Established in 1978 by Allan Apone and Douglas White, Makeup & Effects Laboratories
(or MEL, for short) is a special effects studio that specializes in makeup prosthetics, prop construction, and animatronic puppet effects.
See also the Jim Henson's Creature Shop and Chiodo Bros Productions, other companies specializing in practical effects and puppetry.
Credits include:
- 21 Jump Street
- The Addams Family
- All That (2019 revival)
- Batman Forever (uncredited)
- Battleship (uncredited)
- Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
- Black Rain
- C.H.U.D. 2: Bud the Chud
- Coneheads
- Deadly Eyes
- Dexter
- Dinner for Schmucks
- Divergent
- Django Unchained
- The Drew Carey Show
- Encino Man
- Faces of Death (uncredited; also did effects on the first two sequels)
- The Fisher King
- The Flintstones (uncredited)
- Friday the 13th Part III
- Galaxy of Terror (uncredited)
- Galidor
- Ghost Whisperer
- Henry Danger
- Hobbs & Shaw
- Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
- Hot Shots!
- The House on Sorority Row
- Invaders from Mars (1986)
- Jarhead
- Lethal Weapon
- The Losers
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- The Mentalist
- Masters of the Universe
- Miami Vice
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Foam Latex suppliers; as Makeup Effects Group)
- My Wife and Kids
- The Orville
- Police Squad!
- Pushing Daisies
- Resurrecting the Champ
- The Return of the Living Dead
- The Slumber Party Massacre
- Solar Crisis (uncredited)
- Sphere
- Spy Hard
- Star Trek
- Super Mario Bros. (1993)
- The Sword and the Sorcerer
- True Lies
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
- Two and a Half Men
- UHF (also worked on several of "Weird Al" Yankovic's music videos)
