PRESTON BENINATI
Los Angeles ,CA
Summary
Very driven individual with a keen eye for attention to detail. Quick and reliable employee with an ability to adapt to any given situation. Efficient employee with several years of experience working with other team members. Logical and quick thinker that is always ready to jump into any given task. Excellent oral communication skills and a passion for people.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Welder/Assembler
Entech Instruments LLC
- Provided procedures which involved mental alertness/attention
- Alternating between two to three different tasks throughout the day
- Maintained a clean and safe work environment
- Assisted existing staff members in their development
Silicone Lab Tech
Out of Kit
Alhambra, CA
02.2024 - 09.2024
Casted silicone appliances for makeup productions including film and television
Lab Technician
Autonomous Fx
10.2022 - 12.2022
- Ran Encapsulated Silicone Appliances
- Released, sprayed baldiez, and casted silicone appliances into various molds
- Worked from Manny Lemus's shop
Runner/Silicone Casting/Mold Maker
Steve Johnson FX
Burbank, CA
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Repaired cracks and broken edges of mold using hand tools
- Separated model or pattern from mold and examined mold for accuracy
- Removed excess molding or mold material such as plaster, wax and rubber
- Constructed mold used for casting metal, clay or plaster objects, using fiberglass, rubber, casting machines and patterns
- Sculptor of various prosthetics used for feature film
- Correcting lifecasts/making molds
- Running encapsulated silicone appliances
Lab Technician
Tinsley Transfers
Burbank, CA
04.2022 - 05.2022
- Built armatures for full body molds to prepare for foam body casts
- Foam casting and foam fabricating
Education
Creature Design - Makeup, Prosthetic Makeup
Cinema Makeup School
Los Angeles, CABusiness, Psychology, History, Speech Communications, English
Moorpark College
Thousand Oaks, CASkills
- Team Meetings
- Creative Solutions
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Art History Knowledge
- Clay Modeling Mastery
- Mixed Media Sculpting Knowledge
- Protective Spray Application
- Solvents and Cleaning Agents
- Materials Organization
- Three-Dimensional Modeling
- Originality and Creativity
- Understanding of Anatomy
Certification
- Cinema Makeup School Artistic Diploma
- Masters Makeup Program
- Creature Concept Design Program
Timeline
Silicone Lab Tech
Out of Kit
02.2024 - 09.2024
Lab Technician
Autonomous Fx
10.2022 - 12.2022
Runner/Silicone Casting/Mold Maker
Steve Johnson FX
06.2022 - 08.2022
Lab Technician
Tinsley Transfers
04.2022 - 05.2022
Creature Design - Makeup, Prosthetic Makeup
Cinema Makeup School
Business, Psychology, History, Speech Communications, English
Moorpark College
Welder/Assembler
Entech Instruments LLC