Donyale McRae
- Make-Up Department
Donyale McRae was born on the upper east side of Manhattan and whose
long professional career had taken him to Milan, Paris, Madrid,
Barcelona, Rome, Switzerland, Munich, Tunisia, Hamburg and the United
Kingdom. He began working for Italian Vogue for many years in Italy
before moving to Paris to work with many other magazines and
commercials; Donyale Motion Pictures started with music video and the
first on his plate was Tina Turner's "What's love got to do with it" in
1984 and when on to do most if not all of the leading recording artist
in the next decade. These included Anita Baker, Will Smith, Kiss,
Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, New kids on the block, Debbie Gibson,
Prince, Samatha Fox, White Snake, Regina Belle and many others.
Recently he was awarded the opening of the 74th Academy awards with Oscar winner Errol Morris and has worked with many top directors on many of the leading commercial spots in the USA. The Chappelle Show was a hit TV series in which Donyale designed makeup and hair and was department head for the run of the 2 seasons and the aborted 3rd. In that same year he also became Department head of another hit "Project runway" From season 2 through season 6. Recently he became the personal makeup artist for a TV show called "East New York" for it's star Amanda Warren. Donyale makes his home in New York and New Mexico
Recently he was awarded the opening of the 74th Academy awards with Oscar winner Errol Morris and has worked with many top directors on many of the leading commercial spots in the USA. The Chappelle Show was a hit TV series in which Donyale designed makeup and hair and was department head for the run of the 2 seasons and the aborted 3rd. In that same year he also became Department head of another hit "Project runway" From season 2 through season 6. Recently he became the personal makeup artist for a TV show called "East New York" for it's star Amanda Warren. Donyale makes his home in New York and New Mexico
