Claire Banta

Claire Banta is a freelance special effects make-up artist that has been active in film since 2012. Started experimenting with bruising at the age of twelve and evolved into working as stage crew manager in high school productions to the special effects makeup artist for high school performances and musicals. Entered Walker High School's marching band as the key make-up artist and became lead actress in both an indoor percussion circuit and later in the field show adaptation of Beethoven's Immortal Beloved half time show. Aside from marching band and high school theatre productions, she also took the roles of actress and make-up artist at Deadwing Manor Haunted House in Livingston, LA. Later she co-produced and was doubled cast in a student led performance of Alice in Wonderland before graduating high school. Summer of 2012 she started working with "Project Z", a web series directed by Savage Light Studios and Cross the Bayou Productions, and has been working on film ever since. She has also been employed as a make-up artist at the 13th Gate Haunted House in Baton Rouge, LA. 2012 she also began attending college in pursuit of becoming a mortician and landed as a shadow to an embalmer in 2013.