TOM DEVLIN

One can easily look at the artwork that covers Tom's arms and realize that this guy has an obsession with creatures and dead things. He has a passion for gore that began as a child when he would make two rounds of the neighborhood on Halloween, one in make-up and another in a mask. His love of Halloween and horror movies combined with his talent in high school art classes quickly began to shape his future. Knowing this, his teachers helped him to get out of school early so that he could move to Hollywood and get the ball rolling. The journey began at Joe Blasco's make-up school. Here Tom studied beauty and character make-ups. Feeling confident in his knowledge and eager to head out into the world. he decided not to continue with school and went in search of work. His first break came when he landed a job at Matthew Mungle's shop WM Creations. Here Tom worked on several feature films such as The Scorpion King, Red Dragon and Daredevil and TV series like CSI Miami and X-Files for which they were nominated for an Emmy. A longing to be his own boss and armed with a good list of credits, Tom decided in 2002 that the time had come to make a name for himself. 1313fx was born. As 1313fx, Tom has worked as Key Special Makeup FX or Special Makeup FX Supervisor on over 50 independent feature films.