Interview with Eryn Krueger Mekash

Eryn Krueger Mekash has over 33 years of television and film industry experience as a makeup artist and is diversified in beauty, makeup effects and design. IATSE( International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) PGA(Producers Guild Awards) winner. Eryn started her career in the special makeup effects field in Los Angeles. Eryn has won 8 Emmys- 7 for makeup and 1 for producing- and 10 Artisan awards and well as 34 Emmy Nominations for outstanding makeup, prosthetic and non-prosthetic. Eryn worked with Ryan Murphy (American screenwriter, director, and producer) for 17 years on almost all of his projects. Eryn met him on Nip/Tuck. James Mackinnon was the department head on the pilot and asked me to be his key. James left to do another show and Eryn moved up to department head. Eryn was on Nip/Tuck with Stephanie Fowler Ziese until Glee started in 2008. Then Running With Scissors, Eat, Pray, Love, American Horror Story, People vs. OJ, Feud, Versace, Ratched(Netflix original series), Hollywood, and recently the film, The Prom.