# Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the Academy Award 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 92nd Academy Awards, 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 The Elephant Man (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 85th Academy Awards and onward. Makeup artist Rick Baker 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 Planet of the Apes

## 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 Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies 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

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 1964 (37th) | 7 Faces of Dr. Lao | William J. Tuttle |
| 1968 (41st) |
| 1968 (41st) | Planet of the Apes | John Chambers |

### 1980s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 1981 (54th) | An American Werewolf in London | Rick Baker |
| 1981 (54th) | Heartbeeps | Stan Winston |
| 1982 (55th) |
| 1982 (55th) | Quest for Fire | Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke |
| 1982 (55th) | Gandhi | Tom Smith |
| 1984 (57th) |
| 1984 (57th) | Amadeus | Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith |
| 1984 (57th) | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | Michael Westmore |
| 1984 (57th) | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Rick Baker and Paul Engelen |
| 1985 (58th) |
| 1985 (58th) | Mask | Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek |
| 1985 (58th) | The Color Purple | Ken Chase |
| 1985 (58th) | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Carl Fullerton |
| 1986 (59th) |
| 1986 (59th) | The Fly | Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis |
| 1986 (59th) | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Michael Westmore and Michèle Burke |
| 1986 (59th) | Legend | Rob Bottin and Peter Robb-King |
| 1987 (60th) |
| 1987 (60th) | Harry and the Hendersons | Rick Baker |
| 1987 (60th) | Happy New Year | Bob Laden |
| 1988 (61st) |
| 1988 (61st) | Beetlejuice | Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, and Robert Short |
| 1988 (61st) | Coming to America | Rick Baker |
| 1988 (61st) | Scrooged | Thomas R. Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman |
| 1989 (62nd) |
| 1989 (62nd) | Driving Miss Daisy | Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, and Kevin Haney |
| 1989 (62nd) | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Maggie Weston and Fabrizio Sforza |
| 1989 (62nd) | Dad | Dick Smith, Ken Diaz, and Greg Nelson |

