Maïna Militza

Maïna Militza
OccupationMake-up artist
Organization(s)Folio Montreal, B Agency
AwardsCanadian Screen Award for Best Make-Up
Websitewww.mainamilitza.com

Maïna Militza is a Canadian make-up artist. She is known for working with filmmaker Xavier Dolan.

Militza is affiliated with the agency Folio Montreal and B Agency Paris.[1] She worked for Dolan on the 2014 film Mommy, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Makeup.[2] With Denis Vidal, Militza worked on the make-up for Dolan's 2016 film It's Only the End of the World,[3] and shared the Canadian Screen Award with hair stylist Denis Vidal.[4] In April 2017, she also received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Make-Up for It's Only the End of the World.[5] In 2018 she worked with American rapper Tierra Whack for her 15 min. short film “Whack World” [1]. The same year she was doing makeup and hair on Billy Eilish in her music video “Hostage [2]. Since then she’s working with various international artists, directors, musicians and actress and her work has been published in prestigious magaziner like Vogue, Numero, ID, Harper's Bazaar, Dazed, Wonderland and Nylon to name a few. In september 2024 she was nominated for makeup-artist of the year at the CAFA awards. She is now based in Paris.

References

  1. ^ "Maïna Militza". Folio Montreal. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Mommy, Orphan Black win top honors at Canadian Screen Awards". Tribute. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. ^ Furdyk, Brent (17 January 2017). "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Juste La Fin du Monde Remporte Six Prix Aux Écrans Canadiens" [Just the End of the World Wins Six Canadian Screen Awards]. La Presse. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. ^ Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec Cinéma: Juste La Fin du Monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en Tête" [Québec Cinema Gala: Just the End of the World and Two Lovers and a Bear in the lead]. La Presse. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.


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