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American former special make-up effects creator and actor
Rick Baker
Baker in 2015
Born
Richard Alan Baker
(1950-12-08 ) December 8, 1950 (age 73 )
Alma mater Academy of Art University (BA )Occupations
artist
actor
Years active 1967–2018 Spouses
(m. 1974; div. 1984)
(m. )
[1]
Children 2
Richard Alan Baker (born December 8, 1950), known professionally as Rick Baker , is an American retired special make-up effects creator and actor.[1] He is mostly known for his creature designs and effects. Baker has won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times from a record eleven nominations, beginning when he won the inaugural award for the 1981 horror comedy film An American Werewolf in London .[2]
Early life
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Baker was born on December 8, 1950, in Binghamton, New York , to Doris (née Hamlin), a bank teller, and Ralph B. Baker, a professional artist. He and his family moved to Covina, California when he was less than one year old.[1] [3]
Career
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As a teenager, Baker began creating artificial body parts in his own kitchen.[citation needed ] He also appeared briefly in the fan production The Night Turkey , a one-hour, black-and-white video parody of The Night Stalker (1972), directed by William Malone .[citation needed ] Baker's first professional job was as an assistant to prosthetic makeup effects veteran Dick Smith on the 1973 film The Exorcist .[2] [4] While working on The Exorcist , Baker was hired by director Larry Cohen to design and create a mutant infant for Cohen's 1974 film It's Alive .[5]
At the 54th Academy Awards , Baker received the inaugural Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work on An American Werewolf in London (1981).[6] Subsequently, he has been nominated for Best Makeup ten more times, winning on seven occasions, both records in his field.[2] Baker also created the werecat creature Michael Jackson transforms into in the music video Thriller (1983).[7]
Baker at the 37th Saturn Awards in 2011
In 2008, he was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco .[8] Baker also contributes commentaries to the web series Trailers from Hell for trailers about horror and science fiction films.[9] Baker claims that his work on Harry and the Hendersons (1987) is one of his proudest achievements, for which he won his second Oscar.[10] On October 3, 2009, he received the Jack Pierce Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chiller-Eyegore Awards.[11]
On November 30, 2012, Baker received the 2485th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame . The star is located in front of the Guinness World Records Museum.[12]
On May 28, 2015, Baker announced his retirement, saying: "First of all, the CG stuff definitely took away the animatronics part of what I do. It's also starting to take away the makeup part. The time is right, I am 64 years old, and the business is crazy right now. I like to do things right, and they wanted cheap and fast. That is not what I want to do, so I just decided it is basically time to get out. I would consider designing and consulting on something, but I don't think I will have a huge working studio anymore."[13] [14] [15]
In 2018, Baker was approached by DC Comics , due to his daughter Veronica working for them at the time, if he would be interested in creating a collectible display bust for them. He agreed with the following terms that he would be left alone with total creative freedom and DC accepted them. Baker, with the aide of his long-time mold maker Rob Freitas, created a bust of The Joker .[16]
Acting roles
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Baker played the title role in the 1976 remake of King Kong . He had initially only been hired to create an ape suit that would fill in for scenes where it was not practical to use a life-sized mechanical version of Kong that had been designed by Carlo Rambaldi , but problems with Rambaldi's creation resulted in Baker playing Kong on-screen for almost all of the film.[17] In the 2005 remake , he had a cameo as the pilot and gunner (with director Peter Jackson ) who shot down Kong. He has also made cameo appearances in: Michael Jackson 's music video Thriller (1983) as "Zombie Opening the Crypt"; Into the Night (1985) as a drug dealer with a business card; Men in Black II (2002) as "MIB Passport Control Agent", an MIB agent helping provide aliens with disguises; Men in Black 3 (2012) as "Brain Alien"; The Wolfman (2010) as "Gypsy Man / First Killed"; The Strain as a convenience store customer (2014, Episode 8, uncredited) and Rings (2017) as a flea market vendor.[18]
Personal life
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Baker is married; he was previously married to Elaine Melba Parkyn for ten years. He met his second wife, hairstylist Silvia Abascal, while they were both working on Into the Night (1985).[3] Baker and Abascal had their first daughter, Veronica in 1989 and their second, Rebecca, in 1993. [19]
Selected filmography
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Octaman (1971) (Octaman costume; co-created with Doug Beswick)[20]
The Thing with Two Heads (1972) (special effects - uncredited)
Schlock (1973) (makeup artist / actor)
The Exorcist (1973) (special effects assistant - uncredited)
It's Alive (1974) (makeup artist / special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) (makeup creator: Miss Tyson )
King Kong (1976) (makeup effects - uncredited / special contributions: Kong / actor)
Track of the Moon Beast (1976) (makeup artist)
Squirm (1976) (makeup designer)
The Incredible Melting Man (1977) (special makeup effects / actor)
