Becoming a film makeup artist allows you to work with movie actors and directors. You get to use your creativity to help create and apply masks and makeup or other ways of transforming an actor’s appearance for a movie role. To become a successful makeup artist for films, there are several steps you can take.In this article, we’ll discuss what film makeup artists are, what they do and how to become one. Film makeup artists apply makeup to actors to enhance the director’s and writer’s storyline or specific scenes, and they work closely with the production team.