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Blue Whale Studios makeup artists with actor Chris Webber of Uncle Drew
Industry Types Gwinnett County is a hotbed within the Hollywood of the South. Meet a trio of locals playing different roles in bringing top-grossing films and TV shows to your screen. BY CANDICE DYER
Jonah Levy, Special Effects Makeup Artist Jonah Levy’s work is generally not the sort you study in college. The Duluth resident co-owns Blue Whale Studios, a creative studio focused on special effects makeup, which relocated from Orlando to Atlanta three years ago. “I began teaching myself from 54 • EXPLORE GWINNET T
videos and books when I was 12,” he says. “There’s a lot of on-the-job training through trial and error.” Based in a 5,000-square-foot facility, his company can do anything from applying a small “tattoo” to providing elaborate prosthetics, statues, and suits of armor. Blue Whale projects include Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Rampage. Says Levy, “We try to make magic.”
Scar makeup on actor Joe Manganiello of Rampage
