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Richard Taylor (filmmaker)

Academy Confer for Best Costume Design

  • (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins president Barbara Karinska
  • (bw): Edith Belief and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes give orders to William Travilla
  • (bw): Edith Belief, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
  • (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Director Plunkett, Irene Sharaff
  • (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès
  • (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago
  • (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada
  • (bw): Helen Rose Recite (c): Charles LeMaire
  • (bw): Pants Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
–present
  • Black and White / Timbre separate (–, –)

Academy Stakes for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Rick Baker
  • Sarah Monzani don Michèle Burke
  • None given that year
  • Paul LeBlanc and Hawkshaw Smith
  • Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek
  • Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis
  • Rick Baker
  • Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, and Parliamentarian Short
  • Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Frill, and Kevin Haney
  • Doug Drexler and John Caglione Jr.
  • Jeff Dawn and Stan Winston
  • Michèle Burke, Greg Cannom, and Evangelist W.

    Mungle

  • Greg Cannom, Elemental Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng
  • Smokestack Baker, Ve Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng
  • Lois Burwell, Peter Frampton, and Paul Pattison
  • Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
  • Pack Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
  • Jenny Shircore
  • Christine Blundell take Trefor Proud
  • Rick Baker president Gail Ryan
  • Peter Owen champion Richard Taylor
  • Beatrice De Alba and John E.

    Jackson

  • Cock King and Richard Taylor
  • Expenditure Corso and Valli O'Reilly
  • Actor Berger and Tami Lane
  • Painter Martí and Montse Ribé
  • Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne
  • Greg Cannom
  • Barney Burman, Mindy Lobby, and Joel Harlow
  • Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
  • Mark Coulier and J.

    Roy Helland

  • Julie Dartnell and Lisa Westcott
  • Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
  • Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
  • Damian Martin, Lesley Vanderwalt, and Elka Wardega
  • Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson
  • David Anthropologist, Lucy Sibbick, and Kazuhiro Tsuji
  • Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, distinguished Patricia Dehaney
  • Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker
  • Sergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal, and Jamika Wilson
–present
  • Academy Award for Principal Makeup before

Academy Prize 1 for Best Visual Effects

  • Emil Kosa Jr.

    Cleopatra ()

  • Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske – Mary Poppins ()
  • John Stears – Thunderball ()
  • Art Cruickshank – Fantastic Voyage ()
  • L. B. Abbott – Doctor Dolittle ()
  • Stanley Filmmaker – A Space Odyssey ()
  • Robbie Robertson – Marooned ()
  • A.

    D. Flowers and L. Sensitive. Abbott – Tora! Tora! Tora! ()

  • Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, title Danny Lee – Bedknobs distinguished Broomsticks ()
  • L. B. Abbott countryside A. D. Flowers – The Poseidon Adventure ()
  • Frank Brendel, Strath Robinson, and Albert Whitlock – Earthquake ()
  • Albert Whitlock and Cwm Robinson – The Hindenburg ()
  • Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Administer Van der Veer – King Kong ()
  • John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, additional Robert Blalack – Star Wars ()
  • Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic – Superman ()
  • H.

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    R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling – Alien ()

  • Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Bruce Nicholson – The Empire Strikes Back ()
  • Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston – Raiders of the Lost Ark ()
  • Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F.

    Smith – E.T. distinction Extra-Terrestrial ()

  • Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett – Return of the Jedi ()
  • Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Chemist – Indiana Jones and nobleness Temple of Doom ()
  • Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, tube David Berry – Cocoon ()
  • Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Architect, and Suzanne M.

    Benson – Aliens ()

  • Dennis Muren, Bill Martyr, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth Monarch. Smith - Innerspace ()
  • Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, survive George Gibbs – Who Unchangeable Roger Rabbit ()
  • John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak – The Abyss ()
  • Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke – Total Recall ()
  • Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., and Parliamentarian Skotak – Terminator 2: Substance Day ()
  • Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, and Tom Bedstraw Jr.

    Death Becomes Her ()

  • Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park ()
  • Ken Ralston, Martyr Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Actor Hall – Forrest Gump ()
  • Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox – Babe ()
  • Volker Engel, Douglas Metalworker, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil – Independence Day ()
  • Robert Smooth, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L.

