Greg Cannom, a makeup and prosthetics artist whose Oscar-winning work can be seen in “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Vice” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” has died. He was 73.
Frequent collaborator, Rick Baker, confirmed Cannom’s death in an Instagram post on Friday. Together, the pair worked on films like “Cocoon,” “The Howling, ” “The Fury” and the music video for Michael Jackson’s 1983 hit “Thriller.”
“I just heard the sad news of the passing of one of the great makeup artists. Greg Cannom,” he wrote. “Greg started with me in the 70s, his first job with me was the sequel to ‘It’s Alive’ where he not only assisted me in making the baby but also played one of the baby monsters. When I moved out of my first garage workshop, Greg moved in. When I outgrew my first industrial unit, Greg took that over. His work will be remembered long after his passing. Sad news indeed. RIP Greg, you and your work will be missed.”
Cannom was nominated six times at the Academy Awards for best makeup, outside of his four wins. He received Oscar noms for “Hook” in 1992, “Hoffa” in 1993, “Roommates” in 1996, “Titanic” in 1998, “Bicentennial Man” in 2000 and “A Beautiful Mind” in 2002. He also shares an Academy Award for technical achievement with Wesley Wofford, which was awarded to the pair for “the development of their special modified silicone material for makeup applications used in motion pictures.”
Cannom earned five Emmy nominations in his career, the first of which was for “Earth 2” in 1995.
Other notable credits for Cannom include flims like “Big Top Pee-wee,” “Dick Tracy,” “Alien 3,” “Batman Returns,” “The Mask,” “Blade,” “The Insider,” “Ali” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.”
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