Rick Baker won the inaugural Oscar award for make-up for his showcasing of beastly transformation in which 1981 John Landis' cult classic?
"and ""Rings"" as a flea market vendor. Rick Baker Richard A. Baker (born December 8, 1950) is a retired American special make-up effects creator, mostly known for his creature effects and designs. Baker won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times from a record eleven nominations, beginning when he won the inaugural award for ""An American Werewolf in London"" (1981). Baker was born in Binghamton, New York, to Doris (née Hamlin) and Ralph B. Baker, a professional artist. He is married and has two daughters. As a teen, Baker began creating artificial body parts in his own"
"the same year as The Howling, this movie also showed the change from man to wolf. It also shows some pretty gruesome undead. While released later than The Howling this movie used some innovative techniques developed by Rick Baker and who went on to win an Oscar for his makeup on the film. (Hollywood tricks of the trade page 133) ""The Evil Dead"" (1981) This movie may not have been particularly successful or popular, but the makers were creative when faced with production problems, including having to come up with their own formula for fake blood. This consisted of corn"
"""""The Exorcist"" was really a turning point for make-up special effects,"" Rick Baker told ""The Washington Post"" in 2007. ""Dick showed that makeup wasn't just about making people look scary or old, but had many applications. He figured out a way to make the welts swell up on Linda [Blair]'s stomach, to make her head spin around, and he created the vomit scenes."" For the head spinning effect, Smith created a mechanical dummy. Smith also created the make-up for Robert De Niro's Travis Bickle character in ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), as well as creating the effects for the blood-drenched finale. Smith"
"was hard,"" he says. ""Stan worked on ""Edward Scissorhands"" and Baker did Martin Landau's makeup [as Béla Lugosi in ""Ed Wood""]"". On his hiring, Baker explained, ""I did the Dino De Laurentiis version of ""King Kong"" in 1976 and was always disappointed because I wasn't able to do it as realistically as I wanted. I thought ""Apes"" would be a good way to make up for that."" In addition to ""King Kong"", Baker previously worked with designing ape makeup on """", ""Gorillas in the Mist"", and the 1998 remake of ""Mighty Joe Young"". The makeup took 4.5 hours to apply"
"Werewolf in London"" seems curiously unfinished, as if director John Landis spent all his energy on spectacular set pieces and then didn't want to bother with things like transitions, character development or an ending."" At the 54th Academy Awards, ""An American Werewolf in London"" won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Makeup. During the 1982 Saturn Awards, the film won for Best Horror Film and Best Makeup and nominated for Best Actress and Best Writing. An ""Empire"" magazine poll of critics and readers named ""An American Werewolf in London"" as the 107th-greatest film of all time in September 2008. ""An"
"the stuff as realistically as possible.” Rick Baker is known mainly for his work making ape films (Timpone 1996). However, he is well known for his work on ""An American Werewolf in London"" (1981), specifically the on screen transformation of the main character into a werewolf (Multimedia Publications 2986). While this may not be considered mutilation, the transformation is a radical change from human to monster and therefore evokes many of the same emotions. Mastermind behind the psychotic doll Chucky, Kevin Yagher is known for his work with animatronics (Timpone 1996). He also did effects for the Nightmare on Elm"
"several films that were shot in Europe (especially in Italy and England), including ""Once Upon a Time in the West"", ""El Condor"" and ""A Town Called Bastard (a.k.a. A Town Called Hell)"". Landis also worked as a stunt double. Landis made his feature debut in 1971 as a director in the US with ""Schlock"". He was 21 years old. The film, which he also wrote and appeared in, is a tribute to monster movies. The gorilla suit for the film was made by Rick Baker—the beginning of a long-term collaboration between Landis and Baker. ""Schlock"" was a failure, and Landis"
