
Lisa Vella
Toronto, Ontario
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About Me
Freelance Toronto-based Makeup & Hair Artist, available for Commercials, Film, TV, Web, Video, Print and more! Clients Gucci, NBATV, Turner, Shaw Media, Westside Studio, CTV–Comedy/Space Network, TVO, Coca-Cola, Premium Beat, Doritos, Aero, Maple Leaf, Uncle Ben’s, Sony, Rogers, Gilette, Kia, Visine, Tim Hortons, Cascade, Dulux, Nanoblur, Honda, Royal Ontario Museum, Con Air, Orville Redenbacher, President's Choice, Jean Machine, Mitsubish, Sports Chek, Nissan, Yahoo, Toronto Maple Leafs, Royal Bank, and more...
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Makeup, hair and basic sfx for Television & Film productions, Celebrity clients, Beauty, Fashion, Airbrush, Spray Tan, Period and Fantasy, Male Grooming, Commercial Photography, High Definition, Camouflage/Corrective, Editorial, Character Make Up/Aging, Hair Styling, Wardrobe, Beauty Expert
PERSONALITIES
Sandra Oh, Lebron James, Eric McCormick, Shemar Moore, Lucas Till, Jermaine Fowler, Shaq O’Neil, Charles Barkley, Grant Hill, Reggie Miller, Kristen Ledlow, Steve Nash, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Alan Thicke, Tanya Thicke, Donnie Wahlberg, Glenn Plummer, Kyra Phillips, Sitara Hewitt, John Tavares, Wendell Clark, Dina Pugliese, Tammie Sutherland, Andre Duree, Chad Owens, Michael Smith, Mark McEwan, Lynn Crawford, Laura DaSilva, Michelle Wang, Emily Hampshire, Melanie Scrofano, David Goodman, Amy Sky, David Suzuki, Adam Van Kouverdan, Trish Stratus, David Clayton Thomas, Saul Rubnick, Andrew Alexander, Dave Grusin, Moses Znaimer, Tommy James, Yannick Bissoon, Tom Cavanaugh, Maury Chakken, Enrico. Calantoni, Richard Bausch, MG Vassanji, Toronto Argonauts, Shauna Levy, Dana Carvey, Nathalie Atkinson, Roslyn Griffith Hall, David Livingston, Susur Lee, Brendan Shannahan, Kris Knight
COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Canon, Napoleon, Kitchen Aid, Dulux, Harry Rosen, Wal-Mart, Direct Energy, National Bank, Subaru, Ministry of Health, Bar Card Express, Toronto Argonauts, Johnson & Johnson, Home Depot, Manulife, York Region Transit, Glade, Lipton, Scotia Bank, Alix Partners, Humber College, Coca Cola, Dell, Mr. Clean, Toyota, Sears, SpiderTech, Manulife Financial, Shell, Esso, McDonalds, Genux, Frigidaire, Ontario Power Association, Sports Chek, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Acura, Kraft, Subaru, National Bank, Fallsview Casino, Presidents Choice, Jean Machine, Revera, Inniskillin, WalMart, Freedom 55, Sunnybrook, The Movie Network, TD Canada Trust, Gilette, Purolator, Capital One, Apple, Acura, GM, Polysporin
COMMERCIALS/PROMOS
Gucci, Kia, Visine, Wellesley on the Park, Tim Hortons, Cascade, Dulux, CIBC, Nanoblur, Spinmaster, Tetley Tea, Honda, Ddrops, Gentec, Subaru, Harbor Plaza Condo, Arthritis Society, Big Tips, Westside Studio, Ice Condos, Eloxtian Cancer, Anti-Bodi, Royal Ontario Museum, Con Air, CTV–Comedy/Space Network, Frigidaire, Spy Gear, Orville Redenbacher, Presidents Choice, Jean Machine, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Revolution Boxing, Spinmaster, Bar Card Express, The Mark Rothko Experience, Mitsubish, Sports Chek, Dulux, Independant Health, Nissan, Yahoo, Audibel, Honeycomb, George Brown, Gilette, Children’s Tylenol, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ancestry, Premium Beat, PDFC, Doritos, Aero, Maple Leaf, Uncle Ben’s, Sony, Rogers, Motrimax, S1 Group, Enwrapture, Royal Bank, Intercept CS
BEAUTY EXPERT
Steven and Chris Show
TELEVISION/WEB SERIES
NBATV, Turner, TVO, CBC, CTV, Eone, Ultimate Fan Fights, Breakfast Television, King Kaboom, School of Chef, Distinguished Artists
FILMS
Saw II, Dead Silence, Pinkville, A Life Less Gone, Secret Blackheart, Meza
EDITORIAL
Vogue Italia, Ellements Magazine, Remark Magazine, Pie Bookazine, Fashion, Fantastics, YYZ Living, Glassbook, TCHAD Magazine, Asian Woman Canada, Style at Home, Canada’s Elegant Wedding Magazine, Sweat Equity, Inside Fitness, Muscle Memory
DIRECTORS
James Wan, Darren Bousman, George Simhoni, Chris Gordaneer, Tom Nesbitt, Jordan Barker, Zac Barker, Gord McWatters, Ted Parkes, Jose Roldan, Sean McBride, James Mark, Steven Pearson, Joseph Pauls, Mandeep Aujla, Chris Gunther, Pat Mills, Jason Lupish, Steven Garbas, Karim Zouak, Michael Lambie, Kristina Anzlinger, Perry Mark, Tom Szuba, Kurt Von Hahn, Terence Babb, Finn O’Hara, Dale Hildebrand, Jim Morrison, Jamie Webster, Mike Rybinski, Lance Goddard, Christopher Stasiuk, Sean Howard, Franco Basaglia, Ramin Deravian, Mark Mowad, Natalie Rae Robison, Michael Clowater, Michel Villeneuve, Drew Lightfoot, Jessie Blight, Gord McWatters, Jeff Kopas,, Jonathan Gaudet,Christopher Stasiuk, Nick Nikitaras, Jared Pelletier, Guy Bauer, Greg Foad
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Jim Fiscus, Joey Lawrence, Matt Barnes, George Simhoni, Chris Gordaneer, Andrew B. Myers, Tyler Grey, Derek Shapton, Tom Feiler, Walter Melrose, Jason Hsu, JR Ribbee, Chris LaLonde, Jason Mortlock, Chris Lindhorst, Chad Munro, Robert Gaudette, Aristea Rizakos, Dwayne Evans, Nathanial Anderson, Ian Watson, Andric Ljubodrag, Robert Agagnon, Robert Goshgarian, George Moreira, Mackenzie Duncan, Justin Borbely, Dan Lim, Erwyn Loewen, David Wile, Dwayne Morgan, Nicki Roswell, Angus Rowe MacPherson, Brian Eagen, Gabriel Nivera, Jeremy Kohm, Kristof Borkowski, Robert Martin, Sandy Spear, Sarah Thompson, David Scott, Eugene Choi, Jeff Hui, Michael William Paul, Robert McGee, Craig Boyko, Mike Lerner, John Dolan, Peter Oslen, Dave Laus, Arthur Kwiatkowski, Matthew Lyn, Christoph Strube, Paolo Musa, Ramin Deravian, Andy Lee, Jane and Jane Britt, Nikki Ormerod, Anthony Redpath, Frank Hoedl, Tara Noelle, Ryan Johnson, James Patrick, Lee Hagen, Brandon Barre, Ian Pool, Jason Mortlock, Lorella Zanetti, Katherine Holland
I have been in the industry since 2004.