Rick Baker

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Richard A. Baker (born December 8, 1950) is a retired American special make-up effects creator and actor, mostly known for his creature effects and designs. Baker won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times from a record eleven nominations, beginning when he won the inaugural award for the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London. As a teen, Baker began creating artificial body parts in his own kitchen. He also appeared briefly in the fan production The Night Turkey, a one-hour, black-and-white video parody of The Night Stalker directed by William Malone. Baker's first professional job was as an assistant to prosthetic makeup effects veteran Dick Smith on the 1973 film The Exorcist. While working on The Exorcist, Baker was hired by director Larry Cohen to design and create a mutant infant for Cohen's 1974 film It's Alive. Baker received the inaugural Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work on An American Werewolf in London. He also created the werewolf creature Michael Jackson transforms into in the music video Thriller. Subsequently, Baker has been nominated for the Best Makeup Oscar ten more times, winning on seven occasions, both records in his field. Baker claims that his work on Harry and the Hendersons is one of his proudest achievements.[8] On October 3, 2009, he received the Jack Pierce – Lifetime Achievement Award title of the Chiller-Eyegore Awards.[9] He was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Academy of Art University San Francisco in 2008. He also contributes commentaries to the web series Trailers from Hell for trailers about horror and science fiction films. Baker received the 2485th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 30, 2012. The star is located in front of the Guinness World Records Museum. Baker announced his retirement on May 28, 2015: "First of all, the CG stuff definitely took away the animatronics part of what I do. It's also starting to take away the makeup part. The time is right, I am 64 years old, and the business is crazy right now. I like to do things right, and they wanted cheap and fast. That is not what I want to do, so I just decided it is basically time to get out. I would consider designing and consulting on something, but I don't think I will have a huge working studio anymore."

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1950-12-08
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Costume & Make-Up
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  • info Birth Place Binghamton, New York, USA
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6.4

Men in Black II

2002-07-03

7.9

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

2002-11-01

7.5

She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'

1999-01-01

8.5

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

1994-10-25

6.5

Into the Night

1985-02-22

6.3

Cult of Terror

2017-10-14

4.8

The Thing with Two Heads

1972-07-19

7

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

2010-02-02

7

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

2000-08-29

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MonsterKids: The Impact of Things That Go Bump In The Night

2017-09-01

7

The Sci-Fi Boys

2006-04-27

10

RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World'

2005-11-22

7.2

Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'

2009-09-14

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Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist

2024-03-26

8.9

Making Michael Jackson's Thriller

1983-12-15

6.9

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999-01-01

3

Tales Beyond Madness

2019-07-30

6.5

Monsterland

2009-03-29

5.8

Planet of the Apes

2001-07-25

7

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

2005-10-25

9

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

2008-07-09

7.5

The Road to 'Dracula'

1999-12-21

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Old Time Radio: Your Move

2023-10-28

7

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.

2010-02-02

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King Kong! The Living Legend

1986-06-01

6.7

The Making of Captain EO

1986-09-12

6.5

Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh

2004-08-27

7.2

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

2015-11-18

6.2

The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977-08-10

4.7

The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'

2014-07-15

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Charlie Gemora: Uncredited

2016-04-15

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Teddy Scares

2006-06-28

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I Walked with a Werewolf

2009-09-15

6.9

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019-01-30

6.6

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018-07-07

8.2

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

1986-01-01

5

Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'

2000-09-05

6.2

King Kong

1976-09-08

8.2

Michael Jackson's Thriller

1983-11-14

7

The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'

2017-11-20

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Birth Pains

2015-10-16

5.2

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1981-01-30

6.6

Men in Black 3

2012-05-23

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Keep the Gaslight Burning

2018-10-31

7.3

The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome

1982-12-31

4

A Tribute to the Wizard of Oz

1999-01-01

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House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

2013-10-01

7.5

Ed Wood: Making Bela

2004-10-19

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Rick Baker: Alien Maker

2002-11-26

7.7

The Making of Men in Black

1997-11-04

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AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1

