Benoît Lestang
Costume & Make-Up·December 14, 1964·† July 27, 2008 — 43 years old·Basel, Switzerland
Benoît Lestang (14 December 1964 – 27 July 2008) was a French special effects designer and makeup artist who worked on a number of French films.
Lestang began working as a collaborator on the French fantasy film magazine Starfix in the 1980s.
Lestang worked as an effects artist on the American horror film Brain Damage (1988). He also worked as a special effects makeup artist on numerous French films, including Baby Blood (1990), Sade (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).
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2009Martyrs: Organic ChroniclesSelf2008MartyrsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2007HérosMakeup Artist2007Jacquou the RebelMakeup Artist2006Tell No OneSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2006The TrailSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2005The Do-GoodersSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2005ManderlaySpecial Effects Makeup Artist2004Kings & QueenMakeup Effects Designer2004House of VoicesSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2004Double zéroSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2004Un monde mort au fond de leurs regards de pierreSelf2003The Story of Marie and JulienSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2003Virus au paradisSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2003TiresiaSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2003The Pact of SilenceSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2003BrocéliandeWriter2002DemonloverSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2002Amen.Special Effects Makeup Artist2002Safe ConductSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2001Beautiful MemoriesSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2001Brotherhood of the WolfSpecial Effects Makeup Artist · Makeup Artist2000Second lifeSpecial Effects Makeup Artist2000Sentimental DestiniesSpecial Effects Makeup Artist1999Time RegainedKey Makeup Artist1998AlissaSpecial Effects Makeup Artist1997On GuardMakeup Artist1995The City of Lost ChildrenMakeup Artist1990Baby BloodMakeup Artist1983OgroffSpecial Effects Makeup Artist1982The Living Dead GirlSpecial Effects Makeup Artist