Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling explained
The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the Academy Award given to the best achievement in makeup and hairstyling for film. Traditionally, three films have been nominated each year with exceptions in the early 1980s and 2002 when there were only two nominees; in 1999, when there were four nominees. Beginning with the 92nd Academy Awards, five films were nominated.[1]
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. Although no award was given to The Elephant Man, an entire category dedicated to honoring makeup effects in film was created for subsequent ceremonies. Previously, makeup artists were only eligible for special achievement awards for their work.
Ahead of nominations, a shortlist of titles is chosen by the makeup branch's executive committee and clips are screened by the members of the branch at an annual "bake-off." After only two films were shortlisted in 2002, rules were installed requiring that seven finalists be chosen each year with the top three becoming nominees. Beginning in 2020, the shortlist expanded from seven finalists to ten.
In 2012, the category was given its current name for use in the 85th Academy Awards and onward.[2] [3] Makeup artist Rick Baker holds the record for both most wins (7) and most nominations (11) for this award.
Special Achievement Awards
Before 1981, Special Achievement Oscars were twice awarded to makeup artists for their work on a specific film:
Hairstylists
Starting in 1993, the award is to be shared with hairstylists if hair effects "contribute greatly to the appearance and effect of the characters".[6]
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Films in dark blue background have received a Special/Honorary Award; those in yellow background have won a regular Academy Award of Merit.
1960s
1980s
1990s
Year | Film | Nominees |
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1990 (63rd) | Dick Tracy | John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler |
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Cyrano de Bergerac | Michèle Burke and Jean-Pierre Eychenne |
Edward Scissorhands | Ve Neill and Stan Winston |
1991 (64th) |
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| Stan Winston and Jeff Dawn |
Hook | Christina Smith, Monty Westmore, and Greg Cannom |
| Michael Mills, Edward French, and Richard Snell |
1992 (65th) |
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Bram Stoker's Dracula | Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke, and Matthew W. Mungle |
Batman Returns | Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, and Stan Winston |
Hoffa | Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, and John Blake |
1993 (66th) |
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Mrs. Doubtfire | Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng |
Philadelphia | Carl Fullerton and Alan D'Angerio |
Schindler's List | Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle, and Judith A. Cory |
1994 (67th) |
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Ed Wood | Rick Baker, Ve Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng |
Forrest Gump | Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore, and Judith A. Cory |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen, and Carol Hemming |
1995 (68th) |
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Braveheart | Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, and Lois Burwell |
My Family, Mi Familia | Ken Diaz and Mark Sanchez |
Roommates | Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, and Colleen Callaghan |
1996 (69th) |
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The Nutty Professor | Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson |
Ghosts of Mississippi | Matthew W. Mungle and Deborah La Mia Denaver |
| Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, and Jake Garber |
1997 (70th) |
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Men in Black | Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson |
Mrs Brown | Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner, and Beverley Binda |
Titanic | Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, and Simon Thompson |
1998 (71st) |
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Elizabeth | Jenny Shircore |
Saving Private Ryan | Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan, and Daniel C. Striepeke |
Shakespeare in Love | Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner |
1999 (72nd) |
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Topsy-Turvy | Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud |
| Michèle Burke and Mike Smithson |
Bicentennial Man | Greg Cannom |
Life | Rick Baker | |
2000s
2010s
Year | Film | Nominees |
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2010 (83rd) | The Wolfman | Rick Baker and Dave Elsey |
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Barney's Version | Adrien Morot |
The Way Back | Gregory Funk, Edouard F. Henriques, and Yolanda Toussieng |
2011 (84th) |
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The Iron Lady | Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland |
Albert Nobbs | Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin |
2012 (85th) |
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Les Misérables | Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell |
Hitchcock | Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, and Martin Samuel |
| Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, and Tami Lane |
2013 (86th) |
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Dallas Buyers Club | Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews |
| Stephen Prouty |
The Lone Ranger | Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny |
2014 (87th) |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel | Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier |
Foxcatcher | Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard |
Guardians of the Galaxy | Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White |
2015 (88th) [7] |
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| Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin |
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared | Love Larson and Eva von Bahr |
The Revenant | Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman, and Robert Pandini |
2016 (89th) [8] |
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Suicide Squad | Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson |
A Man Called Ove | Love Larson and Eva von Bahr |
