Terrell Lloyd Baliel

Terry Baliel is the recipient of three Emmys and four MUAHS Guild Awards for period hair styling in a career that spans theatrical productions, television and film. He was nominated for a Guild Award this year for Mulan, along with Denise Kum, Rick Findlater, Georgia Lockhart-Adams.

In 1986, he was fortunate to work on his first film, Tucker. For the next 13 years, he continued to work in both film and theater until 1999 when he was asked to come to Los Angeles to work on How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Shortly thereafter, he became a journeyman of Local 706. He has been part of some wonderfully creative projects, including Jojo Rabbit, Marshall, J. Edgar, The Joy Luck Club, The Call of The Wild, The Last Samurai, Alice in Wonderland, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, Thor, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Planet of the Apes, The Chronicles of Riddick and The Prestige, among many others.

Baliel has worked on numerous television shows winning three Emmys for Hairspray Live!, Deadwood and Miss Rose White. Additional television credits include Cinema Verita, which garnered an Emmy nomination, Code Black, Strange Angel, Agent Carter and Transparent. Terry is a member of the Motion Picture Academy, the Television Academy and on a committee to help develop exhibits for the Motion Picture Academy Museum.

After his training at the San Francisco Opera Wig and Make-Up Department and South Carolina's Spoleto Festival apprenticeship, he was hired by Theatrical Hairgoods Company to travel to regional opera and theater companies to run their hair and make-up departments for more than 10 years. He was wigmaster at San Diego Opera for nine years, during which time he won a Guild Award for Best Theatrical Hair Design of their production of The Magic Flute. He has worked at San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet and became an associate member of Local 706.