The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the

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given to the best achievement in makeup and hairstyling for film. Traditionally, three films have been nominated each year with exceptions in the early 1980s and 2002 when there were only two nominees; in 1999, when there were four nominees. Beginning with the

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, five films were nominated. The competitive category was created in 1981 as the Academy Award for Best Makeup, after the academy received complaints that the makeup work in ''

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'' (1980) was not being honored. Although no award was given to ''The Elephant Man'', an entire category dedicated to honoring makeup effects in film was created for subsequent ceremonies. Previously, makeup artists were only eligible for special achievement awards for their work. Ahead of nominations, a shortlist of titles is chosen by the makeup branch's executive committee and clips are screened by the members of the branch at an annual "bake-off." After only two films were shortlisted in 2002, rules were installed requiring that seven finalists be chosen each year with the top three becoming nominees. Beginning in 2020, the shortlist expanded from seven finalists to ten. In 2012, the category was given its current name for use in the

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and onward. Makeup artist

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holds the record for both most wins (7) and most nominations (11) for this award.

Special Achievement Awards

Before 1981, Special Achievement Oscars were twice awarded to makeup artists for their work on a specific film: * 1964 – William J. Tuttle for '' 7 Faces of Dr. Lao'' * 1968 – John Chambers for ''

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Hairstylists

Starting in 1993, the award is to be shared with hairstylists if hair effects "contribute greatly to the appearance and effect of the characters".

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per

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convention, and generally correspond to the year of

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; the

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are always held the following year. Films in dark blue background have received a Special/Honorary Award; those in yellow background have won a regular Academy Award of Merit.

1960s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Shortlisted finalists

Finalists for Best Makeup & Hairstyling are selected by the Makeup & Hairstylists Branch. Ten films are shortlisted. Prior to the

, up to seven films were shortlisted. The full membership of the Makeup & Hairstylists Branch is invited to view excerpts and is provided with supporting information at a "bake-off" where balloting determines the five nominees. These are the additional films that presented at the bake-off.

Multiple awards

;7 wins *

;4 wins * Greg Cannom ;3 wins * Mark Coulier * Ve Neill ;2 wins * David LeRoy Anderson * Michèle Burke * Kazu Hiro (formerly known as Kazuhiro Tsuji) * Yolanda Toussieng * Richard Taylor

Multiple nominations

;11 nominations *

;10 nominations * Greg Cannom ;8 nominations * Ve Neill ;6 nominations * Michèle Burke ;5 nominations * Mark Coulier * Kazu Hiro (formerly known as Kazuhiro Tsuji) *

Matthew W. Mungle Matthew W. Mungle (born October 26, 1956) is an American make-up artist. He has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Academy Award for Best Makeup, winning (as part of a three-person team) in 1992 for ...

;4 nominations * Joel Harlow * Aldo Signoretti * Yolanda Toussieng * Michael Westmore *

Stan Winston Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects artist, best known for his work in the ''Terminator'' series, the first three '' Jurassic Park'' films, '' Aliens'', '' The Thing'', ...

;3 nominations * David LeRoy Anderson * Bill Corso * Naomi Donne * Edouard F. Henriques * Love Larson *

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* Jenny Shircore * Eva von Bahr * Lisa Westcott ;2 nominations *

Howard Berger Howard Berger (born 20 December 1964) is a special make-up effects creator who is best known for his work on ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' films. He has over 200 films to his credit since 1977. Berger is the co-founder of KNB EFX Group along w ...

* Veronica Brebner * Lois Burwell * John Caglione Jr. * Colleen Callaghan * Judith A. Cory * Patricia Dehaney * Ken Diaz * Dave Elsey * Paul Engelen * Carl Fullerton * Kay Georgiou * Bob Laden * Tami Lane * Göran Lundström * Mike Marino * David Martí * Adrien Morot * Montse Ribé * Conor O'Sullivan * Christina Smith * Dick Smith * Vittorio Sodano * Nadia Stacey * Daniel C. Striepeke * Peter Swords King * Richard Taylor * Arjen Tuiten * David White

Age superlatives

References

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Film awards for makeup and hairstyling