Greg Cannom, a five-time Oscar-winning make-up and prosthetics artist celebrated for the unimaginable transformations of Robin Williams in “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993) and Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), died on Might 3 on the age of 73.
Cannom’s dying was introduced by his former mentor and longtime collaborator Rick Baker. The 2 famously labored collectively on a number of tasks, together with Michael Jackson’s 1982 “Thriller” music video and the 1977 science-fiction movie “The Unbelievable Melting Man.”
The Worldwide Alliance of Theatrical Stage Workers Native 706 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild additionally introduced Cannom’s passing in a poignant message on Fb on Thursday.
A GoFundMe web page launched for bills stated he skilled well being challenges for 2 years, together with “extreme shingles, a staph an infection, sepsis and coronary heart failure.”
Greg Cannom accepts an award onstage through the 2018 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards held at The Novo by Microsoft on Feb. 24, 2018, in Los Angeles.
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Born in Los Angeles, Cannom was mystified by the world of movement footage from a younger age, discovering a specific curiosity in horror movies. He even known as himself a “monster geek.”
It wasn’t till he attended Cypress School in Orange County when he started his coaching in stage make-up, studying the ins and outs whereas engaged on round 200 performs. By age 25, Cannom had landed a job as Baker’s assistant, the artist finest identified for his work in “Star Wars.” Their first challenge collectively was the 1978 “It’s Alive sequel, It Lives Once more,” creating child monster prosthetics.
Cannom and Baker later dropped at life many legendary characters, together with Jim Carrey’s inexperienced alter-ego in “The Masks” (1994) and Gloria Stuart’s 101-year-old persona in “Titanic” (1997).
Gloria Stuart in “Titanic,” 1997.
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Certainly, turning Stuart right into a 101-year-old woman in “Titanic” was nothing just like the aghast characters he’d constructed earlier than. But, it was tasks like this that helped solidify his status as an irrevocable make-up architect that would not solely produce the inconceivable, however grasp sensible visions, too.
Cannom additionally remodeled brother duo Marlon and Shawn Wayans into white feminine twins with blond hair in 2004’s “White Chicks” and reconstructed Danny DeVito’s palms to appear like penguin toes in 1992’s “Batman Returns.”
Marlon and Shawn Wayans in “White Chicks,” 2004.
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For extra difficult jobs, Cannom would enlist as much as 20 assistants to assist him deal with intricate facial molds. He suggested on each element and each facial features, mentioning tiny adjustments that construct a completely new visage.
Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” 2008.
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Cannom later landed a job on the movie “Vice,” as a personality make-up designer — the challenge that secured him his last Oscar for Finest Make-up and Hairstyling in 2019.
WWD has contacted the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild and Baker for feedback.
