show 1948–1956
1948 (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska
1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best , Leah Rhodes and William Travilla
1950 (bw): Edith Head , Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head , Dorothy Jeakins , Elois Jenssen , Gile Steele , Gwen Wakeling
1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly , Walter Plunkett , Irene Sharaff
1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès
1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire , Emile Santiago
1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada
1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire
1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
1957–1958
1957: Orry-Kelly
1958: Cecil Beaton
1959–1960
1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden
1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles
1961–1966
1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff
1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills
1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié , Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff
1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton
1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton
1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden
1967–1980
1967: John Truscott
1968: Danilo Donati
1969: Margaret Furse
1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese
1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo
1972: Anthony Powell
1973: Edith Head
1974: Theoni V. Aldredge
1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund
1976: Danilo Donati
1977: John Mollo
1978: Anthony Powell
1979: Albert Wolsky
1980: Anthony Powell
1981–2000
1981: Milena Canonero
1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo
1983: Marik Vos-Lundh
1984: Theodor Pištěk
1985: Emi Wada
1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright
1987: James Acheson
1988: James Acheson
1989: Phyllis Dalton
1990: Franca Squarciapino
1991: Albert Wolsky
1992: Eiko Ishioka
1993: Gabriella Pescucci
1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner
1995: James Acheson
1996: Ann Roth
1997: Deborah Lynn Scott
1998: Sandy Powell
1999: Lindy Hemming
2000: Janty Yates
2001–present
2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie
2002: Colleen Atwood
2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
2004: Sandy Powell
2005: Colleen Atwood
2006: Milena Canonero
2007: Alexandra Byrne
2008: Michael O'Connor
2009: Sandy Powell
2010: Colleen Atwood
2011: Mark Bridges
2012: Jacqueline Durran
2013: Catherine Martin
2014: Milena Canonero
2015: Jenny Beavan
2016: Colleen Atwood
2017: Mark Bridges
2018: Ruth E. Carter
2019: Jacqueline Durran
2020: Ann Roth
Black and White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)
show 1981–2000 2001–present
Academy Award for Best Makeup before 2012
show 1963-1980
Emil Kosa Jr. (1963)
Peter Ellenshaw , Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske (1964)
John Stears (1965)
Art Cruickshank (1966)
L. B. Abbott (1967)
Stanley Kubrick (1968)
Robbie Robertson (1969)
L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1970)
Alan Maley , Eustace Lycett and Danny Lee (1971)
L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1972)
No Award (1973)
Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1974)
Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1975)
Carlo Rambaldi , Glen Robinson and Frank Van der Veer (1976)
John Stears , John Dykstra , Richard Edlund , Grant McCune and Robert Blalack (1977)
Les Bowie , Colin Chilvers , Denys Coop , Roy Field, Derek Meddings and Zoran Perisic (1978)
H. R. Giger , Carlo Rambaldi , Brian Johnson , Nick Allder and Dennis Ayling (1979)
Brian Johnson , Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren and Bruce Nicholson (1980)
1981-2000
Richard Edlund , Kit West , Bruce Nicholson and Joe Johnston (1981)
Carlo Rambaldi , Dennis Muren and Kenneth F. Smith (1982)
Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston and Phil Tippett (1983)
Dennis Muren , Michael J. McAlister , Lorne Peterson and George Gibbs (1984)
Ken Ralston , Ralph McQuarrie , Scott Farrar and David Berry (1985)
Robert Skotak , Stan Winston , John Richardson and Suzanne Benson (1986)
Dennis Muren , William George , Harley Jessup and Kenneth F. Smith (1987)
