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Raised on a diet of horror and sci-fi, Tony Mandile was exposed to some of the greatest movie monsters at a very early age. There was never a moment when he wanted to do anything else other than be one of the special artists responsible for creating those fantastic characters on the silver screen. Working from books and magazines, Tony began experimenting with makeup and honing his skills over the years.

In 1995, he landed his first job creating various realistic trauma makeups on the independent film “A Better Place” for View Askew Productions. Since that first film, Tony has gone on to create special effects for a variety of feature films as well as short and student films, including “Broken Lizard’s Club Dread” for Fox Searchlight. He has also been serving as the makeup supervisor for Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey during their annual Fright Fest Halloween celebration for the past seven years. In 2001,

Tony directed his first feature film “Midnight Mass” which was released by Lions Gate Entertainment. 2006 saw the formation of Anatomy FX with partner Jessica Swarer, a company dedicated to continuing to pushing the limits of special effects in the independent world as well as developing a retail line of props and prosthetic appliances to be made available to other makeup artists. Tony also plans to continue writing and directing more feature films in the near future.