
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
An artist with an original voice and an unapologetic flair for thriller and horror storytelling, Mia’Kate Russell’s directorial work is marked as much by darkness as it is at times a sly, even camp, humour. Mia’Kate Russell has the gift of creating emotionally impactful stories that challenges the audience to examine their own behavior as her complex and flawed characters are forced to confront the consequences of their own. Mia is committed to making wickedly entertaining character-based genre films with authenticity and a social conscience.
As a writer and director, her short films have won more than 30 awards and screened at prestigious festivals all around the world including SITGES, Sc...
2026
Writer, Director
2024
Makeup Artist
2024
Key Makeup Artist
2023
2020
Assistant Makeup Artist
2020
Director
2019
Makeup Department Head
2019
Makeup Department Head, Hair Department Head
2019
Writer
2019
Director, Writer
2018
Makeup Artist
2017
Producer, Writer, Director
2016
Director, Writer
2016
Makeup Artist
2016
Makeup Designer, Hair Designer
2015
Makeup Artist
2015
Makeup Department Head
2014
Costumer, Makeup Artist
2013
Director, Writer
2013
Key Makeup Artist
2012
Production Design, Writer, Producer, Director
2012
Makeup Department Head
2012
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2010
Makeup Artist
2010
Makeup Department Head