Ken Ralston , Richard Williams , Edward Jones and George Gibbs (1988)
John Bruno , Dennis Muren , Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak (1989)
Eric Brevig , Rob Bottin , Tim McGovern and Alex Funke (1990)
Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak (1991)
Ken Ralston , Doug Chiang , Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr. (1992)
Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri (1993)
Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall (1994)
Scott E. Anderson , Charles Gibson , Neal Scanlan and John Cox (1995)
Volker Engel , Douglas Smith , Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil (1996)
Robert Legato , Mark Lasoff , Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer (1997)
Joel Hynek , Nicholas Brooks , Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack (1998)
John Gaeta , Janek Sirrs , Steve Courtley , and Jon Thum (1999)
John Nelson , Neil Corbould , Tim Burke and Rob Harvey (2000)
2001-present
Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook , Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson (2001)
Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2002)
Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2003)
John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier (2004)
Joe Letteri , Brian Van't Hul , Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor (2005)
John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (2006)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris and Trevor Wood (2007)
Eric Barba , Steve Preeg , Burt Dalton and Craig Barron (2008)
Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
Paul Franklin , Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (2010)
Robert Legato , Joss Williams , Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning (2011)
Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron , Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott (2012)
Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (2013)
Paul Franklin , Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter and Scott R. Fisher (2014)
Mark Williams Ardington , Sara Bennett , Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst (2015)
Robert Legato , Adam Valdez , Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (2016)
John Nelson , Gerd Nefzer , Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover (2017)
Paul Lambert , Ian Hunter , Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm (2018)
Guillaume Rocheron , Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy (2019)
Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Jackson , David Lee and Andrew Lockley (2020)
show 1964–1967
Black and White
Motley (1964)
No Award (1965)
No Award (1966)
Jocelyn Rickards (1967)
Colour
Margaret Furse (1964)
Osbert Lancaster and Dinah Greet (1965)
Julie Harris (1966)
Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge (1967)
1968–present
Danilo Donati (1968)
Anthony Mendleson (1969)
Maria De Matteis (1970)
Piero Tosi (1971)
Anthony Mendleson (1972)
Phyllis Dalton (1973)
Theoni V. Aldredge (1974)
Ann Roth (1975)
Moidele Bickel (1976)
Danilo Donati (1977)
Anthony Powell (1978)
Shirley Ann Russell (1979)
Seiichiro Momosawa (1980)
Milena Canonero (1981)
Michael Kaplan and Charles Knode (1982)
Piero Tosi (1983)
Gabriella Pescucci (1984)
Milena Canonero (1985)
Jenny Beavan and John Bright (1986)
Jeffrey Kurland (1987)
James Acheson (1988)
Gabriella Pescucci (1989)
Richard Bruno (1990)
Franca Squarciapino (1991)
Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie (1992)
Janet Patterson (1993)
Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner (1994)
Charles Knode (1995)
Shuna Harwood (1996)
Deirdre Clancy (1997)
Sandy Powell (1998)
Colleen Atwood (1999)
Timmy Yip (2000)
Jenny Beavan (2001)
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor (2002)
Wendy Stites (2003)
Jacqueline Durran (2004)
Colleen Atwood (2005)
Lala Huete (2006)
Marit Allen (2007)
Michael O'Connor (2008)
Sandy Powell (2009)
Colleen Atwood (2010)
Mark Bridges (2011)
Jacqueline Durran (2012)
Catherine Martin (2013)
Milena Canonero (2014)
Jenny Beavan (2015)
Madeline Fontaine (2016)
Mark Bridges (2017)
Sandy Powell (2018)
Jacqueline Durran (2019)
Ann Roth (2020)
show 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 Lopez-Rivera and Mia Neal (2020)
show 1982–2000