Star Wars (1977) (makeup: second unit)
The Fury (1978) (special makeup effects)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (makeup artist - uncredited)
An American Werewolf in London (1981) (special makeup effects designer and creator)
The Howling (1981) (special makeup effects consultant)
The Funhouse (1981) (special makeup design)
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) (creator and designer: Sidney / makeup effects / actor)
Videodrome (1983) (special makeup effects designer)
Thriller (1983) (special makeup effects designer and creator / actor)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) (special makeup effects)
Starman (1984) (Starman transformation)
Into the Night (1985) (actor)
My Science Project (1985) (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
Captain EO (1986) (special makeup effects)
Ratboy (1986) (designer: Ratboy)
Harry and the Hendersons (1987) (creature designer: Harry / puppeteer / makeup artist)
Beauty and the Beast (1987–89) (designer and creator)
Werewolf (1987–88) (werewolf characters designer)
Coming to America (1988) (special makeup effects)
Gorillas in the Mist (1988) (special makeup effects / associate producer)
Missing Link (1988) (special makeup effects)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (special effects supervisor / co-producer)
The Rocketeer (1991) (makeup creator: Lothar)
Wolf (1994) (special makeup effects)
Ed Wood (1994) (makeup creator: Bela Lugosi / makeup designer: Bela Lugosi )
Batman Forever (1995) (special makeup designer and creator)
The Nutty Professor (1996) (special makeup effects)
The Frighteners (1996) (special makeup artist: The Judge)
Escape from L.A. (1996) (special makeup effects)
Ghosts (1997) (special makeup effects artist)
Men in Black (1997) (alien makeup effects / special makeup effects artist)
Critical Care (1997) (special makeup effects: Mr. Brooks )
Mighty Joe Young (1998) (special makeup effects / creature designer and producer: Mighty Joe Young)
Psycho (1998) (special makeup effects artist)
Life (1999) (special makeup effects)
Wild Wild West (1999) (special makeup effects)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (special makeup effects / actor)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) (special makeup effects)
Planet of the Apes (2001) (makeup artist / special makeup effects designer and creator / actor)
Men in Black II (2002) (alien makeup effects / special makeup effects artist - uncredited / actor)
The Ring (2002) (special makeup effects artist)
The Haunted Mansion (2003) (special makeup effects designer and creator)
Hellboy (2004) (makeup consultant: Hellboy / special effects director)
The Ring Two (2005) (special makeup effects artist)
King Kong (2005) (actor)
Cursed (2005) (special makeup effects artist / special makeup effects creator / special makeup effects designer)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) (special makeup effects consultant)
Click (2006) (special age makeup artist - uncredited / special makeup effects)
Enchanted (2007) (special makeup effects artist)
Norbit (2007) (special makeup effects artist)
Tropic Thunder (2008) (makeup designer: Mr. Downey Jr. )
The Wolfman (2010) (special makeup effects / actor)
Tron: Legacy (2010) (special makeup effects artist)
Men in Black 3 (2012) (alien makeup effects / actor)
Maleficent (2014) (makeup designer: Maleficent )
Rings (2017) (actor)
Awards and nominations
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Other awards
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See also
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References
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^ a b "The Legendary Rick Baker!" . YouTube . September 24, 2019. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021.
^ Nelson, Valerie J. (July 31, 2014). "Dick Smith dies at 92; 'Exorcist' makeup man won Oscar for 'Amadeus' " . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
^ Martin, R. H. (August 1984). "Rick Baker: The Wonder Years Part Three". Fangoria . No. 37. Starlog Group, Inc. pp. 31–32. ISSN 0164-2111 .
^ Barnes, Mike (August 4, 2009). "Makeup artist Howard J. Smit dies" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 12, 2009 .
^ Navarro, Meagan (October 29, 2018). "[It Came From the '80s] The Enduring Legacy of John Landis, Rick Baker, and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" " . Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved October 29, 2018 .
^ "Academy of Art University to Preview NOVA's "Becoming Human" — Students Modeled Recreations of Neanderthal Physiology" . academyart.edu . Academy of Art University . October 25, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2009 .
^ "Rick Baker" . Trailers from Hell . Retrieved December 21, 2016 .
^ Murray, Rebecca (July 18, 2006). "Rick Baker on CGI, Changes in the Industry" . About.com . Archived from the original on June 4, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2007 .
^ Barton, Steve (October 3, 2009). "Dread Central at the 2009 Chiller-Eyegore Awards and Halloween Horror Nights" . Dread Central . Retrieved October 3, 2009 .
^ a b Baguio, Lindsey (November 14, 2012). "Rick Baker to Receive Walk of Fame Star" . Hollywood Patch. Retrieved November 27, 2012 .
^ Dornbush, Jonathan (May 28, 2015). "Rick Baker, special effects and make-up designer for 'Thriller,' to retire and auction off his collection" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 28, 2015 .
^ Chitwood, Adam (May 28, 2015). "Make-Up Legend Rick Baker Is Retiring; Cites Studios Wanting "Cheap and Fast" Over Quality" . Collider . Retrieved May 28, 2015 .
^ Fischer, Russ (May 28, 2015). "Visual Effects Legend Rick Baker Is Retiring From Filmmaking" . /Film . Retrieved May 28, 2015 .
