# Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Award for Best Special Make-Up Effects in a Feature-Length Motion Picture

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Award for Best Special Make-Up Effects in a Feature-Length Motion Picture is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS). It is presented to makeup artists who work in Special Effects makeup, or "Prosthetic makeup", whose work has been deemed "best" in a given year. The award was first given in 2000, during the first annual awards, and was given when the awards were brought back in 2014.

## Winners and nominees

* "†" indicates Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
* "‡" indicates Academy Award nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| (1999) 1st |
| (1999) 1st | Bicentennial Man ‡ | Greg Cannom, Wesley Wofford |
| (1999) 1st | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me‡ | Michèle Burke, Kenny Myers, Will Huff, Kevin Haney for the characters Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Mini-Me |
| (1999) 1st | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me‡ | Stan Winston, Mike Smithson for the character Fat Bastard |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| (2000) 2nd |
| (2000) 2nd | How the Grinch Stole Christmas † | Rick Baker, Toni G, Kazuhiro Tsuji |
| (2000) 2nd | The Cell ‡ | Jake Garber |
| (2000) 2nd | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | |
| (2001) 3rd |
| (2001) 3rd | Planet of the Apes | Rick Baker, Toni G, Kazuhiro Tsuji |
| (2001) 3rd | Ali | Mark Garbarino, Nick Marra |
| (2001) 3rd | Hannibal | Greg Cannom, Wesley Wofford |
| (2002) 4th |
| (2002) 4th | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gino Acevedo, Jason Docherty, Richard Taylor |
| (2002) 4th | Frida † | Matthew W. Mungle, Judy Chin, John E. Jackson |
| (2002) 4th | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Amanda Knight, Jane Royle, Clare Le Vesconte |
| (2003) 5th |
| (2003) 5th | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King † | Gino Acevedo, Jason Docherty, Richard Taylor |
| (2003) 5th | The Cat in the Hat | Mike Smithson, Steve Johnson, Jamie Kelman |
| (2003) 5th | X2 | Gordon J. Smith, Evan Penny, Jay McClennen |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| (2013) 6th |
| (2013) 6th | Bad Grandpa ‡ | Stephen Prouty, Tony Gardner |
| (2013) 6th | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Mike Elizalde, Lufeng Qu |
| (2013) 6th | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Ve Neill, Nikoletta Skarlatos |
| (2014) 7th |
| (2014) 7th | Guardians of the Galaxy ‡ | David White |
| (2014) 7th | Foxcatcher ‡ | Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard |
| (2014) 7th | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Gino Acevedo |
| (2014) 7th | Into the Woods | J. Roy Helland, Matthew Smith |
| (2014) 7th | Maleficent | Rick Baker, Toni G, Arjen Tuiten |
| (2015) 8th |
| (2015) 8th | Mad Max: Fury Road † | Damian Martin, Elka Wardega, Jaco Snyman |
| (2015) 8th | Black Mass | Joel Harlow, Ken Niederbaumer, Khanh Trance |
| (2015) 8th | Ex Machina | Siân Grigg, Charlotte Rogers, Tristan Versluis |
| (2015) 8th | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | Ve Neill, Glenn Hetrick |
| (2015) 8th | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Neal Scanlan |
| (2016) 9th |
| (2016) 9th | Star Trek Beyond ‡ | Joel Harlow, Richard Alonzo |
| (2016) 9th | Deadpool | Bill Corso, Andy Clement |
| (2016) 9th | Doctor Strange | Jeremy Woodhead |
| (2016) 9th | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Fae Hammond |
| (2016) 9th | Suicide Squad † | Christopher Nelson, Sean Sansom, Greg Nicotero |
| (2017) 10th |
| (2017) 10th | Darkest Hour † | Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick |
| (2017) 10th | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | John Blake, Brian Sipe |
| (2017) 10th | The Shape of Water | Mike Hill, Shane Mahan |
| (2017) 10th | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Neal Scanlan, Peter King |
| (2017) 10th | Wonder ‡ | Arjen Tuiten, Michael Nickiforek |
| (2018) 11th |
| (2018) 11th | Vice † | Greg Cannom, Christopher Gallaher |
| (2018) 11th | Aquaman | Justin Raleigh, Ozzy Alvarez, Sean Genders |
| (2018) 11th | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Christien Tinsley, Corey Welk, Rolf Keppler |
| (2018) 11th | Black Panther | Joel Harlow, Ken Diaz, Sian Richards |
| (2018) 11th | Stan & Ollie | Mark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead |
| (2019) 12th |
| (2019) 12th | Bombshell † | Kazu Hiro, Vivian Baker, Richard Redlefsen |
| (2019) 12th | Captain Marvel | Brian Sipe, Alexei Dmitriew, Sabrina Wilson |
| (2019) 12th | The Irishman | Mike Marino, Mike Fontaine, Carla White |
| (2019) 12th | It Chapter Two | Sean Sansom, Shane Zander, Iantha Goldberg |
| (2019) 12th | Rocketman | Barrie Gower, Lizzie Yianni Georgiou, Victoria Money |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| (2020) 13th |
| (2020) 13th | Pinocchio ‡ | Mark Coulier |
| (2020) 13th | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Bill Corso, Kevin Yagher, Steve Wang, Stephen Kelley |
| (2020) 13th | Hillbilly Elegy ‡ | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle, Jamie Hess |
| (2020) 13th | Mulan | Denise Kum, Chris Fitzpatrick |
| (2020) 13th | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Adrien Morot |
| (2020) 13th | Wonder Woman 1984 | Jan Sewell, Mark Coulier |
| (2021) 14th |
| (2021) 14th | Coming 2 America ‡ | Mike Marino, Michael Fontaine, Yoichi Art Sakamoto, Diana Choi |
| (2021) 14th | Dune ‡ | Donald Mowat, Love Larson, Eva von Bahr, Rocky Faulkner |
| (2021) 14th | The Eyes of Tammy Faye † | Justin Raleigh, Kelly Golden, Chris Hampton, Thom Floutz |
| (2021) 14th | House of Gucci ‡ | Göran Lundström, Federica Castelli |
| (2021) 14th | The Suicide Squad | Shane Mahan, Brian Sipe, Matt Sprunger, Greg Funk |
| (2022) 15th | The Whale † | Adrien Morot, Kathy Tse, Chris Gallaher |
| (2022) 15th | The Batman ‡ | Michael Marino, Mike Fontaine, Yoichi Art Sakamoto, Göran Lundström |
| (2022) 15th | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ‡ | Joel Harlow, Kim Felix |
| (2022) 15th | Elvis ‡ | Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, Barrie Gower, Emma Faulkes, Chloe Muton-Phillips |
| (2023) 16th |
| (2023) 16th | Golda ‡ | Karen Thomas, Eva Susanna Johnson Theodosiou |
| (2023) 16th | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Alexei Dmitriew, Lindsay MacGowen, Shane Mahan, Scott Stoddard |
| (2023) 16th | Maestro ‡ | Kazu Hiro, Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Mike Mekash |
| (2023) 16th | Poor Things † | Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier |
| (2023) 16th | Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire | Ozzy Alvarez, Justin Raleigh, Kelsey Berk, Jonathan Shroyer |