Richard Edlund (1982)
Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , Ken Ralston and Kit West (1983)
Dennis Muren , George Gibbs , Michael J. McAlister and Lorne Peterson (1984)
George Gibbs and Richard Conway (1985)
Robert Skotak , Brian Johnson , John Richardson and Stan Winston (1986)
Michael Lantieri , Michael Owens, Ed Jones and Bruce Walters (1987)
George Gibbs , Richard Williams , Ken Ralston and Ed Jones (1988)
Ken Ralston , Michael Lantieri , John Bell and Steve Gawley (1989)
The special visual effects team of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1990)
Stan Winston , Dennis Muren , Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak (1991)
Michael Lantieri , Ken Ralston , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chiang and Douglas Smythe (1992)
Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri (1993)
Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum , Doug Chiang and Allen Hall (1994)
Robert Legato , Michael Kanfer , Matt Sweeney and Leslie Ekker (1995)
Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Henry LaBounta and Habib Zargarpour (1996)
Mark Stetson , Karen Goulekas , Nick Allder , Neil Corbould and Nick Dudman (1997)
Stefen Fangmeier , Roger Guyett and Neil Corbould (1998)
John Gaeta , Steve Courtley , Janek Sirrs and Jon Thum (1999)
Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Walt Conti , Habib Zargarpour and Tim Alexander (2000)
2001–present
Jim Rygiel , Richard Taylor , Alex Funke , Randall William Cook and Mark Stetson (2001)
Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2002)
Joe Letteri , Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook and Alex Funke (2003)
Karen Goulekas , Neil Corbould , Greg Strause and Remo Balcells (2004)
Joe Letteri , Christian Rivers , Brian Van't Hul and Richard Taylor (2005)
John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (2006)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris and Trevor Wood (2007)
Eric Barba , Craig Barron , Nathan McGuinness and Edson Williams (2008)
Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
Chris Corbould , Paul Franklin , Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (2010)
Tim Burke , John Richardson , Greg Butler and David Vickery (2011)
Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron and Erik-Jan de Boer (2012)
Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , Neil Corbould and Nikki Penny (2013)
Paul Franklin , Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Lockley and Ian Hunter (2014)
Chris Corbould , Roger Guyett , Paul Kavanagh and Neal Scanlan (2015)
Robert Legato , Dan Lemmon , Andrew R. Jones and Adam Valdez (2016)
Richard R. Hoover , Paul Lambert , Gerd Nefzer and John Nelson (2017)
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack and Dan Sudick (2018)
Greg Butler , Guillaume Rocheron and Dominic Tuohy (2019)
Scott R. Fisher , Andrew Jackson and Andrew Lockley (2020)
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Bill Thomas (1976)
John Mollo (1977)
Theoni V. Aldredge (1978)
Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1979)
Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1980)
Bob Ringwood (1981)
Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton (1982)
Aggie Guerard Rodgers and Nilo Rodis-Jamero (1983)
Bob Ringwood (1984)
Nanà Cecchi (1985)
Robert Fletcher (1986)
Phyllis Dalton (1987)
Barbara Lane (1988)
Erica Edell Phillips (1989/90)
Marilyn Vance (1991)
Eiko Ishioka (1992)
Mary E. Vogt (1993)
Sandy Powell (1994)
Julie Weiss (1995)
Deborah Everton (1996)
Ellen Mirojnick (1997)
Jenny Beavan (1998)
Trisha Biggar (1999)
Louise Mingenbach (2000)
Judianna Makovsky (2001)
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor /Trisha Biggar (2002)
Penny Rose (2003)
Kevin Conran (2004)
Isis Mussenden (2005)
Yee Chung-man (2006)
Colleen Atwood (2007)
Mary Zophres (2008)
Michael Wilkinson (2009)
Colleen Atwood (2010)
Alexandra Byrne (2011)
Paco Delgado (2012)
Trish Summerville (2013)
Ngila Dickson (2014)
Alexandra Byrne (2015)
Colleen Atwood (2016)
Jacqueline Durran (2017)
Michael Wilkinson (2018/2019)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
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Dick Smith (1973)
William J. Tuttle (1974/75)
William J. Tuttle (1976)
Rick Baker and Stuart Freeborn (1977)