^ Morrison, Matt (October 23, 2018). "Exclusive: How Rick Baker's the Joker Bust Was Crafted [Time-Lapse Video]" . Screen Rant . Retrieved July 3, 2022 .
^ Lambie, Ryan (March 10, 2017). "The Struggles of King Kong '76" . Den of Geek . Retrieved March 10, 2017 .
^ " "Rick Baker - Actor Filmography" " . IMDb . Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
^ Quinton, Angela (October 31, 2018). "Rick Baker's daughters Rebecca and Veronica become a new American Werewolf & her victim for Halloween" . Werewolf News . Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
^ Scheib, Richard (May 4, 2008). "Octaman (1971)" . Moria Reviews.
^ "Outstanding Achievement in Makeup - 1974" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved June 11, 2022 .
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1981: Rick Baker
1982: Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke
1983: None given this year
1984: Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith
1985: Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek
1986: Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis
1987: Rick Baker
1988: Ve Neill , Steve La Porte , and Robert Short
1989: Manlio Rocchetti , Lynn Barber , and Kevin Haney
1990: Doug Drexler and John Caglione Jr.
1991: Jeff Dawn and Stan Winston
1992: Michèle Burke , Greg Cannom , and Matthew W. Mungle
1993: Greg Cannom , Ve Neill , and Yolanda Toussieng
1994: Rick Baker , Ve Neill , and Yolanda Toussieng
1995: Lois Burwell , Peter Frampton , and Paul Pattison
1996: Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
1997: Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
1998: Jenny Shircore
1999: Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud
2000: Rick Baker and Gail Ryan
2001–2020
2001: Peter Owen and Richard Taylor
2002: Beatrice De Alba and John E. Jackson
2003: Peter King and Richard Taylor
2004: Bill Corso and Valli O'Reilly
2005: Howard Berger and Tami Lane
2006: David Martí and Montse Ribé
2007: Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne
2008: Greg Cannom
2009: Barney Burman , Mindy Hall , and Joel Harlow
2010: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
2011: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
2012: Julie Dartnell and Lisa Westcott
2013: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
2014: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
2015: Damian Martin , Lesley Vanderwalt , and Elka Wardega
2016: Alessandro Bertolazzi , Giorgio Gregorini , and Christopher Nelson
2017: David Malinowski , Lucy Sibbick , and Kazuhiro Tsuji
2018: Greg Cannom , Kate Biscoe , and Patricia Dehaney
2019: Kazu Hiro , Anne Morgan , and Vivian Baker
2020: Sergio López-Rivera , Mia Neal , and Jamika Wilson
2021–present
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1982–2000
Sarah Monzani , Christopher Tucker and Michèle Burke (1982)
Dorothy J. Pearl, George Masters, C. Romania Ford and Allen Weisinger (1983)
Paul Engelen , Peter Frampton , Rick Baker and Joan Hills (1984)
Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith (1985)
Tameyuki Aimi, Shohichiro Meda, Chihako Naito and Noriko Takamizawa (1986)
Hasso von Hugo (1987)
Fabrizio Sforza (1988)
Maggie Weston , Fabrizio Sforza and Pam Meager (1989)
John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler (1990)
Jean-Pierre Eychenne and Michèle Burke (1991)
Peter Robb-King (1992)
Morag Ross (1993)
Cassie Hanlon, Angela Conte and Strykermeyer (1994)
Lisa Westcott (1995)
Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (1996)
Sallie Jaye and Jan Archibald (1997)
Jenny Shircore (1998)
Christine Blundell (1999)
Rick Baker , Toni G, Sylvia Nava, Gail Ryan and Kazuhiro Tsuji (2000)
2001–present
Peter Swords King , Peter Owen and Richard Taylor (2001)
Judy Chin , Beatrice De Alba , John E. Jackson and Regina Reyes (2002)
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel (2003)
Kathryn Blondell, Siân Grigg and Morag Ross (2004)
Howard Berger , Nikki Gooley and Greg Nicotero (2005)
José Quetglás and Blanca Sánchez (2006)
Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne (2007)
Jean Ann Black and Colleen Callaghan (2008)
Jenny Shircore (2009)
Valli O'Reilly and Paul Gooch (2010)
Marese Langan , J. Roy Helland and Mark Coulier (2011)
Lisa Westcott (2012)
Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell and Kathrine Gordon (2013)
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (2014)
Damian Martin and Lesley Vanderwalt (2015)
J. Roy Helland and Daniel Phillips (2016)
David Malinowski , Ivana Primorac , Lucy Sibbick and Kazuhiro Tsuji (2017)
Nadia Stacey (2018)
Vivian Baker , Kazu Hiro and Anne Morgan (2019)
Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio López-Rivera and Mia Neal (2020)
Linda Dowds , Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh (2021)
Jason Baird , Mark Coulier , Louise Coulston and Shane Thomas (2022)
Mark Coulier , Nadia Stacey and Josh Weston (2023)
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