The Canadian Screen Award for Best Makeup is an annual Canadian film award category, presented as part of the Genie Awards prior to 2012 and Canadian Screen Awards since 2012, to honour achievements by make-up artists in the Canadian film industry.[1]
As the Canadian film industry was historically dominated by naturalistic films that rarely required very complex make-up work, the award was originally created as a special achievement award rather than a regular category. It was presented at the discretion of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television when it deemed a film's make-up work to be worthy of special recognition, and was awarded for the first time at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990 to recognize Jacques Lafleur and Pierre Saindon for their work in the film Cruising Bar, in which Michel Côté played four different characters.[2] The award was next given at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997, again to Saindon for his work in Karmina.[3]
The award was not presented again until the 27th Genie Awards, but was then presented at both the 28th Genie Awards and the 29th Genie Awards.
Beginning with the 30th Genie Awards, the award has since been presented annually as a conventional category with a full advance shortlist of nominees.
| Year | Winner | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | |||
| Jacques Lafleur, Pierre Saindon | Cruising Bar | ||
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | |||
| Pierre Saindon | Karmina |
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | ||
| Nick Dudman | Beowulf & Grendel | |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards[4] | ||
| Stéphan Dupuis | Eastern Promises | |
| 2008[5] 29th Genie Awards | ||
| Adrien Morot, Réjean Goderre, Marifrance Guy, Bruno Gatien, Nathalie Trépanier | Cruising Bar 2 | |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | ||
| Djina Caron, André Duval | The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles) | |
| Robbi O'Quinn, Leanne Morrison | You Might As Well Live | |
| Djina Caron, Martin Rivest | Polytechnique | |
| Diane Simard, Réjean Goderre | Love and Savagery | |
| Micheline Trépanier, Linda Gordon | 1981 |
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | ||
| Adrien Morot, Micheline Trépanier | Barney's Version | |
| Kathryn Casault | Incendies | |
| Paul Jones, Leslie Sebert, Vincent Sullivan | ||
| Hélène-Manon Poudrette | The Wild Hunt | |
| Marlène Rouleau, C.J. Goldman | 7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion) | |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | ||
| Christiane Fattori, Frédéric Marin | Café de Flore | |
| Amber Makar | Amazon Falls | |
| Virginie Paré | BumRush | |
| Tammy Lou Pate | Snow & Ashes | |
| Leslie Sebert, David R. Beecroft | Take This Waltz | |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | ||
| Colleen Quinton, Kathy Kelso | Laurence Anyways | |
| Katie Brennan, Karola Dirnberger, Paul Jones | ||
| Cathie Davies-Irvine, Trason Fernandes | Antiviral | |
| Brenda Magalas, Lori Caputi | Goon | |
| Marlène Rouleau, André Duval | L'Affaire Dumont | |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | ||
| Jo-Ann Macneil, Karola Dirnberger, Paul Jones | ||
| Brigitte Bilodeau | Maïna | |
| François Dagenais, Traci Loader | Cottage Country | |
| Louise Mackintosh, Peggy Kyriakidou, Shauna Llewellyn | The Colony | |
| David Martí, Linda Dowds, Montse Ribé | Mama | |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | ||
| Maïna Militza | Mommy | |
| Virginie Boudreau | 1987 | |
| Lizane Lasalle | Henri Henri | |
| Colleen Quinton | Meetings with a Young Poet | |
| Amanda O'Leary | ||
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | ||
| Sid Armour | Room | |
| Catherine Beaudoin | Anna | |
| Jayne Dancose, Debra Johnson, Charles Porlier | Hyena Road | |
| Gail Kennedy, Rochelle Parrent, Jojo Preece | Forsaken | |
| David Scott, Trina Brink | Backcountry | |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | ||
| Maïna Militza, Denis Vidal | It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) | |
| Kathryn Casault | Two Lovers and a Bear | |
| Lynda McCormack | Born to Be Blue | |
| Melissa Meretsky, Jennifer Walton, Lisa Belyea | The Northlander | |
| Natalie Trépanier, Réjean Goderre | Race | |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | ||
| Erik Gosselin, Marie-France Guy | Ravenous (Les Affamés) | |
| Kathryn Casault | Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) | |
| Sonia Dolan | The Man Who Invented Christmas | |
| Bruno Gatien | All You Can Eat Buddha | |
| Marlène Rouleau | Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 | |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | ||
| Françoise Quilichini | Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) | |
| Lauryn Ford | Crown and Anchor | |
| Carla Hutchinson | Brown Girl Begins | |
| Tammy-Lou Pate | Venus | |
| Fanny Vachon | The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte) | |
| 2019[6] 8th Canadian Screen Awards | ||
| Fanny Vachon | The Song of Names | |
| Brandi Boulet, Chris Bridges | Riot Girls | |
| Randy Daudlin | Goalie | |
| Emily O'Quinn, Steve Newburn, Neil Morrill | Run This Town | |
| Candice Ornstein | American Woman |