The Canadian Screen Award for Best Makeup is an annual Canadian film award category, presented as part of the Genie Awards prior to 2012 and Canadian Screen Awards since 2012, to honour achievements by

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s in the Canadian film industry.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

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, 2000. . As the Canadian film industry was historically dominated by naturalistic films that rarely required very complex make-up work, the award was originally created as a special achievement award rather than a regular category. It was presented at the discretion of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television when it deemed a film's make-up work to be worthy of special recognition, and was awarded for the first time at the

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in 1990 to recognize Jacques Lafleur and

Pierre Saindon Pierre Saindon is a Canadian make-up artist and educator. He is a two-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Makeup, at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990 for ''Cruising Bar'' and at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997 for ''Karmina Karmina is an American ...

for their work in the film ''

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'', in which Michel Côté played four different characters. The award was next given at the

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in 1997, again to Saindon for his work in ''

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''."Hanging Garden wins three Genie Awards". '' Halifax Daily News'', December 15, 1997. The award was not presented again until the

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, but was then presented at both the

28th Genie Awards The 28th Genie Awards were held on March 3, 2008 to honour films released in 2007. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show was broadcast on E! and Independent Film Channel and hosted by ...

and the

29th Genie Awards The 29th Genie Awards were held on April 4, 2009, to honour Canadian films released in 2008. The ceremony was held at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, and was broadcast on Global and IFC. The ceremony was hosted by Dave Foley. ...

. Beginning with the

30th Genie Awards The 30th Genie Awards were presented on April 12, 2010 to honour films released in 2009.Prix Iris for Best Makeup The Prix Iris for Best Makeup (french: Prix Iris du meilleur maquillage) is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best makeup work in films made within the Cinema of Quebec. ...

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