Biography
Richard Stratton is credited as a makeup artist and tattooist in notable films across genres. Stratton worked on Edward Scissorhands as a makeup artist, contributing to the film’s distinctive visual design. The role required creating and maintaining prosthetic and makeup effects that defined characters and enhanced the film’s gothic aesthetic.
Stratton also served as a makeup artist on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek: Nemesis, applying prosthetics and makeup to bring alien and futuristic characters to life within the franchise’s established universe. In Armageddon, Stratton contributed makeup effects that supported the film’s action-driven narrative, ensuring continuity in the appearance of characters under extreme conditions.
In Watchmen, Stratton worked as a tattooist…
