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Peter King (make-up Artist)
Peter King (born 1955), also known as Peter Swords King, is a British Oscar-winning makeup artist who won at the 2003 Academy Awards for Best Makeup for the film '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''. He shared the award with filmmaker Richard Taylor. He was nominated again at the 2012 Academy Awards for '' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''. Besides bringing movie characters to life by way of make-up and hairstyling, Peter King, for the 13 dwarves in the movie ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'', had to work on 1,000 drawings before finalizing down to a single image. "We make the prosthetics, wigs, beards and then do a show-and-tell for each character in the film", was the remark made by Peter about his work. He is credited for his exemplary work of immortalizing characters like the King Kong and Marquis de Sade on celluloid. His other movies include '' Quills'', '' Thunderbirds'' '' Little Voice'', ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', '' An Ideal Husband'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makeup Artist
A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions including all aspects of the modeling industry. Awards given for this profession in the entertainment industry include the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and entertainment industry awards such as the Emmy Awards, and the Golden Globes. In some countries professional licenses are required by agencies in order for them to hire the MUA. Bigger production companies have in-house makeup artists on their payroll although most MUA's generally are freelance and their times remain flexible depending on the project. Makeup techniques Fashion Fashion makeup is used in magazine photography as well as on the fashion runway. Avant-garde makeup is also an applicable technique used for projects that require experimental themes. Fashion make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
