An Evening to Remember with Dick Smith

On Wednesday, June 17, 2009, AMPAS hosted “A Tribute to Dick Smith: the Godfather of Special Makeup Effects.”  A quick look around the audience spoke to what was to be an amazing event.  In the audience was a veritable who’s who of makeup artists drawn from all over the globe. The evening began with the [...]

Know Your History: “V” Make-Up Designer Leo Lotito

Lotito, whose credits include Planet of the Apes, is working with a crew of six full-time makeup artists at least 12 hours a day. “We are using a very involved and complicated makeup process in order to reveal the faces of the seemingly friendly Visitors,” Lotito explains. “Layers of foam latex prosthetics are applied to the actors so that when the outside human skin is pulled off, it reveals the reptilian prosthetics underneath.

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Preorder “Fantastic Flesh” on DVD Due out January 27th

From classic creatures to modern gore, special effects make-up has always been the dark heart of movie magic. In this Starz Inside documentary, meet the masters of the craft and discover its incredible history, complete with rare behind-the-scenes photos and footage, revealing interviews with Quentin Tarantino, George Romero, Josh Brolin, Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, John [...]

60th Annual Primetime Emmy Nominees

Nominees for the Make-up are: Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Dead Doll · CBS Grey’s Anatomy · Crash Into Me – Parts 1 & 2 · ABC Mad Men · The Hobo Code · AMC Pushing Daisies · Dummy · ABC Tracey Ullman’s State Of The Union · [...]

Make-up Visionary Wows Crowd at IMATS

Mentored by legendary make-up artists such as Rick Baker and Dick Smith, and a tremendous artist in his own right, Kazu is not simply your every day FX master.