Tara McDonald
Make-Up & Hair Designer
Tara has been working in Film & TV for the past 14 years
She has worked on BAFTA and RTS award winning TV Shows & Films
Features
BOMB BBC Films
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Sally Potter
 Featuring Christina Hendricks,
Alessandro Nivola, Annette Benning,
Elle Fanning & Alice Englert
SUBMARINE Warp Films,
Red Hour Films
& Film Four
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Richard Ayoade
Produced by Mark Herbert, Ben Stiller,
Andy Stebbing & Stuart Cornfeld
Featuring Sally Hawkins & Paddy Considine
Shot on location in Wales on 35mm
ITS A FREE WORLD Sixteen Films
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Ken Loach
 and Produced by Rebecca O'Brien
 Featuring Kierston Wareing & Juliet Ellis
Shot in UK, Poland & Ukraine
THE HEAVY Heavy Productions
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Marcus Warren
 and Produced by John Cairns
 Featuring Shannyn Sossamon, Vinnie Jones,
Stephen Rea & Christopher Lee
Shot in London
MY SUMMER OF LOVE BBC Films &
Apocolypto Films
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
 and Produced by Tanya Seghatchian
 Featuring Paddy Considine,
Emily Blunt & Natalie Press
*BAFTA Winner - Best UK Film*
Shot in Yorkshire
CLOUD CUCKOO LAND Airborne
Productions
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Matt Dickinson
 and Produced by Chris Bradley
 Featuring Derek Jacobi
Shot in and around UK
SILENT GRACE Crimson Films
(Ireland)
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Maeve Murphy
 Featuring Orla Brady & Patrick Bergin
Set during 1981 hunger strike
STARDUST Marv Films
 Make-Up & Hair Artist
Directed by Matthew Vaugn
Produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura
 Make-up Designer Fae Hammond
Featuring Charlie Cox & Sienna Miller
GOAL!
THE DREAM BEGINS 		Milkshake &
Icon Pictures
 Make-Up & Hair Artist
Directed by Danny Cannon
 and Produced by Matt Barrelle
& Matt Jeffries
 Featuring Kuno Becker & Anna Friel
H3 Metropolitan Films
(Ireland)
 Make-Up & Hair Assistant
Directed by Les Blair
 Featuring Brendan Mackey
& Dean Lennox Kelly
Set during 1981 Hunger Strike
VIPERE AU POING Angoa Agicoa
(France)
 Hair Stylist
(UK Shoot)
Directed by Philippe De Broca
Produced by Philippe Liegeois
& Jean-Michel Rey
Featuring Catherine Fort
1940's Film Noir
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Dream Works
 Make-Up Effects Technician
Directed by Steven Spielberg
 and Produced by Ian Bryce
 Make-Up Supervisor Neil Gorton
Featuring Matt Damon & Tom Hanks
TV
CARDINAL BURNS Left Bank Pictures
Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Ben Taylor
 Produced by Andy Harries
& Jenna Jones
Sketch Show for E4
PRISONER'S WIVES Tiger Aspect for BBC
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Damon Thomas
& Harry Bradbeer
 and Produced by Anna Ferguson
 Featuring Emma Rigby, Ian Glen,
Polly Walker & Jonas Armstrong
6 x 60 minute drama for BBC
THE RECKONING ITV
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Jim O'Hanlon
 and Produced by Jeremy Gwilt
 Featuring Ashley Jensen & Max Beesley
2 part thriller
FREEFALL Origin Films
& BBC
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Dominic Savage
 and Produced by David M. Thompson
 Featuring Dominic Cooper, Aiden Gillen,
Rosamund Pike & Alfie Allen
1 x 90 minute film for BBC2
MI HIGH
(SERIES 1, 2 & 3) 		Kudos & BBC
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Mat King
& Toby Haynes
 *RTS Winner 2009*
13 x 30 minutes
OPEN WIDE Talkback Thames
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Juliet May
 and Produced by Margot Gavan Duffy
 Featuring Nigel Havers & Alexander Armstrong
1 x 90 minutes for ITV
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Ecosse Films
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Nick Laughland
 and Produced by Douglas Rae
& Jeremy Gwilt
 Featuring Robson Green & Jemma Redgrave
2 x 60 minutes for ITV
ANIMALS Blast! Films
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Neil Rawles
 and Produced by Robin Gutch
& Amy Flanagan
 Docu-drama for More4
SEX AND LIES Blast! Films
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Jeremy Lovering
 and Produced by Madonna Baptiste
 Featuring Keeley Hawes & Simon Pegg
1 x 90 minutes for BBC
IF.... Blast! Films
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Richard Curson-Smith
 Docu-Drama
ENGLAND EXPECTS BBC Drama
 Make-Up & Hair Designer
Directed by Tony Smith
 and Produced by Ruth Caleb
 Featuring Camille Coduri & Steven Mackintosh
2 x 60 minutes for BBC
WHATEVER IT TAKES Twenty Twenty
Television
 Make-Up & Hair Artist
Directed by Andy Hay
 and Produced by Nick Pitt
 Make-Up Designer Magi Vaughan
ROBIN HOOD
(SERIES 1) 		Tiger Aspect
 Make-Up & Hair Artist
Directed by John McKenna
& Richard Standeven
 and Produced by Foz Allen
& Dominic Minghella
 Make-Up Designer Magi Vaughan
Shot in Budapest
HUSTLE
(SERIES 2) 		Kudos & BBC
 Make-Up & Hair Artist
Directed by Alrick Riley & John Strickland
 and Produced by Simon Crawford-Collins
 Make-Up Designer Meinir Jones Lewis
Other Credits
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT,
NEWS AND PROMOS
JAMES BLUNT
'I Really Want You' 		HSI London
FASHION AVENUE
Series 1, 2 & 3 		Electric Sky
THE SOUTHBANK SHOW ITV
SOUTHBANK AWARDS ITV
THE SUNDAYS ITV
2000 YEARS ITV
DIMBLEBY ITV
QUESTION TIME ITV
THE PEOPLE VS... ITV
THE BIG IDEA ITV
I'M A CELEBRITY... REUNION ITV
HAVE I BEEN HERE BEFORE ITV
DROP THE CELEBRITY ITV
TREASURE HUNT Chatsworth TV
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME ITV Digital
FOOTBALL FIRST ITV Digital
UEFA CUP ITV
VIC REEVES INVESTIGATES Ruggie Media
CNN, CBS, FOX, ITV News Various
ABC Special ABC
CNN 9/11 SPECIAL CNN
CNN MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL CNN
FEATURE FILM DAILIES
THE OTHER MAN SHANGHAI
FRANKLYN SIXTY SIX
UPSIDE OF ANGER ALI G IN DA HOUSE
TELEVISION DAILIES
TIME OF YOUR LIFE WAKING THE DEAD
MURDER PREVENTION THE JURY
JUDGE JOHN DEED