All Posts Tagged With: "Rick Baker"

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Ray Harryhausen 90th Birthday BAFTA & BFI Gala Celebration

By Mintyblonde (Minty’s Menagerie) It’s beginning to look like a vintage year in terms of NFT activity, as well as a few very exciting events and seasons coming up over the next few months I attended a very special gala celebration yesterday evening, a BAFTA sponsored tribute to one of the few remaining bona-fide legends, a technician without [...]

2Jul2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Men in Black III Set for May 25, 2012, Rick Baker Burning up ZBrush

Mike Fleming – Deadline: New York Men in Black 3 is officially a go, and Columbia Pictures will set a May 25, 2012, release date for a sequel that director Barry Sonnenfeld will shoot in 3D. Will Smith has signed his deal to reunite with director Barry Sonnenfeld, and deals are now being negotiated with [...]

8May2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Know Your History: Rick Baker Makes a Kinder, Gentler Bigfoot.

      Set the way back meter for 1987 and come along on a video journey to watch Rick Baker as he introduces Harry.  Harry and the Hendersons Directed by William Dear and starring John Lithgow featured a beast never before seen by cinema audiences.  The film centers around a kind-hearted bigfoot creature played [...]

6Feb2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Rick Baker Gets Eyegore Award

According to his Facebook, Rick Baker will accept a Chller-Eyegore Award at Universal Studio Hollywood’s opening night ceremony for the theme park’s ‘Halloween Horror Nights” event on October 2 at 7 pm.

4Oct2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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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 [...]

20Jun2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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An Evening Honoring Dick Smith Hosted By Rick Baker

Generally considered to be the “godfather” of modern-day special make-up effects, Smith pioneered the method of applying prosthetics made from foam latex in small pieces as opposed to the standard of applying a latex mask as one solid piece. More after the jump.

1Mar2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Academy Seminar Series: Baker, Corso, Cannom, Neill and Tsuji Slated to Appear

October 23 – Character and Special Makeup Effects

Moderated by Engelman, with six-time Oscar winner Rick Baker (“Men In Black”), two-time Academy Award nominee Kazuhiro Tsuji (“Norbit”), two-time Oscar winner Greg Cannom (“A Beautiful Mind”) and three-time Oscar winner Ve Neill (“Ed Wood”).

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7Oct2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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80′s Cinovation Studios Footage

Very old video from a TV show Called”EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MONSTERS BUT WERE AFRAID!!”1980′s on Hollywood Makeup effects. 

14Jun2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Academy of Art University Honors Rick Baker, Others

[Full Article] Academy of Art University will acknowledge the artistic achievements and groundbreaking contributions of two celebrated artists, Oscar-winning make-up artist Richard Baker and internationally renowned photographer James Nachtwey at the commencement ceremony.Richard A. Baker is a revered Hollywood special make-up effects artist known for his realistic creature effects. He has won six Academy Awards [...]

28May2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Set the way-back machine to 1983 and enjoy some Rick Baker goodness!

Rick Baker showing the world how to perform a lifecast, create a creature and torture a multi-million dollar music artist.Set your way-back machine to 1983 and prepare for some Rick Baker goodness. Rick demonstrates how to properly torture a multimillion-dollar making musical talent through an application of alginate and some serious contact lenses. This is [...]

20Jan2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued