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Bud Westmore, of the Westmore dynasty of Hollywood make-up artists, was Head of Make-up at Universal and is credited on more than 450 movies and TV shows. His credits include the Lon Chaney biopic starring James Cagney, Man of a Thousand Faces[1957] and The Andromeda Strain[1971].
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Jack Pierce(on left), assisted by Otto Lederer, applies make-up to Boris Karloff at Universal Studios in 1931. Pierce’s brilliant design for the Monster (in collaboration with director James Whale) was a perfect match with Karloff’s gaunt features, making his Frankenstein Monster an international icon. Pierce also created the make-ups for other classic Universal Monsters including The Mummy[1932], Werewolf of London[1935], and The Wolf Man[1941].
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Lon Chaney, pictured with his make-up kit, checks out a set of false teeth in his mirror on the set of A Blind Bargain[Wallace Worsley, 1922]. Chaney was known as “The Man of a Thousand Faces” for his remarkable ability to turn himself into dozens of grotesque characters. Erik, The Phantom of the Opera[Rupert Julian, 1925] and Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame[Wallace Worsley, 1923] are his two most famous roles.
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Rob Bottin(wearing scary contact lenses) poses with one of his creations for John Carpenter’s The Thing[1982], a movie that really showcases his amazing work. Rob made the grotesque murder victim tableaus in David Fincher’s Seven[1995], the werewolves in Joe Dante’s The Howling[1981], and the mythical creatures in Ridley Scott’s Legend[1985] including Tim Curry’s remarkable Lord of Darkness.
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Dick Smith, pictured turning David Bowie into an ancient vampire in Tony Scott’s The Hunger[1983], is called the godfather of special effects make-up. Dick’s legendary make-ups include: The Exorcist[William Friedkin, 1973], The Godfather[Francis Ford Coppola, 1972], Taxi Driver[Martin Scorsese, 1976]; he received an Academy Award for Amadeus[Milos Forman, 1984].
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Tom Saviniis noted for his gory make-ups in Maniac[William Lustig, 1980] and Friday the 13th[Sean S. Cunningham, 1980], and his many collaborations with George A. Romero. Now active as an actor, he played Sex Machine in From Dusk Till Dawn[Robert Rodriguez, 1996]. Tom also runs a successful make-up academy.
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Roy Ashtonwas Hammer Studios’ main make-up artist, shown here making-up Peter Cushing as the living dead Arthur Grimsdyke for Tales from the Crypt[Freddie Francis, 1972].
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Stan Winston, pictured with Michael Jackson in make-up for the short film Ghosts[Stan Winston, 1997]. Stan won three Academy Awards; one for Make-up and one for Special Effects for Terminator 2: Judgment Day[James Cameron, 1991], and one for Special Effects for his lifelike, full-size animatronic dinosaurs in Jurassic Park[Steven Spielberg, 1993].
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John Chamberswon an honorary Academy Award for his groundbreaking work on Planet of the Apes[Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968]. John’s foam-rubber, prosthetic appliances allowed facial mobility and could be mass-produced to equip large numbers of actors. Chambers also did clandestine disguise work for the FBI and CIA and played the National Guard Captain in Schlock[1971].
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Stuart Freebornmade the apes for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey[1968]. He is shown here working on Chewbacca’s head for George Lucas’ Star Wars[1977].
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Gregory Nicoterois the N in famed special effects make-up company KNB. Greg often collaborates with Quentin Tarentino, Robert Rodriguez, Frank Darabont, and George A. Romero. Here’s Greg working on the hit TV zombie series The Walking Dead[2010-].
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Howard Bergeris the B in KNB. Howard won an Academy Award for his work on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe[Andrew Adamson, 2005].
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Rick Bakerworking on an appliance for Tim Burton’s remake of Planet of the Apes[2001]. Rick and I first met on my first feature film Schlock[1971]. He was 20, I was 21. Since then, Rick has gone on to win seven Academy Awards, his first for An American Werewolf in London[1981], when the Academy established the category.
MONSTER DESIGNERS
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Millicent Patrickdesigning the Gill-Man for Creature From the Black Lagoon[Jack Arnold,1954]. Ms. Patrick was not given a screen credit for what many consider one of the greatest monster designs.
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Chris Muellerin the Universal Make-up lab, sculpting the original mask for Creature From the Black Lagoon.
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H. R. Gigeris a Swiss artist known for his surreal and bizarre paintings. Ridley Scott hired him to design the title creature in Alien[1979]. Giger is pictured here with one of his friends.
STOP-MOTION ANIMATION
Stop-motion animation is an art that is still practiced by filmmakers like Henry Selick in The Nightmare Before Christmas[1993], James and the Giant Peach[1996], and Coraline[2009] and Nick Park. Park is the creator of Wallace and Gromit and has won four Academy Awards, for Creature Comforts[1989], The Wrong Trousers[1993], A Close Shave[1995], and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit[2005]. Pictured are three of the greatest stop-motion animators in movie history.
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Randall Cookis shown animating a demon from Ghostbusters[Ivan Reitman, 1984].
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Ray Harryhausenanimating Mighty Joe Young[Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1949]. Ray’s big break came when Willis O’Brien hired him as an assistant on this movie. Ray Harryhausen’s tremendous body of work has had enormous influence on generations of filmmakers.
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Willis O’Brien, the pioneering stop-motion animator and innovator, whose crowning achievement is King Kong[Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933]. O’Brien is pictured here with the triceratops the ship’s crew discover on Skull Island. In his hand he holds a crew member puppet. O’Brien’s film work goes back to 1915 with The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedyfor the Edison Co. His last film was Stanley Kramer’s It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World[1963].