"until 1973, ""Schlock"" is the first credited film by John Landis, who also starred in the title role. The feature-length parody of 1950s monster movies was shot in 12 days in the Los Angeles area and had a budget of approximately $60,000, half of which came from Landis' personal savings. Aside from being Landis' first project as a director, the film is also notable for being one of the first jobs for makeup artist Rick Baker. ""Schlock"" was released theatrically in the United States by Jack H. Harris Enterprises. It opened in Hollywood in March 1973 and in West Germany"
"for the duo's feature-length directorial debut, ""Daft Punk's Electroma"". Beyond the film-making arena, Gardner's special effects company Alterian, Inc. has also designed and created the popular GEICO Cavemen characters as well as the current iteration of Smokey Bear. Alterian's makeup effects for Johnny Knoxville's character in """" were nominated for an Academy Award as well as a Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist Guild Award, and won the Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist Guild Award for Best Special Makeup Effects in the Feature Film category for 2014. His first professional job was for Rick Baker on Michael Jackson's music video for"
"Oscar in 1987 for Best Makeup, and was awarded a Special Achievement Award at the 1991 Academy Awards. He has two BAFTA nominations, and won two Saturn Awards with five further nominations. Bottin was born in the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte, California. His father was a foreman for a van and storage company. From an early age Bottin enjoyed a steady stream of old horror films, as well as magazines like ""Famous Monsters of Filmland"". At age 14, he submitted a series of illustrations to well-known special make-up effects artist Rick Baker, who promptly hired him. He worked"
"on 17 September 1982. This film eventually became a minor cult hit and helped pave the way for the careers of both John Landis and Rick Baker. Current reviews for the film are fairly positive; it currently holds a 60% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2001. Schlock (film) Schlock is a 1973 American low-budget horror comedy film, written, directed by and starring filmmaker John Landis. Schlock is a prehistoric apeman who falls in love with a teenage blind beauty and terrorizes her Southern California suburb. Schlock is no ordinary simian"
"by Bernstein under the title ""Metamorphosis"". The budget of ""An American Werewolf in London"" was reportedly $10 million. The US box office totaled $30,565,292. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval score of 88% and an average rating of 7.8/10 based on reviews from 49 critics. The critical consensus states: ""Terrifying and funny in almost equal measure, John Landis' horror-comedy crosses genres while introducing Rick Baker's astounding make-up effects."" On Metacritic, the film has a 60 out of 100 rating based on six reviews, indicating ""mixed or average reviews"". Kim Newman of ""Empire"" magazine praised"
"did ""An American Werewolf in London"", we went from this naked man to a four-legged hound from Hell, and we had a lot of room to go from the transformation and do a lot of really extreme things. Here we have Benicio del Toro, who's practically the Wolf Man already, to Benicio del Toro with more hair and bigger teeth."" Baker and del Toro were adamant about the design resembling the make-up created by Jack Pierce for the 1941 film, but Romanek went through thousands of concept art renderings. When Johnston signed on, Baker returned to his second design, which"
"He works from an eighteenth-century manor house in Berkshire, and is assisted by his partner Sinikka Ikaheimo. Tucker's earliest credited work is the make-up for the 1970 film of ""Julius Caesar"", starring Charlton Heston and Sir John Gielgud. He was also responsible for aging the characters in the BBC series ""I, Claudius"". In 1980, Tucker was hired to create the prosthetics that would transform John Hurt into the hideously deformed Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's film ""The Elephant Man"". According to his website, ""The head had 15 different sections, some of them overlapping never done before , made in foam"
"the earlier film, the Monster's bride is credited only as ""?"" just as Boris Karloff had been in the opening credits of ""Frankenstein"". Universal makeup artist Jack Pierce paid special attention to the Monster's appearance in this film. He altered his 1931 design to display the after-effects of the mill fire, adding scars and shortening the Monster's hair. Over the course of filming, Pierce modified the Monster's makeup to indicate that the Monster's injuries were healing as the film progressed. Pierce co-created the Bride's makeup with strong input from Whale, especially regarding the Bride's iconic hair style, based on Nefertiti."
