Head of AMUA’s SFX Department
Ben Rittenhouse is an Emmy Award-winning makeup artist (The Pacific, 2010) specializing in special effects makeup, prop making, and prosthetics. He cultivated a successful and tenured career in the entertainment industry with projects including Star Trek, Hunger Games, Avatar, Anchorman, Hangover 3, CSI, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe, Kill Bill: Vol 1&2, Hulk, RIPD, Grey’s Anatomy, The Mist, Hostel, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and Sin City.
While Ben started teaching in Los Angeles, the freedom of an updated and ever-evolving curriculum pulled him to Tennessee to start the Special Effects programs at the Academy of Make Up Arts.
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