Presenter Profile

Gene Flaharty, Makeup Artist/Instructor, has been doing professional makeup for TV, film, print and theater for over 35 years.  He enjoys teaching at a local college and doing makeup on celebrities like Martin Short, Dee Wallace Stone and David Ogden Stiers.  He has designed over 200 different theater productions.  He enjoys makeup education as he does lecture/demonstrations across the country in his full time position as Sales Manager/Makeup artist for Mehron Inc in New York.  He has been published with articles “Stretching Your Makeup”, “How Safe is Your Makeup” and has contributed to several articles relating to makeup application and safety.  He is hired to do makeup, wigs and costumes on regional and national tours