"from his own face, and as the transformation progressed, using three dummy figures, called Bert 1, 2 and 3. In 1986, he created the prosthetics for Michael Crawford in the musical adaptation of ""The Phantom of the Opera"" by Andrew Lloyd Webber. His most recent credited work is prosthetics designer for Amitabh Bachchan's character in the 2005 Indian film ""Black"". Tucker won the BAFTA award for Best Make-Up Artist in 1983 for his work on the film ""Quest for Fire"". In 1985, he was nominated for BAFTA awards in the categories Best Make-Up Artist and Best Special Visual Effects for"
"Academy Award for Best Makeup. Since its release, it has become a cult classic. A loosely connected sequel, ""An American Werewolf in Paris"", was released by Hollywood Pictures in 1997. Two American backpackers, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, are trekking across the moors in Yorkshire. As darkness falls, they stop for the night at a local pub called the Slaughtered Lamb. Jack notices a five-pointed star on the wall, but when he asks about it, the pubgoers stop talking and become hostile. The pair decide to leave, although the pub landlady insists the others should stop them. Instead, the local"
"seasons as a mentor to the contestants of the show. Westmore won an Academy Award for Makeup for the 1985 Cher film ""Mask"", and has been nominated three other times, for """" (1984), ""The Clan of the Cave Bear"" (1986) and """" (1996). He has won nine Emmy Awards, and was nominated for at least one Emmy every year from 1984 to 2005 (as well as from 1976 to 1978). He has also suggested that he may be indirectly responsible for the addition of a make-up award at the Oscars as he was put forward for a special Oscar in"
"anymore."" Baker played the title role in the 1976 remake of ""King Kong"". In the 2005 remake, he had a cameo as the pilot and gunner (with director Peter Jackson) who shot down Kong. He also made cameo appearances in: the John Landis film ""Into the Night"" as a drug dealer with a business card; ""Men in Black II"" as an MIB agent helping provide aliens with disguises; ""Men in Black 3"" as a ""brain alien""; Michael Jackson's music video ""Thriller"" as one of the zombies; ""The Haunted Mansion"" as multiple graveyard ghosts; ""The Wolfman"" as the Wolfman's first kill;"
"with Baker on various films but his first big solo break was ""The Howling"", where he was called to create an on screen transformation from man to werewolf. This managed to reach the theatres before his mentor's similar scene in ""An American Werewolf in London"". He also worked on the ""Star Wars"" Cantina scene creatures. He was, in fact, the tallest player in the Cantina band. After begging cinematographer Dean Cundey to introduce him to director John Carpenter, Bottin was hired by Carpenter to create the special makeup effects for his 1980 film ""The Fog"". Additionally, Bottin provided the physical"
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"1980 for his work on ""Raging Bull"", and after it was turned down there was such a reaction that a proper award was instituted during the following year. Michael Westmore Michael George Westmore I (born March 22, 1938) is an American make-up artist best known for his work in various ""Star Trek"" productions, winning nine Emmy Awards, and is a member of the Westmore family. He won the Academy Award for Make-up in 1985 for his work on the film ""Mask"". His career began at Universal Studios in 1961, and spanned four decades, including working for the CIA creating make-up"
"script was too frightening to be a comedy and too funny to be a horror film. According to ""Entertainment Weekly"", the real star of this film is the Oscar-winning transformation effects by Rick Baker, which changed the face of horror makeup in the 1980s. Filming took place between February and March 1981 because director John Landis wanted the weather to be bad for atmosphere. The moors were filmed around the Black Mountains in Wales, and East Proctor is in reality the tiny village of Crickadarn, about six miles southeast of Builth Wells off the A470. The Angel of Death statue"
"the ""Hammer Horror"" films. Later, as the Bat Gremlin is transforming, Dr. Catheter experiences Deja-vu (the audience hears Dracula music). For special effects, the original film relied on Chris Walas, who moved on to pursue a directing career. Dante turned to Academy Award-winner Rick Baker to create the effects for ""Gremlins 2"". Baker was not interested, as he saw ""Gremlins 2"" as too much work for a project in which he would not be the creator but rather a successor to Walas. He was eventually persuaded to accept the job when it was suggested he could make the gremlins and"