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 1990 (63rd) | Dick Tracy | John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler |
| 1990 (63rd) | Cyrano de Bergerac | Michèle Burke and Jean-Pierre Eychenne |
| 1990 (63rd) | Edward Scissorhands | Ve Neill and Stan Winston |
| 1991 (64th) |
| 1991 (64th) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Stan Winston and Jeff Dawn |
| 1991 (64th) | Hook | Christina Smith, Monty Westmore, and Greg Cannom |
| 1991 (64th) | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Michael Mills, Edward French, and Richard Snell |
| 1992 (65th) |
| 1992 (65th) | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke, and Matthew W. Mungle |
| 1992 (65th) | Batman Returns | Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, and Stan Winston |
| 1992 (65th) | Hoffa | Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, and John Blake |
| 1993 (66th) |
| 1993 (66th) | Mrs. Doubtfire | Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng |
| 1993 (66th) | Philadelphia | Carl Fullerton and Alan D'Angerio |
| 1993 (66th) | Schindler's List | Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle, and Judith A. Cory |
| 1994 (67th) |
| 1994 (67th) | Ed Wood | Rick Baker, Ve Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng |
| 1994 (67th) | Forrest Gump | Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore, and Judith A. Cory |
| 1994 (67th) | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen, and Carol Hemming |
| 1995 (68th) |
| 1995 (68th) | Braveheart | Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, and Lois Burwell |
| 1995 (68th) | My Family | Ken Diaz and Mark Sanchez |
| 1995 (68th) | Roommates | Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, and Colleen Callaghan |
| 1996 (69th) |
| 1996 (69th) | The Nutty Professor | Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson |
| 1996 (69th) | Ghosts of Mississippi | Matthew W. Mungle and Deborah La Mia Denaver |
| 1996 (69th) | Star Trek: First Contact | Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, and Jake Garber |
| 1997 (70th) |
| 1997 (70th) | Men in Black | Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson |
| 1997 (70th) | Mrs Brown | Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner, and Beverley Binda |
| 1997 (70th) | Titanic | Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, and Simon Thompson |
| 1998 (71st) |
| 1998 (71st) | Elizabeth | Jenny Shircore |
| 1998 (71st) | Saving Private Ryan | Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan, and Daniel C. Striepeke |
| 1998 (71st) | Shakespeare in Love | Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner |
| 1999 (72nd) |
| 1999 (72nd) | Topsy-Turvy | Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud |
| 1999 (72nd) | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Michèle Burke and Mike Smithson |
| 1999 (72nd) | Bicentennial Man | Greg Cannom |
| 1999 (72nd) | Life | Rick Baker |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 2000 (73rd) | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Rick Baker and Gail Ryan |
| 2000 (73rd) | The Cell | Michèle Burke and Edouard F. Henriques |
| 2000 (73rd) | Shadow of the Vampire | Ann Buchanan and Amber Sibley |
| 2001 (74th) |
| 2001 (74th) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Owen and Richard Taylor |
| 2001 (74th) | A Beautiful Mind | Greg Cannom and Colleen Callaghan |
| 2001 (74th) | Moulin Rouge! | Maurizio Silvi and Aldo Signoretti |
| 2002 (75th) |
| 2002 (75th) | Frida | John E. Jackson and Beatrice De Alba |
| 2002 (75th) | The Time Machine | John M. Elliott Jr. and Barbara Lorenz |
| 2003 (76th) |
| 2003 (76th) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Richard Taylor and Peter King |
| 2003 (76th) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Edouard F. Henriques and Yolanda Toussieng |
| 2003 (76th) | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Ve Neill and Martin Samuel |
| 2004 (77th) |
| 2004 (77th) | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso |
| 2004 (77th) | The Passion of the Christ | Keith VanderLaan and Christien Tinsley |
| 2004 (77th) | The Sea Inside | Jo Allen and Manuel García |
| 2005 (78th) |
| 2005 (78th) | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Howard Berger and Tami Lane |
| 2005 (78th) | Cinderella Man | David LeRoy Anderson and Lance Anderson |
| 2005 (78th) | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley |
| 2006 (79th) |
| 2006 (79th) | Pan's Labyrinth | David Martí and Montse Ribé |
| 2006 (79th) | Apocalypto | Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano |
| 2006 (79th) | Click | Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso |
| 2007 (80th) |
| 2007 (80th) | La Vie en Rose | Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald |
| 2007 (80th) | Norbit | Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji |
| 2007 (80th) | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Ve Neill and Martin Samuel |
| 2008 (81st) |
| 2008 (81st) | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Greg Cannom |
| 2008 (81st) | The Dark Knight | John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan |
| 2008 (81st) | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Mike Elizalde and Thomas Floutz |
| 2009 (82nd) |
| 2009 (82nd) | Star Trek | Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, and Joel Harlow |
| 2009 (82nd) | Il divo | Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano |
| 2009 (82nd) | The Young Victoria | Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 2010 (83rd) | The Wolfman | Rick Baker and Dave Elsey |
| 2010 (83rd) | Barney's Version | Adrien Morot |
| 2010 (83rd) | The Way Back | Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng |
| 2011 (84th) |
| 2011 (84th) | The Iron Lady | Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland |
| 2011 (84th) | Albert Nobbs | Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, and Matthew W. Mungle |
| 2011 (84th) | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin |
| 2012 (85th) |
| 2012 (85th) | Les Misérables | Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell |
| 2012 (85th) | Hitchcock | Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, and Martin Samuel |
| 2012 (85th) | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, and Tami Lane |
| 2013 (86th) |
| 2013 (86th) | Dallas Buyers Club | Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews |
| 2013 (86th) | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | Stephen Prouty |
| 2013 (86th) | The Lone Ranger | Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny |
| 2014 (87th) |
| 2014 (87th) | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier |
| 2014 (87th) | Foxcatcher | Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard |
| 2014 (87th) | Guardians of the Galaxy | Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White |
| 2015 (88th) |
| 2015 (88th) | Mad Max: Fury Road | Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin |
| 2015 (88th) | The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared | Love Larson and Eva von Bahr |
| 2015 (88th) | The Revenant | Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman, and Robert Pandini |
| 2016 (89th) |
| 2016 (89th) | Suicide Squad | Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson |
| 2016 (89th) | A Man Called Ove | Eva von Bahr and Love Larson |
| 2016 (89th) | Star Trek Beyond | Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo |
| 2017 (90th) |
| 2017 (90th) | Darkest Hour | Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, and Lucy Sibbick |
| 2017 (90th) | Victoria & Abdul | Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard |
| 2017 (90th) | Wonder | Arjen Tuiten |
| 2018 (91st) |
| 2018 (91st) | Vice | Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia Dehaney |
| 2018 (91st) | Border | Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer |
| 2018 (91st) | Mary Queen of Scots | Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, and Jessica Brooks |
| 2019 (92nd) | Bombshell | Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker |
| 2019 (92nd) | Joker | Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou |
| 2019 (92nd) | Judy | Jeremy Woodhead |
| 2019 (92nd) | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten, and David White |
| 2019 (92nd) | 1917 | Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis, and Rebecca Cole |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Sergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal, and Jamika Wilson |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Emma | Marese Langan, Laura Allen, and Claudia Stolze |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Hillbilly Elegy | Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle, and Patricia Dehaney |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Mank | Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri, and Colleen LaBaff |
| 2020/21 (93rd) | Pinocchio | Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli, and Francesco Pegoretti |
| 2021 (94th) |
| 2021 (94th) | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, and Justin Raleigh |
| 2021 (94th) | Coming 2 America | Mike Marino, Stacey Morris, and Carla Farmer |
| 2021 (94th) | Cruella | Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne, and Julia Vernon |
| 2021 (94th) | Dune | Donald Mowat, Love Larson, and Eva von Bahr |
| 2021 (94th) | House of Gucci | Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock, and Frederic Aspiras |
| 2022 (95th) |
| 2022 (95th) | The Whale | Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Annemarie Bradley |
| 2022 (95th) | All Quiet on the Western Front | Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová |
| 2022 (95th) | The Batman | Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine |
| 2022 (95th) | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Camille Friend and Joel Harlow |
| 2022 (95th) | Elvis | Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti |
| 2023 (96th) |
| 2023 (96th) | Poor Things | Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, and Josh Weston |
| 2023 (96th) | Golda | Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby, and Ashra Kelly-Blue |
| 2023 (96th) | Maestro | Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou, and Lori McCoy-Bell |
| 2023 (96th) | Oppenheimer | Luisa Abel |
| 2023 (96th) | Society of the Snow | Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí, and Montse Ribé |
| 2024 (97th) |
| 2024 (97th) | The Substance | Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli |
| 2024 (97th) | A Different Man | Mike Marino, David Presto, and Crystal Jurado |
| 2024 (97th) | Emilia Pérez | Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini |
| 2024 (97th) | Nosferatu | David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton |
| 2024 (97th) | Wicked | Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, and Sarah Nuth |