2020-04-08

0

Working with a Master: John Landis

2006-06-27

7.5

The Perfect Scary Movie

2005-10-29

6.8

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2000-11-17

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Dance With Me

5.9

The Wolfman

2010-02-10

0

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

1994-05-22

6.8

Face Off: Game Face

2017-08-22

6

DC Daily

2018-09-15

7.2

Face Off

2011-01-26

7

Unchained Reaction

2012-03-18

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7

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990-06-15

7

An American Werewolf in London

1981-08-21

7

Mighty Joe Young

1998-12-25

7

It Lives Again

1978-05-10

7

The Thing with Two Heads

1972-07-19

7

Click

2006-06-23

7

Ghosts

1997-09-04

7

Cursed

2005-02-25

7

Schlock

1973-03-01

7

Octaman

1971-11-03

7

The Howling

1981-01-21

7

Bone

1972-07-01

7

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990-06-15

7

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990-06-15

7

Planet of the Apes

2001-07-25

7

Tanya's Island

1980-12-05

7

The Amazing Panda Adventure

1995-08-25

7

Max My Love

1986-10-22

7

The Funhouse

1981-03-13

7

Ed Wood

1994-09-28

7

Black Caesar

1973-02-07

7

Black Caesar

1973-02-07

7

Enchanted

2007-11-20

7

The Ring

2002-10-18

7

Matinee

1993-01-29

7

Bone

1972-07-01

7

The Fury

1978-03-10

7

Schlock

1973-03-01

7

Squirm

1976-07-30

7

Coming to America

1988-06-29

7

Track of the Moon Beast

1976-06-01

7

Videodrome

1983-02-04

7

Silver Bullet

1985-10-10

7

Maleficent

2014-05-28

7

Altered States

1980-12-25

7

The Wolfman

2010-02-10

7

Skinned Deep

2004-02-14

7

The Wolfman

2010-02-10

7

Ghost Story

1981-12-18

7

Norbit

2007-02-08

7

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2000-11-17

7

The Exorcist

1973-12-26

7

Wild Wild West

1999-06-30

7

Michael Jackson's Thriller

1983-11-14

7

The Nutty Professor

1996-06-28

7

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

2000-07-27

7

Cop Killers

1977-01-05

7

Black Caesar

1973-02-07

7

The Incredible Melting Man

1977-11-10

7

Zebra Force

1976-04-11

7

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974-01-31

7

Altered States

1980-12-25

7

It Lives Again

1978-05-10

7

Star Wars

1977-05-25

7

King Kong

1976-09-08

7

The Fury

1978-03-10

7

Ghost Story

1981-12-18

7

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984-03-30

7

An American Christmas Carol

1979-12-16

7

Ratboy

1986-10-17

7

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1981-01-30

7

An American Werewolf in London

1981-08-21

7

Coming to America

1988-06-29

7

My Science Project

1985-08-09

7

Summer School

1987-07-22

7

Gorillas in the Mist

1988-09-23

7

Harry and the Hendersons

1987-06-05

7

The Empire Strikes Back

1980-05-20

7

Captain EO

1986-09-12

7

Missing Link

1988-11-04

7

Dark Avenger

1990-10-11

7

The Rocketeer

1991-06-21

7

Wolf

1994-06-17

7

Matinee

1993-01-29

7

Psycho

1998-12-04

7

Baby's Day Out

1994-07-01

7

Mighty Joe Young

1998-12-25

7

Body Bags

1993-08-08

7

Escape from L.A.

1996-08-09

7

Batman Forever

1995-06-16

7

The Frighteners

1996-07-18

7

Ghosts

1997-09-04

7

Men in Black II

2002-07-03

7

Men in Black

1997-07-02

7

The Ring

2002-10-18

7

TRON: Legacy

2010-12-14

7

Men in Black 3

2012-05-23

7

It's Alive

1974-04-26

7

It's Alive

1974-04-26