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| Makeup & Hairstyling Symposium Nominees. Oscar Week 2019. Photo José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Symposium
The Oscar Week consists of panels and symposiums hosted by the Academy in the days preceding the Awards.
Those events focus on the work of the Oscar® nominees in seven categories: Documentaries - Short Subject and Feature, Shorts - Animated and Live Action, Animated Feature, Makeup & Hairstyling, and Best Foreign Language Film.
Those events focus on the work of the Oscar® nominees in seven categories: Documentaries - Short Subject and Feature, Shorts - Animated and Live Action, Animated Feature, Makeup & Hairstyling, and Best Foreign Language Film.
Most of the nominees speak about their arts and crafts and experiences, making those remarkable films worthy of nomination.
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| Oscar Week 2019 programs. Photo José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
At the Academy, every branch has specific guidelines to nominate a particular film accordingly to its achievements.
The Oscar had the Best Makeup & Hairstyling category for decades in the early 1980s. Before that, the Academy gave two Honorary Awards: One in 1967 to William Tuttle for “7 Faces of Dr. Lao,” and the second one to John Chambers for “Planet of the Apes” in 1968.
The Oscar had the Best Makeup & Hairstyling category for decades in the early 1980s. Before that, the Academy gave two Honorary Awards: One in 1967 to William Tuttle for “7 Faces of Dr. Lao,” and the second one to John Chambers for “Planet of the Apes” in 1968.
The Makeup & Hairstyling category is relatively new, and it was established until the year 1981. The Academy honored the work of Rick Baker for “An American Werewolf in London” as the first Makeup Oscar winner.
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| Oscar Week, Best Makeup & Hairstyling 2019 program. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
Since then, three outstanding films have been chosen each year: A time-period piece, a contemporary work, and a Sci-fi/fantasy project.
Every year, the Academy’s Makeup Branch values the quality of a single character's work or the task done by the entire cast in production to nominate a film for the Best Makeup and Hair Styling.
For example, the branch celebrated the job done in the characterization of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” (2011), Salma Hayek as the iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in “Frida” (2002), Marion Cotillard as the legendary French singer Edith Piaf in “La Vie en Rose” (2007), and Gary Oldman as the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in “The Darkest Hour” (2017).
The epic productions that gained the Academy’s recognition in recent years are: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015), and “Suicide Squad” (2016).
Fantasy films get the voters’ attention as well. They recognized the past work of Guillermo del Toro in “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006), “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008), and “Star Trek” (2009).
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| Makeup & Hairstyling. Photo Jose A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
And the nominees for Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling of 2019 are:
“Border,” Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer.
“Mary Queen of Scots,” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, and Jessica Brooks.
“Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia Dehaney (WINNER).
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| Jenny Shircore and Marc Pilcher, “Mary Queen of Scots.” Film critic José Alberto Hermosillo (center) ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Mary Queen of Scots” makeup display. Photo José Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Mary Queen of Scots” makeup display. Photo José Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Mary Queen of Scots” makeup display. Photo José Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Mary Queen of Scots” makeup display. Photo José Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Mary Queen of Scots” makeup display. Photo José Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Vice,” Oscar nominee for Best Makeup & Hairstyling |
“Vice” nominees: Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia Dehaney.
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| “Vice” makeup display. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, Best Makeup Oscar nominees, “Vice.” Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Vice” makeup display. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Vice” makeup display. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Vice” makeup display. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Vice” makeup display. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| “Vice” makeup display. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| Border - Gräns. Oscar nominee for Best Makeup & Hairstyling |
"Border" nominees: Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer.
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| Eva Malander, the actress from the Swedish film Border, and the amazing makeup transformation as Tina, the border agent. Photo José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA. |
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| Eva Malander, Border. Film critic José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| Ali Abbasi, director, “Border.” Photo José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| Border, makeup display. Photo José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| Edge, makeup display. Photo José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| Edge, makeup display. Photo José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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| Edge, makeup display. Photo José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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Pamela Goldmmaner, Göran Lundströn, Makeup Oscar Nominees "Border." Film critic José Alberto Hermosillo (center). ©2019 Festival in LA
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| Lois Burwell, moderator and Oscar winner Makeup Artist. Film critic José Alberto Hermosillo ©2019 Festival in LA |
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