show 1948–1956 1957–1958 1959–1960 1961–1966 1967–1980 1981–2000 2001–2020 2021–present Black and White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)
show 1981–2000 1981: Rick Baker 1982: Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke 1983: None given this year 1984: Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith 1985: Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek 1986: Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis 1987: Rick Baker 1988: Ve Neill , Steve La Porte , and Robert Short 1989: Manlio Rocchetti , Lynn Barber , and Kevin Haney 1990: Doug Drexler and John Caglione Jr. 1991: Jeff Dawn and Stan Winston 1992: Michèle Burke , Greg Cannom , and Matthew W. Mungle 1993: Greg Cannom , Ve Neill , and Yolanda Toussieng 1994: Rick Baker , Ve Neill , and Yolanda Toussieng 1995: Lois Burwell , Peter Frampton , and Paul Pattison 1996: Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson 1997: Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson 1998: Jenny Shircore 1999: Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud 2000: Rick Baker and Gail Ryan 2001–2020 2001: Peter Owen and Richard Taylor 2002: Beatrice De Alba and John E. Jackson 2003: Peter King and Richard Taylor 2004: Bill Corso and Valli O'Reilly 2005: Howard Berger and Tami Lane 2006: David Martí and Montse Ribé 2007: Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne 2008: Greg Cannom 2009: Barney Burman , Mindy Hall , and Joel Harlow 2010: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey 2011: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland 2012: Julie Dartnell and Lisa Westcott 2013: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews 2014: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier 2015: Damian Martin , Lesley Vanderwalt , and Elka Wardega 2016: Alessandro Bertolazzi , Giorgio Gregorini , and Christopher Nelson 2017: David Malinowski , Lucy Sibbick , and Kazuhiro Tsuji 2018: Greg Cannom , Kate Biscoe , and Patricia Dehaney 2019: Kazu Hiro , Anne Morgan , and Vivian Baker 2020: Sergio López-Rivera , Mia Neal , and Jamika Wilson 2021–present Academy Award for Best Makeup before 2012
show 1963–1980 Emil Kosa Jr. – Cleopatra (1963)Peter Ellenshaw , Eustace Lycett , and Hamilton Luske – Mary Poppins (1964)John Stears – Thunderball (1965)Art Cruickshank – Fantastic Voyage (1966)L. B. Abbott – Doctor Dolittle (1967)Stanley Kubrick – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Robie Robertson – Marooned (1969)A. D. Flowers and L. B. Abbott – Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)Alan Maley , Eustace Lycett , and Danny Lee – Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers – The Poseidon Adventure (1972)Frank Brendel , Glen Robinson , and Albert Whitlock – Earthquake (1974)Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson – The Hindenburg (1975)Carlo Rambaldi , Glen Robinson , and Frank Van der Veer – King Kong (1976)John Stears , John Dykstra , Richard Edlund , Grant McCune , and Robert Blalack – Star Wars (1977)Les Bowie , Colin Chilvers , Denys Coop , Roy Field , Derek Meddings , and Zoran Perisic – Superman (1978)H. R. Giger , Carlo Rambaldi , Brian Johnson , Nick Allder , and Dennis Ayling – Alien (1979)Brian Johnson , Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , and Bruce Nicholson – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)1981–2000 Richard Edlund , Kit West , Bruce Nicholson , and Joe Johnston – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Carlo Rambaldi , Dennis Muren , and Kenneth F. Smith – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston , and Phil Tippett – Return of the Jedi (1983)Dennis Muren , Michael J. McAlister , Lorne Peterson , and George Gibbs – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)Ken Ralston , Ralph McQuarrie , Scott Farrar , and David Berry – Cocoon (1985)Robert Skotak , Stan Winston , John Richardson , and Suzanne M. Benson – Aliens (1986)Dennis Muren , Bill George , Harley Jessup , and Kenneth F. Smith - Innerspace (1987)Ken Ralston , Richard Williams , Edward Jones , and George Gibbs – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)John Bruno , Dennis Muren , Hoyt Yeatman , and Dennis Skotak – The Abyss (1989)Eric Brevig , Rob Bottin , Tim McGovern , and Alex Funke – Total Recall (1990)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Gene Warren Jr. , and Robert Skotak – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Ken Ralston , Doug Chiang , Douglas Smythe , and Tom Woodruff Jr. – Death Becomes Her (1992)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park (1993)Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum , and Allen Hall – Forrest Gump (1994)Scott E. Anderson , Charles Gibson , Neal Scanlan , and John Cox – Babe (1995)Volker Engel , Douglas Smith , Clay Pinney , and Joe Viskocil – Independence Day (1996)Robert Legato , Mark Lasoff , Thomas L. Fisher , and Michael Kanfer – Titanic (1997)Joel Hynek , Nicholas Brooks , Stuart Robertson , and Kevin Mack – What Dreams May Come (1998)John Gaeta , Janek Sirrs , Steve Courtley , and Jon Thum – The Matrix (1999)John Nelson , Neil Corbould , Tim Burke , and Rob Harvey – Gladiator (2000)2001–2020 Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook , Richard Taylor , and Mark Stetson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara , and John Frazier – Spider-Man 2 (2004)Joe Letteri , Brian Van't Hul , Christian Rivers , and Richard Taylor – King Kong (2005)John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)Michael L. Fink , Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris , and Trevor Wood – The Golden Compass (2007)Eric Barba , Steve Preeg , Burt Dalton , and Craig Barron – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones – Avatar (2009)Paul Franklin , Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley , and Peter Bebb – Inception (2010)Robert Legato , Joss Williams , Ben Grossmann , and Alex Henning – Hugo (2011)Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron , Erik-Jan de Boer , and Donald R. Elliott – Life of Pi (2012)Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , and Neil Corbould – Gravity (2013)Paul Franklin , Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter , and Scott R. Fisher – Interstellar (2014)Mark Williams Ardington , Sara Bennett , Paul Norris , and Andrew Whitehurst – Ex Machina (2015)Robert Legato , Adam Valdez , Andrew R. Jones , and Dan Lemmon – The Jungle Book (2016)John Nelson , Gerd Nefzer , Paul Lambert , and Richard R. Hoover – Blade Runner 2049 (2017)Paul Lambert , Ian Hunter , Tristan Myles , and J. D. Schwalm – First Man (2018)Guillaume Rocheron , Greg Butler , and Dominic Tuohy – 1917 (2019)Andrew Jackson , David Lee , Andrew Lockley , and Scott R. Fisher – Tenet (2020)2021–present
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1968–present
show 1982–2000 Sarah Monzani , Christopher Tucker and Michèle Burke (1982)Dorothy J. Pearl, George Masters, C. Romania Ford and Allen Weisinger (1983) Paul Engelen , Peter Frampton , Rick Baker and Joan Hills (1984)Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith (1985)Tameyuki Aimi, Shohichiro Meda, Chihako Naito and Noriko Takamizawa (1986) Hasso von Hugo (1987) Fabrizio Sforza (1988)Maggie Weston , Fabrizio Sforza and Pam Meager (1989)John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler (1990)Jean-Pierre Eychenne and Michèle Burke (1991)Peter Robb-King (1992)Morag Ross (1993) Cassie Hanlon, Angela Conte and Strykermeyer (1994) Lisa Westcott (1995)Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (1996)Sallie Jaye and Jan Archibald (1997) Jenny Shircore (1998)Christine Blundell (1999)Rick Baker , Toni G, Sylvia Nava, Gail Ryan and Kazuhiro Tsuji (2000)2001–present Peter Swords King , Peter Owen and Richard Taylor (2001)Judy Chin , Beatrice De Alba , John E. Jackson and Regina Reyes (2002)Ve Neill and Martin Samuel (2003)Kathryn Blondell, Siân Grigg and Morag Ross (2004) Howard Berger , Nikki Gooley and Greg Nicotero (2005)José Quetglás and Blanca Sánchez (2006) Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne (2007)Jean Ann Black and Colleen Callaghan (2008)Jenny Shircore (2009)Valli O'Reilly and Paul Gooch (2010)Marese Langan , J. Roy Helland and Mark Coulier (2011)Lisa Westcott (2012)Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell and Kathrine Gordon (2013) Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (2014)Damian Martin and Lesley Vanderwalt (2015)J. Roy Helland and Daniel Phillips (2016)David Malinowski , Ivana Primorac , Lucy Sibbick and Kazuhiro Tsuji (2017)Nadia Stacey (2018)Vivian Baker , Kazu Hiro and Anne Morgan (2019)Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio López-Rivera and Mia Neal (2020) Linda Dowds , Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh (2021)Jason Baird , Mark Coulier , Louise Coulston and Shane Thomas (2022)Mark Coulier , Nadia Stacey and Josh Weston (2023)
show 1982–2000 Richard Edlund - Poltergeist (1982)Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston , and Kit West - Return of the Jedi (1983)Dennis Muren , George Gibbs , Michael J. McAlister , and Lorne Peterson - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)George Gibbs and Richard Conway - Brazil (1985)Robert Skotak , Brian Johnson , Suzanne M. Benson , John Richardson , and Stan Winston - Aliens (1986)Michael Lantieri , Michael Owens , Edward Jones , and Bruce Walters - The Witches of Eastwick (1987)George Gibbs , Richard Williams , Ken Ralston , and Edward Jones - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)Ken Ralston , Michael Lantieri , John Bell , and Steve Gawley - Back to the Future Part II (1989)The production team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990) Stan Winston , Dennis Muren , Gene Warren Jr. , and Robert Skotak - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Michael Lantieri , Ken Ralston , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang , and Douglas Smythe - Death Becomes Her (1992)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (1993)Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum , Doug Chiang , and Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (1994)Robert Legato , Michael Kanfer , Matt Sweeney , and Leslie Ekker - Apollo 13 (1995)Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Henry LaBounta, and Habib Zargarpour - Twister (1996)Mark Stetson , Karen Goulekas , Nick Allder , Neil Corbould , and Nick Dudman - The Fifth Element (1997)Stefen Fangmeier , Roger Guyett , and Neil Corbould - Saving Private Ryan (1998)John Gaeta , Steve Courtley , Janek Sirrs , and Jon Thum - The Matrix (1999)Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Walt Conti , Habib Zargarpour , and Tim Alexander - The Perfect Storm (2000)2001–present Jim Rygiel , Richard Taylor , Alex Funke , Randall William Cook , and Mark Stetson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)Joe Letteri , Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)Karen Goulekas , Neil Corbould , Greg Strause , and Remo Balcells - The Day After Tomorrow (2004)Joe Letteri , Christian Rivers , Brian Van't Hul , and Richard Taylor - King Kong (2005)John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)Michael L. Fink , Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris , and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass (2007)Eric Barba , Craig Barron , Nathan McGuinness , and Edson Williams - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (2009)Chris Corbould , Paul Franklin , Andrew Lockley , and Peter Bebb - Inception (2010)Tim Burke , John Richardson , Greg Butler , and David Vickery - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron , and Erik-Jan de Boer - Life of Pi (2012)Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , Neil Corbould , and Nikki Penny - Gravity (2013)Paul Franklin , Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Lockley , and Ian Hunter - Interstellar (2014)Chris Corbould , Roger Guyett , Paul Kavanagh , and Neal Scanlan - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)Robert Legato , Dan Lemmon , Andrew R. Jones , and Adam Valdez - The Jungle Book (2016)Richard R. Hoover , Paul Lambert , Gerd Nefzer , and John Nelson - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)Geoffrey Baumann , Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack , and Dan Sudick - Black Panther (2018)Greg Butler , Guillaume Rocheron , and Dominic Tuohy - 1917 (2019)Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Jackson , and Andrew Lockley - Tenet (2020)Brian Connor , Paul Lambert , Tristan Myles , and Gerd Nefzer - Dune (2021)Richard Baneham , Daniel Barrett , Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)Simon Hughes - Poor Things (2023)
show 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
show 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
show 1970s 1980s 1990s Stan Winston (1991)Ken Ralston , Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri (1993)John Bruno (1994)Stan Parks (1995)Volker Engel , Clay Pinney , Douglas Smith , and Joe Viskocil (1996)Phil Tippett , Scott E. Anderson , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)Volker Engel , Patrick Tatopoulos , Karen E. Goulekas , and Clay Pinney (1998)Rob Coleman , John Knoll , Dennis Muren , and Scott Squires (1999)2000s Scott E. Anderson , Craig Hayes , Scott Stokdyk , and Stan Parks (2000)Dennis Muren , Scott Farrar , Stan Winston , Michael Lantieri (2001)Rob Coleman , Pablo Helman , John Knoll , and Ben Snow (2002)Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke (2003)John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara , and John Frazier (2004)Joe Letteri , Richard Taylor , Christian Rivers , and Brian Van't Hul (2005)John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall (2006)Scott Farrar , Scott Benza , Russell Earl , and John Frazier (2007)Nick Davis , Chris Corbould , Timothy Webber , and Paul J. Franklin (2008)Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones (2009)2010s Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley , Paul J. Franklin , and Peter Bebb (2010)Dan Lemmon , Joe Letteri , R. Christopher White , and Daniel Barrett (2011)Janek Sirrs , Jeff White , Guy Williams , and Dan Sudick (2012)Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , and Neil Corbould (2013)Paul J. Franklin , Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter , and Scott R. Fisher (2014)Roger Guyett , Patrick Tubach , Neal Scanlan , and Chris Corbould (2015)John Knoll , Mohen Leo , Hal Hickel , and Neil Corbould (2016)Christopher Townsend , Guy Williams , Jonathan Fawkner , and Dan Sudick (2017)Dan DeLeeuw , Matt Aitken , Russell Earl , and Dan Sudick (2018/19)Roger Guyett , Neal Scanlan , Patrick Tubach , and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)2020s Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.