## Shortlisted finalists

Finalists for Best Makeup & Hairstyling are selected by the Makeup & Hairstylists Branch. Ten films are shortlisted. Prior to the 92nd Academy Awards, 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.
| Year | Finalists |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past |
| 2000 | Bedazzled, Cast Away |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Hannibal, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Planet of the Apes |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain, The Last Samurai, Monster, Peter Pan |
| 2004 | The Aviator, De-Lovely, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hellboy |
| 2005 | A History of Violence, The Libertine, Mrs Henderson Presents, The New World |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Prestige, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, X-Men: The Last Stand |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 300 |
| 2008 | The Reader, Synecdoche, New York, Tropic Thunder, The Wrestler |
| 2009 | District 9, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Road |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland, The Fighter, Jonah Hex, True Grit |
| 2011 | Anonymous, The Artist, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, Hugo |
| 2012 | Lincoln, Looper, Men in Black 3, Snow White and the Huntsman |
| 2013 | American Hustle, The Great Gatsby, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Maleficent, Noah, The Theory of Everything |
| 2015 | Black Mass, Concussion, Legend, Mr. Holmes |
| 2016 | Deadpool, The Dressmaker, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hail, Caesar! |
| 2017 | Bright, Ghost in the Shell, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, I, Tonya |
| 2018 | Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Stan & Ollie, Suspiria |
| 2019 | Dolemite Is My Name, Downton Abbey, Little Women, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rocketman |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey, The Glorias, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, The Little Things, One Night in Miami... |
| 2021 | Cyrano, Nightmare Alley, No Time to Die, The Suicide Squad, West Side Story |
| 2022 | Amsterdam, Babylon, Blonde, Crimes of the Future, Emancipation |
| 2023 | Beau Is Afraid, Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Napoleon |
| 2024 | The Apprentice, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Maria, Waltzing with Brando |

## Age superlatives

| Record | Makeup artist | Film | Age |
| Oldest winner | J. Roy Helland | The Iron Lady | 69 years, 29 days |
| Oldest nominee | Gigi Williams | Mank | 70-71 years |
| Youngest winner | Rick Baker | An American Werewolf in London | 31 years, 111 days |
| Youngest nominee | Rob Bottin | Legend | 27 years, 316 days |