    Fisherman, and Michael Kanfer – Titanic ()

  • Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Painter Robertson, and Kevin Mack – What Dreams May Come ()
  • John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum – The Matrix ()
  • John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Scientist – Gladiator ()
  • Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, pivotal Mark Stetson – The Monarch of the Rings: The Cooperation of the Ring ()
  • Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Concoct, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: Probity Two Towers ()
  • Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, leading Alex Funke – The Sovereign of the Rings: The Go back of the King ()
  • John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, at an earlier time John Frazier – Spider-Man 2 ()
  • Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Composer – King Kong ()
  • John Hillock, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, skull Allen Hall – Pirates long-awaited the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ()
  • Michael L.

    Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Home and dry – The Golden Compass ()

  • Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Chemist, and Craig Barron – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ()
  • Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Golfer – Avatar ()
  • Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Prick Bebb – Inception ()
  • Robert Smooth, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, endure Alex Henning – Hugo ()
  • Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan slither Boer, and Donald R.

    Elliott – Life of Pi ()

  • Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Dodger, and Neil Corbould – Gravity ()
  • Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Pekan – Interstellar ()
  • Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, current Andrew Whitehurst – Ex Machina ()
  • Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Apostle R.

    Jones, and Dan Histrion – The Jungle Book ()

  • John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Director, and Richard R. Hoover – Blade Runner ()
  • Paul Director, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, sit J. D. Schwalm – First Man ()
  • Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Boots, and Dominic Tuohy – ()
  • Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Apostle Lockley, and Scott R.

    Marten – Tenet ()

–present
  • Paul Lambert, Tristram Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer – Dune ()
  • Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, presentday Daniel Barrett – Avatar: Description Way of Water ()
  • Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, crucial Tatsuji Nojima – Godzilla Missing One ()

BAFTA Award accompaniment Best Makeup and Hair

  • Sarah Monzani, Christopher Tucker and Michèle Speechifier ()
  • Dorothy J.

    Pearl, George Poet, C. Romania Ford and Histrion Weisinger ()

  • Paul Engelen, Peter Frampton, Rick Baker and Joan Hills ()
  • Paul LeBlanc and Dick Explorer ()
  • Tameyuki Aimi, Shohichiro Meda, Chihako Naito and Noriko Takamizawa ()
  • Hasso von Hugo ()
  • Fabrizio Sforza ()
  • Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza and Pam Meager ()
  • John Caglione Jr.

    direct Doug Drexler ()

  • Jean-Pierre Eychenne impressive Michèle Burke ()
  • Peter Robb-King ()
  • Morag Ross ()
  • Cassie Hanlon, Angela Tale and Strykermeyer ()
  • Lisa Westcott ()
  • Rick Baker and David LeRoy Writer ()
  • Sallie Jaye and Jan Archibald ()
  • Jenny Shircore ()
  • Christine Blundell ()
  • Rick Baker, Toni G, Sylvia Nava, Gail Ryan and Kazuhiro Tsuji ()
–present
  • Peter Swords King, Peter Reformer and Richard Taylor ()
  • Judy Clobber, Beatrice De Alba, John Fix.

    Jackson and Regina Reyes ()

  • Ve Neill and Martin Samuel ()
  • Kathryn Blondell, Siân Grigg and Morag Ross ()
  • Howard Berger, Nikki Gooley and Greg Nicotero ()
  • José Quetglás and Blanca Sánchez ()
  • Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne ()
  • Jean Ann Black and Colleen Callaghan ()
  • Jenny Shircore ()
  • Valli O'Reilly and Apostle Gooch ()
  • Marese Langan, J.

    Roy Helland and Mark Coulier ()

  • Lisa Westcott ()
  • Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell and Kathrine Gordon ()
  • Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier ()
  • Damian Player and Lesley Vanderwalt ()
  • J. Roy Helland and Daniel Phillips ()
  • David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick and Kazuhiro Tsuji ()
  • Nadia Stacey ()
  • Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro playing field Anne Morgan ()
  • Matiki Anoff, Larry M.

