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Beginning with the 92nd Academy Awards, five films were nominated. The competitive category was created in 1981 as the Academy Award for Best Makeup, after the academy received complaints that the makeup work in The Elephant Man (1980) was not being honored.
Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek win the Oscar for Makeup for Mask at the 58th Academy Awards. Teri Garr presents the award. See more 1986 Oscar highlights: ...
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Makeup - Ken Chase Music (Original Score) - Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
- Oscar winning makeup artists. An American Werewolf in London (1981) The groundbreaking transformation scene. There were two main factors that led to the Academy Awards adding the Best Makeup category: first, an outpouring of wishes for The Elephant Man’s makeup to have been honored when it wasn’t.
- Oscar winner for best makeup. The Fly (1986) A quick taste of the body horror in The Fly. If there is one director who is synonymous with “body horror,” it is David Cronenberg.
- Best makeup Academy Awards. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) An impressive blend of makeup, miniatures, and other SPFX. Each of the Lord of the Rings films is deserving of the Best Makeup Oscar at the Academy Awards.
- Best makeup Oscar. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) The iconic “Pale Man” Guillermo Del Toro’s films have always been home to imaginative makeup and special effects creations.
The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the Oscar given to the best achievement in makeup and hair-styling for film. Usually, only three films are nominated each year rather than five as in most categories.
The nominees for the 58th Academy Awards were announced on February 4, 1986, by Academy president Robert Wise and actress Patty Duke. The Color Purple and Out of Africa led all nominees with eleven each. Winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 24, 1986.
Mar 9, 2024 · 1986’s “The Fly,” starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, won the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar, which went to Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis.
