Barrie Gower is a five-time Emmy-winning prosthetics designer. Gower grew up in the north of England, where his father managed a cinema. As he became a teenager, he became heavily involved in art—mostly drawings and sculpture. Still, in those early days, his mission felt like more “of a pipe dream.” With the support of his mom, Gower applied for art programmes, stumbling upon one promising option at the London College of Fashion. He didn't get into the university in the first year, as he didn't have any evidence of doing any hairstyling or makeup (although he had a portfolio). His mother enrolled him in a hairdressing course, and the following year he was accepted at LCF, where he “managed to meet quite a lot of industry professionals.” Barrie began his career in the film industry in 1996 after graduating from the London College of Fashion with a HND in Specialist Make-up. His first role was at the BBC Visual Effects Department on projects including ‘Red Dwarf’ and ‘Silent Witness’. The following year, Barrie was employed on his first major feature film, Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan'. Barrie has since worked for industry-leading companies and individuals such as Weta Workshop and multi-award winner Rick Baker. Barrie contributed to the Academy Award-winning prosthetics for 'The Wolfman' (2011) and 'The Iron Lady' (2012). After 10 years working in the Harry Potter film world and then freelancing on other large-scale projects, Gower decided to start his own company, BGFX, with his wife, Sarah, also a prosthetics designer. They’d met working on a film in Budapest. At that time, she was part of the CGI visual effects department. BGFX began as an at-home studio but quickly launched into the big leagues when it received its first major opportunity: designing prosthetics for season four of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Thrones was the beginning of a fruitful relationship with HBO, one that has seen the couple spearheading designs for many more of the network’s biggest hits, among them House of the Dragon and The Last of Us. For the former, the job primarily centred around the ageing and decay of Paddy Considine’s character, the doomed king Viserys Targaryen. Simultaneously, BGFX was handling The Last of Us, which Gower is quick to describe as “the biggest thing we’ve ever done.” For that series, the company was tasked with designing and executing a whole world consumed by a fungus, plus the resulting zombie-like creatures that are born out of those spores. They didn’t have to start from scratch, however, relying on the catalogue of work created for the original 2013 video game by developer Naughty Dog.
Oyuncu
| 2026 | Son Bir Macera: Stranger Things 5. Sezon Kamera Arkası as Self - Makeup Effects Department Head |
| 2023 | Making of The Last of Us as Self |
| 2019 | Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self |
Diğer Roller
| 2026 | Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2026 | Masters of the Universe - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2025 | Fanstastik Dörtlü: İlk Adımlar - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2025 | Brian Butterfield's Call of Now - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2023 | Luther: Batan Güneş - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2022 | Matilda Müzikali - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange Çoklu Evren Çılgınlığında - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2022 | Nil'de Ölüm - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2021 | Matrix Resurrections - Prosthetics |
| 2021 | Spencer - Prosthetics |
| 2021 | Dün Gece Soho'da - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2021 | Yeşil Şövalye - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2021 | Cherry - Prosthetics |
| 2019 | Ritüel - Thanks |
| 2019 | Rocketman - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2018 | Patient Zero - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2018 | Küçük Yabancı - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia!: Yeniden Başlıyoruz - Prosthetics |
| 2018 | Yok Oluş - Tattooist |
| 2017 | Papillon - Prosthetics |
| 2017 | Okja - Tattoo Designer |
| 2017 | Okja - Tattooist |
| 2017 | Kuzenim Rachel - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2017 | Yaşam Kürü - Prosthetics |
| 2016 | Tarzan Efsanesi - Prosthetics |
| 2016 | Otoban - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2015 | Jüpiter Yükseliyor - Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2014 | Noble - Prosthetics |
| 2013 | Mandela: Özgürlüğe Giden Uzun Yol - Prosthetics Sculptor |
| 2013 | Dom Hemingway - Prosthetics |
| 2013 | Seninle Yaşıyorum - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2012 | Pi'nin Yaşamı - Prosthetics Sculptor |
| 2012 | Karanlık Gölgeler - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2012 | Titanların Öfkesi - Prosthetics |
| 2011 | Demir Leydi - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2011 | W.E. - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2011 | Harry Potter ve Ölüm Yadigârları: Bölüm 2 - Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2011 | Kimliksiz - Prosthetics |
| 2010 | Sihirli Oyuncaklar - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2010 | Harry Potter ve Ölüm Yadigârları: Bölüm 1 - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2010 | Burke & Hare - Prosthetic Supervisor |
| 2010 | Göster Gününü - Prosthetics Sculptor |
| 2010 | Kurt Adam - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2007 | Yıldız Tozu - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2007 | Hannibal Doğuyor - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2006 | İskoçya'nın Son Kralı - Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2006 | Koku: Bir Katilin Hikayesi - Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2006 | Kör Topraklar - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2005 | Doom - Prosthetic Designer |
| 2004 | Alien Predator'a Karşı - Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2004 | Harry Potter ve Azkaban Tutsağı - Sculptor |
| 2004 | Truva - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2004 | Ella: Sihirli Yolculuk - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2004 | Zombilerin Şafağı - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2002 | 28 Gün Sonra - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2002 | Yıldız Savaşları: Bölüm II - Klonlar'ın Saldırısı - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2002 | Blade II - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2002 | Ölümcül Deney - Prosthetics |
| 2001 | Прашина - Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2000 | Kapışma - Prosthetics Sculptor |
| 1999 | Bir Yaz Gecesi Rüyası - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 1999 | Alice Harikalar Diyarında - Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 1999 | Korkusuz Soyguncular - Prosthetics |
| 1997 | The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon - Makeup Artist |
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