Sonia Alves-Dias
Phone: 310-623-7664
E-mail: soniaalvesdias@yahoo.com

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Education
Jan. 2005 Joe Blasco Make-Up Center, Los Angeles, Ca.
June 2004 Christian Chauveau Make-Up School, Paris, France
June 1996 Superior School of Architecture, Geneva, Switzerland
June 1994 Language Specialization, High School, Geneva,
Switzerland

Languages
French, English, Portuguese and Italian

Objective
To hone my skills and become the best in my field. I am passionate about make-up and movies in general. I dream of the day I will work with the likes of a Kieslowsky, Walter Salles, Ridley Scott, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino or Steven Spielberg, and am
willing to work hard towards my dream.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Films / TV
July 2007 "Off Campus" (Pilot) directed by Alex Melli
(key makeup and hair)
July 2007 "(Thus to Tyrants)" (short) directed by Josh Smith
(period makeup)
June 2007 "The Ninong" alt. title “Foreign Policy”
directed by Gary Ambrosia (make-up and hair)
May 2007 “Desert Wedding” (short) directed by Alex Fisher
(make-up and hair)
April 2007 “Shoegazer” (short) directed by Amy Adrion
(tattoos,make-up and hair)
April 2007”Exactly like you” (short) directed by Silas Howard
(period make-up and hair)
March 2007”Big Days Ahead” (short) directed by Gabe Sena
(period make-up and hair)
Dec.-Jan.” Otis E.” directed by Jeff Phillips
(key make-up and hair)
Dec.2006 “Sort of Stolen” directed by Yoshie Suzuki
(make-up and hair)
Nov.2006 “Ante Up” directed by Jonathan Sallemi
(make-up and hair)

Oct.2006 “The Search for Carravaggio” directed by Maureen Murphy
(period make-up and beard work)
Sept.- Oct.2006 “Elsewhere” directed by Nathan Hope
(key make-up and hair)
July-August 2006 “Duels of Legend” directed by Hector Echavarria
(special effects)

June 2006 “Lake Dead” directed by George Bassudo
(special effects)
May 2006 “ Lords of the Underworld” directed by Dale C. Reeves
(special effects)
May 2006 “Heart of Fear” directed by Henri Charr
(special effects )
April 2006 “Run” (short) directed by Nate Brunskill
April 2006 “Phoenix” directed by Affandi Abdul Rachman
(special effects)
March 2006 “The One Hundred” (short) directed by Alex Diaz
(special effects)
March 2006 “First Love” (short) directed by Roberto Navarro
Sept. 2005 “Fragile” directed by Frederic Galfo
Aug. 2005 “Nimrod” (short) directed by Donna Thorland
(period make-up and hair)
July 2005 “Girl from Cloud 9” (short) directed by Bryan Keithley
June 2005, “Honey Fields” (short) directed by Mathew Gordon
April 2005 “Strange Case of T.W.” (short) directed by Nick Delgado
(special effects)

Music Videos
Sept.2006 “Do it 2 me” by Miss Nicola directed by Daniel Zirilli
August 2006 “Siren on the 101” by OVER IT directed by Dave Garcia
May 2006 “OH-FOR-SHO” by BRAVO directed by Souad
Feb. 2006 “Sharyar” directed by Eddie & Dan Spantman
June 2005 “Feeling like a Monday” directed by Brandon Scott
July 2005 “Feet Wet” directed by Shon Lindsey

Commercials
June 2007 “Burn n’ Firm” directed by Patrick Raymond
May 2006 “MAXIM-Pontiac” directed by Jason Cilo
Aug. 2005 “It’s better to Love than Lust” for Calvin Klein directed by
Carenna Willmont

Volunteer
Sept. 2005 Red Cross Katrina relief effort, Beverly Crowne Plaza
Hotel.
Sept. 2005 Katrina Benefit Concert @ Key Club in Hollywood (with
SLASH, Keith Emmerson, INXS and members of Toto)

Runway
June 2005 Nollywood Convention at the Universal Studios Hilton