2004

Twentieth Century Fox/ Scott Free Productions

Principal Make-up artist
Dir/Prod: Ridley Scott
With Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, David Thewlis

TROY

2003

Plan B Productions/ Warner Bros/ Radiant Productions

Make-up and Hair artist
Dir: Wolfgang Petersen
Prod: Diana Rathbun
Colin Wilson
With Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
(St Vincent Shoot)

2003

First Mate Productions/ Jerry Bruckheimer Films/ Walt Disney Pictures

Make-up Artist

Dir: Gore Verbinski
Prod: Jerry Bruckheimer
With Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Orlando Bloom

TWELFTH NIGHT

2002

Projector Productions

Make-up and Hair designer
Dir: Tim Supple
Prod: Rachel Gesua
With Parminder Nagra, Chiwetel Ejiofor

BLADE 2

2001

New Line Cinema

Key Hair and Make-up artist
Dir: Guillermo Del Toro
Prods: Peter Frankfurt
Patrick J Palmer
Wesley Snipes
With Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Luke Goss, Leonor Varela

WES CRAVEN PRESENTS DRACULA  2000

2000

Dimension Films/ Carfax Productions Ltd/ Neo Art & Logic/ Wes Craven Films

Chief Make up artist
Dir: Patrick Lussier
Prods: Joel Soisson
W K Border
With Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller

GLORIANA

1999

Illumination Films

Make-up and Hair Designer
Dir: Phillida Lloyd
With Josephine Barstow, Tom Randle

GLADIATOR

1999

Dreamworks/Universal/ Scott Free Prods

Principal Hair stylist
Dir: Ridley Scott
Prods: David Franzoni
Branco Lustig
Douglas Wick
With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris, Oliver Reed, Connie Nielsen

GREENWICH MEAN TIME

1998

Anvil Films Ltd

Make-up and Hair artist
Dir: John Strickland
Prod: Taylor Hackford
With Steve John Shepherd, Ben Waters, Chiwetel Ejiofor

MAUA - KING AND EMPEROR

1998

Samba Films

Chief Hairdresser
Dir: Sergio Rezende
Prod: Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
With Paulo Betti, Malu Mader

PLUNKETT & MACLEANE

1997

Working Title

Make-up and Hair artist
Dir: Jake Scott
Prods: Rupert Harvey
Eric Fellner
With Liv Tyler, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller

SPICEWORLD THE MOVIE
The Spice Girls

1997

Columbia/Fragile Films/ Icon Entertainment Polygram Filmed Entertainment/ Spice Prods

Make-up and Hair artist
Dir: Bob Spiers
Prods: Barnaby Thompson
Uri Fruchtmann
Mark L Rosen

MY SON THE FANATIC

1996

BBC/ Zephyr Films/ Miramax

Make-up and Hair Artist
Dir: Udayan Prasad
Prod: Chris Curling
With Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Stellan Skarsgard

THE FULL MONTY

1996

Red Wave Films/ Channel 4

Make-up and Hair Artist
Dir: Peter Cattaneo
Prod: Uberto Pasolini
With Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Lesley Sharp

CAREER GIRLS

1996

Channel Four Films/ Thin Man Films/ CiBy 2000/ Matrix Film & Television Partnership

Make-up and Hair Artist
Dir: Mike Leigh
Prod: Simon Channing-Williams
With Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

1995

Edenwood Productions/ Capitol Films/ Arts Council of England

Make-up and Hair Artist
Dir: Adrian Noble
Prod: Paul Arnott
With Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings

NERVOUS ENERGY

1995

BBC Scotland

Make-up and Hair Artist
Dir: Jean Stewart
Prod: Ann Scott
With Alfred Molina, Cal Macaninch

HACKERS

1994

United Artists

Make-up and Hair Artist
Dir: Iain Softley
Prods: Michael Peyser
Ralph Winter
With Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller

NARANCE

1994

Amall Wonder Films

Make-up and Hair Designer
Dir: Pat Harkins
Prod:Katrin Cartlidge

MAROONED

1993

Crash Films

Make-up and Hair Designer
Dir: Jonas Grimas
Prod: Andrea Calderwood
With Robert Carlyle

THE LAST TEN MINUTES

1993

Figment/ Raindog Co Production

Make-up and Hair Designer
Dir: Pat Harkins
With Robert Carlyle

Television

ProductionCompanyNotes

FOUNDATION
Episode 1

2021

Skydance TV / Wild Atlantic Pictures / Apple

Dir: Rupert Sanders

THE PROMISE

2010

Daybreak Pictures

Dir: Peter Kosminsky
Prod: Hal Vogel

AND STILL I RISE
drama documentary

1992

BBC/ Non Aligned Productions

Dir: Ngozi Onwurah

12 Days
That Synching Feeling

2009

Endor Productions

Dir: Tony Grisoni
Prod: Hilary Bevan-Jones

Commercials

ProductionCompanyNotes

BOOTS NO. 7

2017

Smuggler

Dir: Susanne Bier

LOUIS VUITTON "L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE"

2013

Iconclast

Dir: Roman Gavras

STELLA ARTOIS "WORLD TRADE FAIR NEW YORK 1968"

2012

Somesuch and Co

Dir: Nick Gordon

Promos

ProductionCompanyNotes

JAMIROQUAI
King For A Day

1999

Blackdog Productions

Make-up and Hair Designer
Dir: Dawn Shadforth