Star Trek Beyond | Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo |
2017 (90th) [9] |
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Darkest Hour | Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, and Lucy Sibbick |
Victoria & Abdul | Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard |
Wonder | Arjen Tuiten |
2018 (91st) [10] |
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Vice | Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia Dehaney |
Border | Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer |
Mary Queen of Scots | Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, and Jessica Brooks |
2019 (92nd) | Bombshell | Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker |
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Joker | Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou |
Judy | Jeremy Woodhead |
| Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten, and David White |
1917 | Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis, and Rebecca Cole | |
2020s
Year | Film | Nominees |
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2020/21 (93rd) [11] | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Sergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal, and Jamika Wilson |
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Emma | Marese Langan, Laura Allen, and Claudia Stolze |
Hillbilly Elegy | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, and Matthew Mungle |
Mank | Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri, and Colleen LaBaff |
Pinocchio | Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier, and Francesco Pegoretti |
2021 (94th) [12] |
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, and Justin Raleigh |
Coming 2 America | Mike Marino, Stacey Morris, and Carla Farmer |
Cruella | Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne, and Julia Vernon |
Dune | Donald Mowat, Love Larson, and Eva von Bahr |
House of Gucci | Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock, and Frederic Aspiras |
2022 (95th) [13] |
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The Whale | Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová |
The Batman | Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine |
| Camille Friend and Joel Harlow |
Elvis | Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti |
2023 (96th) [14] |
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Poor Things | Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston |
Golda | Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue |
Maestro | Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell |
Oppenheimer | Luisa Abel |
Society of the Snow | Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé | |
Shortlisted finalists
Finalists for Best Makeup & Hairstyling are selected by the Makeup & Hairstylists Branch. Ten films are shortlisted.[15] Prior to the 92nd Academy Awards, up to seven films were shortlisted.[16] The full membership of the Makeup & Hairstylists Branch is invited to view excerpts and is provided with supporting information at a "bake-off" where balloting determines the five nominees. These are the additional films that presented at the bake-off.
Year | Finalists |
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1999 | Blast from the Past[17] |
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2000 | Bedazzled, Cast Away[18] |
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2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Hannibal, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Planet of the Apes[19] |
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2003 | Cold Mountain, The Last Samurai, Monster, Peter Pan[20] |
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2004 | The Aviator, De-Lovely, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hellboy[21] |
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2005 | A History of Violence, The Libertine, Mrs Henderson Presents, The New World[22] |
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2006 | , The Prestige, , [23] |
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2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 300[24] |
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2008 | The Reader, Synecdoche, New York, Tropic Thunder, The Wrestler[25] |
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2009 | District 9, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, , The Road[26] |
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2010 | Alice in Wonderland, The Fighter, Jonah Hex, True Grit[27] |
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2011 | Anonymous, The Artist, , Hugo[28] |
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2012 | Lincoln, Looper, Men in Black 3, Snow White and the Huntsman[29] |
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2013 | American Hustle, The Great Gatsby, , [30] |
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2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Maleficent, Noah, The Theory of Everything[31] |
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2015 | Black Mass, Concussion, Legend, Mr. Holmes[32] |
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2016 | Deadpool, The Dressmaker, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hail, Caesar![33] |
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2017 | Bright, Ghost in the Shell, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, I, Tonya[34] |
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2018 | Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Stan & Ollie, Suspiria[35] |
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2019 | Dolemite Is My Name, Downton Abbey, Little Women, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocketman[36] |
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2020 | Birds of Prey, The Glorias, , The Little Things, One Night in Miami...[37] |
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2021 | Cyrano, Nightmare Alley, No Time to Die, The Suicide Squad, West Side Story[38] |
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2022 | Amsterdam, Babylon, Blonde, Crimes of the Future, Emancipation[39] |
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2023 | Beau Is Afraid, Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Napoleon[40] | |
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Multiple awards
- 7 wins
- 4 wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
Multiple nominations
- 11 nominations
- 10 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
See also
Notes and References
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