A selection of favourite makeups

Suspira
Mary Queen of Scots
Sharp Objects
Gräns
Pieles
The Orville
Il Racconto dei Racconti
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Kiyosu Conference
Defiance
Oz the Great and Powerful
K-11
Es kommt noch dicker
Cloud Atlas
Dredd
Snow White and the Huntsman
American Horror Story
Barney’s Version
Les aventures … d’Adèle Blanc-Sec
Ushi & Dushi
… Benjamin Button
The Reader
Stardust
Apocalypto
La Môme
Celebrity Swaps
A Dirty Shame
Monster
The Hours
Tiresia
Alias
the X-Men movies
Bicentennial Man
Farscape
Mr Magoo
F/X: The Series
the Back to the Future movies
Heartbeeps
… Miss Jane Pittman
Elizabeth R
I Want What I Want
Planet of the Apes
Star Trek
Mission Impossible
The Mudlark
The Lost Moment
… Elizabeth & Essex

A selection of favourite makeups

These are a selection of my personal favourites. Why? I guess there’s no simple answer: the makeup itself (eg Planet Of The Apes); the blend of performance and makeup (eg Miss Jane Pittman); or they’ve just stuck in my mind for over twenty years (eg Elizabeth R).

The balance is probably tilted more than a little unfairly towards more recent movies; this is not just because I happen to remember them better but also because for so many older movies I’ve failed to fine quality images.

As to the future there are so many recent movies with outstanding makeups that are currently backlogged but some of which will appear here (eventually): La piel que habito; Barney’s Version; K-11; Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters; Malificent; etc. Then there are all those promising forthcoming movies (eg The Moon and the Sun, De Helleveeg, About Ray & Zoolander 2), and those movies that have been announced (eg Body Art etc) which we may or may not ever see. We’ll see how many materialise.

These include makeups by John Chambers, Greg Cannom, Stan Winston, Rick Baker and other makeup superstars but you’ll also find some by lesser-known, but not necessarily lesser-talented, makeup artists.