Gabriel Bartalos

Known for Costume & Make-Up

Filmmaker Gabe Bartalos is the writer and director of two feature films, "Skinned Deep" (2004) and his latest film "Saint Bernard" (2013). Both films are celebrated for their high-energy surrealist quality, giving Bartalos a reputation for reality-bending, enigmatic themes. Gabe also brings his ripe imagination and artistic vision to the world of music. He has worked with bands such as "The Damned" (2003), "Street Dogs" (2006), "The Briggs" (2008) and "David Byrne and St. Vincent" (2013). Early in his special make-up effects career, Bartalos left his mark on the horror genre by teaming up with director Frank Henenlotter on horror classics such as "Brain Damage" (1988), "Frankenhooker" (1990) and "Basket Case 2" (1990). In 2008, Bartalos was executive producer for Henenlotter's "Bad Biology". Gabe has handled the prosthetic make-up effects for renowned artist/filmmaker Matthew Barney since 1991 with works including "The Cremaster Cycle" (spanning 1994-2002), "March of the Anal Sadistic Warrior" (1998), "De Lama Lamina" (2007), "Drawing Restraint 9" (2005) and on the 2008 Los Angeles live performance of "Ren". Gabe has also designed and executed the special make-up effects on films such as "Leprechaun" (1993), "Sometimes They Come Back" (1991), and "The Hollow" (2004), and most recently "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie" (2012), "Jack and Diane" (2012), and "The Wound" (2013). In 2009, Gabe also produced the film "The Mercy Man".Read more

Movies & web series

Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Malacostraca

Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Nightmare Factory

Day of the Dead

Brain Damage

From Beyond

Destroy All Neighbors

Creating an Army of the Dead

Frankenhooker

Cremaster 5

Cremaster 4

Sometimes They Come Back

Leprechaun 3

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Basket Case 2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Leprechaun

Leprechaun 2

The Deadly Spawn

Basket Case 3

Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood

Leprechaun in the Hood

Alien Express

The Outing

Bad Biology

Spookies

Leprechaun 4: In Space

Saint Bernard

The Creeps

Sometimes They Come Back... for More

Skinned Deep

Little Witches

Watchers III

Munchie

Dead Space

The Horrible Doctor Bones

Killer Dead

Listen to the Light: The Making of 'Brain Damage'

Toys of Terror: The Making of 'Dolls'

The Leprechaun Chronicles

Jason Lives: The Making of Friday the 13th: Part VI

In the Pool of Darkness

Pepto Abysmal