Peter King (born 1955), also known as Peter Swords King, is a British
Oscar-winning
makeup artist who won at the
2003
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Academy Awards for
Best Makeup for the film ''
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''. He shared the award with filmmaker
Richard Taylor. He was nominated again at the
2012
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Academy Awards for ''
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''.
Besides bringing movie characters to life by way of make-up and hairstyling, Peter King, for the 13 dwarves in the movie ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'', had to work on 1,000 drawings before finalizing down to a single image. "We make the prosthetics, wigs, beards and then do a show-and-tell for each character in the film", was the remark made by Peter about his work. He is credited for his exemplary work of immortalizing characters like the
King Kong and
Marquis de Sade
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on celluloid.
His other movies include ''
Quills'', ''
Thunderbirds'' ''
Little Voice'', ''
The Importance of Being Earnest'', ''
An Ideal Husband
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'' and ''
The Avengers
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* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
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''.
King has also won several
BAFTA Awards. He has worked on nearly 40 films since 1982.
King is artistic director at
Bath Academy of Media Makeup The Bath Academy of Media Makeup (BAMM) is a private educational facility for makeup artistry training located in the historic city of Bath, England. The academy offers professional training courses in the medias of television, theatre, film, fash ...
, which is a private school for makeup artistry within media and fashion.
References
External links
*
1955 births
Living people
Best Makeup Academy Award winners
Best Makeup BAFTA Award winners
British make-up artists
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