"by Rick Baker, the other for Best Costume Design. Roth (Supporting Actor), Bonham Carter (Supporting Actress), Colleen Atwood (Costume), and Rick Baker (Make-up) received nominations at the Saturn Awards. Atwood and Baker were nominated at the 55th British Academy Film Awards, while music composer Danny Elfman was nominated for his work at the 43rd Grammy Awards. ""Planet of the Apes"" won Worst Remake at the 22nd Golden Raspberry Awards, while Heston (Worst Supporting Actor) and Estella Warren (Worst Supporting Actress) also won awards. Fox stated that if ""Planet of the Apes"" was a financial success, then a sequel would be"
"coated in false ivy and copious amounts of smoke/mist floating over the setting. There were also scenes filmed on Dartmoor, Devon at Foggintor Quarry. Pick-ups at Pinewood were conducted in May 2009. Rick Baker created the make-up for ""The Wolfman"". When he heard Universal was remaking the film, he eagerly pursued it, as both ""The Wolf Man"" and ""Frankenstein"" inspired him to become a make-up artist as a child. He acknowledged transforming del Toro was not difficult because he is a hairy man: ""Going from Benicio to Benicio as the Wolf Man isn't a really extreme difference. Like when I"
"for Advancement of Colored People, the Golden Raspberry Awards, the Rando Hatton Classic Horror, the Amiens International Film Festival, the Cognac Festival du Film Policier, the Fantafestival, the Fantasporto Film Festival, the Italian National Syndicated of Film Journalists, the Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival, the Phoenix Film Festival, and the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival. WINS NOMINATIONS John Landis John David Landis (; born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed, such as ""National Lampoon's Animal House"" (1978), ""The Blues Brothers"" (1980), ""An"
"special effects, but he excelled in prosthetics and age makeup. Notable examples are that of Marlon Brando as the Don in ""The Godfather"" (1972) and F. Murray Abraham as Salieri in ""Amadeus"" (1984). He also did age makeup for Max von Sydow as Father Merrin in ""The Exorcist"" making this 44-year-old look 74 (Multimedia Publications 1986). In this movie he made maybe his greatest contribution to modern mutilation technique with the 360° turn of Linda Blair’s head. This scene complete with vomit spewing and severe facial distortions set the bar for future film makers. Although possibly his greatest contribution to"
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"Fire"" – Sarah Monzani, Christopher Tucker, and Michèle Burke BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair This is a list of the nominees and winners for the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2017: ""Darkest Hour"" – David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick, and Kazuhiro Tsuji 2016: ""Florence Foster Jenkins"" – J. Roy Helland and Daniel Phillips 2015: """" – Damian Martin and Lesley Vanderwalt 2014: ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"" – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier 2013: ""American Hustle"" – Evelyne Noraz and Kathrine Gordon 2012: ""Les Misérables"""
"such as ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""Aladdin"", ""The Lion King"", """", ""Toy Story"", ""Jurassic Park"", ""Avatar"", ""Titanic"", the ""Star Wars"" prequels, and ""The Lord of the Rings"". As part of the 73rd Scientific and Technical Academy Awards ceremony presentation on March 3, 2001, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors honored Ed Catmull, Loren Carpenter and Rob Cook with an Academy Award of Merit ""for significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar’s RenderMan"". It was the first Oscar awarded for a software product. Pixar RenderMan Pixar RenderMan (formerly PhotoRealistic RenderMan),"
"by Eiko Ishioka created a new image for the Count and for the first time freed him from the black cape and evening wear the character had become associated with since Bela Lugosi's portrayal in 1931. The film was also a landmark in vampire horror as it is the only ""Dracula"" adaptation to win Oscars. The film appeared in ""Entertainment Weekly""s ""5 best vampire movies"", ""Forbes""s ""Top 10 Best Vampire Movies Of All Time"", ""Esquire""s ""20 Best Vampire Movies"", and ""Sexiest Horror Movies Ever Made"". and ""IndieWire""'s ""The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time"". Oldman's Dracula featured in ""Forbes""s"
"Saturn Award for Best Make-up The Saturn Award for Best Make-up is one of the annual awards given by the American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time at the 2nd Saturn Awards for the 1973 film year, eight years before the creation of the Academy Award for Best Makeup. Rick Baker holds the record for most wins"