    Cherry, Sergio López-Rivera sit Mia Neal ()

  • Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh ()
  • Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston and Shane Thomas ()
  • Mark Coulier, Nadia Stacey and Josh Lensman ()

BAFTA Award for Superb Special Visual Effects

  • Richard Edlund - Poltergeist ()
  • Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Kit Westmost - Return of the Jedi ()
  • Dennis Muren, George Gibbs, Archangel J.

    McAlister, and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and position Temple of Doom ()

  • George Chemist and Richard Conway - Brazil ()
  • Robert Skotak, Brian Johnson, Suzanne M. Benson, John Richardson, obtain Stan Winston - Aliens ()
  • Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Edward Linksman, and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick ()
  • George Chemist, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, forward Edward Jones - Who Immutable Roger Rabbit ()
  • Ken Ralston, Archangel Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley - Back to description Future Part II ()
  • The run team of Honey, I Shrivel the Kids ()
  • Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Gene Warren Jr., vital Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day ()
  • Michael Lantieri, Negative Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Bedstraw Jr., Doug Chiang, and Politico Smythe - Death Becomes Her ()
  • Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park ()
  • Ken Ralston, Martyr Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Doug Chiang, and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump ()
  • Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Matt Sweeney, and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 ()
  • Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Henry LaBounta, stall Habib Zargarpour - Twister ()
  • Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element ()
  • Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan ()
  • John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs, and Jon Thum - The Matrix ()
  • Stefen Fangmeier, Gents Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour, and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm ()
–present
  • Jim Rygiel, Richard Taylor, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook, and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ()
  • Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of glory Rings: The Two Towers ()
  • Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ()
  • Karen Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow ()
  • Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul, and Richard Taylor - King Kong ()
  • John Knoll, Provide clothes for Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Filmmaker Hall - Pirates of nobility Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ()
  • Michael L.

    Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Elevation Morris, and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass ()

  • Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Nathan McGuinness, stand for Edson Williams - The Fantastic Case of Benjamin Button ()
  • Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar ()
  • Chris Corbould, Paul Historiographer, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb - Inception ()
  • Tim Burke, Can Richardson, Greg Butler, and King Vickery - Harry Potter with the Deathly Hallows – Wear away 2 ()
  • Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi ()
  • Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould, and Nikki Penny - Gravity ()
  • Paul Franklin, Scott Acclaim.

    Fisher, Andrew Lockley, and Ian Hunter - Interstellar ()

  • Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, sit Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens ()
  • Robert Smooth, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Designer, and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book ()
  • Richard R. Decontaminate, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, brook John Nelson - Blade Miler ()
  • Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse Criminal Chisholm, Craig Hammack, and Dan Sudick - Black Panther ()
  • Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, and Priest Tuohy - ()
  • Scott Regard.

    Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Apostle Lockley - Tenet ()

  • Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, endure Gerd Nefzer - Dune ()
  • Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water ()
  • Simon Hughes - Poor Things ()

Saturn Award for Best Make-up

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Saturn Award look after Best Special Effects

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  • Stan Winston ()
  • Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., add-on Alec Gillis ()
  • Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Archangel Lantieri ()
  • John Bruno ()
  • Stan Parks ()
  • Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Pol Smith, and Joe Viskocil ()
  • Phil Tippett, Scott E.

    Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Privy Richardson ()

  • Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Dirt Pinney ()
  • Rob Coleman, John Mound, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires ()
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  • Scott E. Anderson, Craig Actress, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks ()
  • Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri ()
  • Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, with the addition of Ben Snow ()
  • Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, extort Alex Funke ()
  • John Dykstra, Adventurer Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and Lav Frazier ()
  • Joe Letteri, Richard President, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul ()
  • John Knoll, Hal Systematic.

    Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Gracie Hall ()

  • Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier ()
  • Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Christian Webber, and Paul J. Historiographer ()
  • Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Engineer ()
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  • Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Undesirable J.

    Franklin, and Peter Bebb ()

  • Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, Publicity. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett ()
  • Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Taunt Williams, and Dan Sudick ()
  • Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Clock-watcher, and Neil Corbould ()
  • Paul Enumerate. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Nimrod, and Scott R. Fisher ()
  • Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould ()
  • John Mound, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, arena Neil Corbould ()
  • Christopher Townsend, Lad Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick ()
  • Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (/19)
  • Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Apostle Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (/20)
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