William J. Tuttle and Rick Baker (1978)
William J. Tuttle (1979)
Dick Smith /Dick Smith (1980)
Rick Baker (1981)
Dorothy J. Pearl (1982)
Phil Tippett and Stuart Freeborn (1983)
Stan Winston (1984)
Tom Savini (1985)
Chris Walas (1986)
Rob Bottin and Stephan Dupuis (1987)
Ve Neill , Steve La Porte , and Robert Short (1988)
John Caglione Jr. , Doug Drexler , and Cheri Minns (1989/90)
Carl Fullerton and Neal Martz (1991)
Stan Winston and Ve Neill (1992)
Kevin Haney (1993)
Rick Baker and Ve Neill (1994)
Jean Ann Black and Rob Bottin (1995)
Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (1996)
Rick Lazzarini and Gordon J. Smith (1997)
Robert Kurtzman , Greg Nicotero , and Howard Berger (1998)
Nick Dudman and Aileen Seaton (1999)
Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan (2000)
Greg Cannom and Wesley Wofford (2001)
Peter Owen and Peter King (2002)
Richard Taylor and Peter King (2003)
Jake Garber , Matt Rose, and Mike Elizalde (2004)
Howard Berger , Nikki Gooley , and Greg Nicotero (2005)
Todd Masters and Dan Rebert (2006)
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel (2007)
Greg Cannom (2008)
Barney Burman , Mindy Hall , and Joel Harlow (2009)
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (2010)
Dave Elsey , Fran Needham, and Conor O'Sullivan (2011)
Heike Merker, Daniel Parker, and Jeremy Woodhead (2012)
Donald Mowat (2013)
David White and Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou (2014)
Neal Scanlan (2015)
Joel Harlow and Monica Huppert (2016)
Joel Harlow and Ken Diaz (2017)
John Blake and Brian Sipe (2018/2019)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
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Marcel Vercoutere (1972)
Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973)
Douglas Knapp , Bill Taylor, John Carpenter , and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75)
L. B. Abbott (1976)
John Dykstra and John Stears (1977)
Colin Chilvers (1978)
Douglas Trumbull , John Dykstra , and Richard Yuricich (1979)
Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980)
Richard Edlund (1981)
Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982)
Richard Edlund , Dennis Muren , and Ken Ralston (1983)
Chris Walas (1984)
Kevin Pike (1985)
Stan Winston , Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986)
Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett , Rob Bottin , and Rocco Gioffre (1987)
George Gibbs , Ken Ralston , and Richard Williams (1988)
Ken Ralston (1989/90)
Stan Winston (1991)
Ken Ralston , Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)
Dennis Muren , Stan Winston , Phil Tippett , and Michael Lantieri (1993)
John Bruno (1994)
Stan Parks (1995)
Volker Engel , Clay Pinney , Douglas Smith , and Joe Viskocil (1996)
Phil Tippett , Scott E. Anderson , Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)
Volker Engel , Patrick Tatopoulos , Karen E. Goulekas , and Clay Pinney (1998)
Rob Coleman , John Knoll , Dennis Muren , and Scott Squires (1999)
Scott E. Anderson , Craig Hayes , Scott Stokdyk , and Stan Parks (2000)
Dennis Muren , Scott Farrar , Stan Winston , Michael Lantieri (2001)
Rob Coleman , Pablo Helman , John Knoll , and Ben Snow (2002)
Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke (2003)
John Dykstra , Scott Stokdyk , Anthony LaMolinara , and John Frazier (2004)
Joe Letteri , Richard Taylor , Christian Rivers , and Brian Van't Hul (2005)
John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Charles Gibson , and Allen Hall (2006)
Scott Farrar , Scott Benza , Russell Earl , and John Frazier (2007)
Nick Davis , Chris Corbould , Timothy Webber , and Paul J. Franklin (2008)
Joe Letteri , Stephen Rosenbaum , Richard Baneham , and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley , Paul J. Franklin , and Peter Bebb (2010)
Dan Lemmon , Joe Letteri , R. Christopher White , and Daniel Barrett (2011)
Janek Sirrs , Jeff White , Guy Williams , and Dan Sudick (2012)
Tim Webber , Chris Lawrence , Dave Shirk , and Neil Corbould (2013)
Paul J. Franklin , Andrew Lockley , Ian Hunter , and Scott R. Fisher (2014)
Roger Guyett , Patrick Tubach , Neal Scanlan , and Chris Corbould (2015)
John Knoll , Mohen Leo , Hal Hickel , and Neil Corbould (2016)
Christopher Townsend , Guy Williams , Jonathan Fawkner , and Dan Sudick (2017)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.