Hair, makeup & prosthetics · Specialist
Hair and make-up
Also called: HMU
ELI5
The department and design work responsible for performers’ hair, make-up, grooming and related continuity.
Used in conversation
“The treatment should show the hair and make-up clearly enough for the department to plan it.”
Pitch context
You may encounter “Hair and make-up” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.
Sources & evidence · 3
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- ScreenSkills — Online Learning Glossary and Job ProfilesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers — AICP Guidelines and Best PracticesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14