Shaun Smith is an American special make-up effects supervisor and prop creator from Rockford, Illinois.
[1] His work portfolio includes major theatrical releases such as 300, Face/Off, Conan the Barbarian, I Am Legend, The Monkey King 3, Dawn of the Dead, Starship Troopers, and Chronicles of Narnia.
[2] Smith has created prosthetic makeup and special effects for films including Exeter,[3][4] The Monkey King[5] (for which he spent nine months on set in China training over 100 crew members[2][1]).
He also worked as creature designer for the film Conan the Barbarian[6] and as creature supervisor in addition to his makeup work in 300.
[10] His work in Conan the Barbarian was also nominated in the 38th Saturn Awards.