Oscar contenders ‘Vice’ and ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ are Makeup and Hairstyling guild winners
Vice (Annapurna) 
Mary Queen of Scots (Focus Features)
A pair of Oscar nominees triumphed at the 6th annual Makeup and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (MUAH) last night as Vice and Mary Queen of Scots both took home wins.
Vice won both awards it was up for: Best Period and/or Character Makeup and Best Special Makeup Effects, largely for Christian Bale’s extensive transformation into Vice President Dick Cheney. The only other films to win both – The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Darkest Hour – all won the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Mary Queen of Scots won for its complex hairstyling. A Star Is Born and Crazy Rich Asians each earned wins, in contemporary makeup and contemporary hairstyling, respectively.
On Friday, just before the Academy reversed its decision to move the cinematography, editing, makeup and hairstyling, and live action short Oscar award presentations to commercial breaks, Julie Socash, president, Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild, delivered a statement of protest:
“We know from some of our members, as talented artists and professionals, that they are disappointed by the Academy’s decision to handle various awards in this fashion, even if on a rotational basis. As IATSE International President Matthew D. Loeb made clear in his statement, our members are ‘the core of any motion picture production.’ While we are looking forward to the Oscar telecast, our focus right now is on this Saturday night’s Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards where our members artistic contributions will be honored with the dignity our craft deserves.”
In television and commercials the big winners were The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and American Horror Story: Apocalypse. The Young and the Restless took home wins for daytime TV and A Series of Unfortunate Events was the champ for children’s television.
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) received the Distinguished Artisan Award. Susan Cabral-Ebert, outgoing Local 706 president and Emmy-nominated makeup artist, and Emmy-winning hairstylist Robert Louis Stevenson received Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Here is the full list of winners of the 6th Makeup and Hair Stylists MUAH awards.
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
A Star is Born
Ve Neill, Debbie Zoller, Sarah Tanno
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
Crazy Rich Asians
Heike Merker, Sophia Knight
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
Vice
Kate Biscoe, Ann Pala Williams, Jamie Kelman
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
Mary Queen of Scots
Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Vice
Greg Cannom, Christopher Gallaher
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
American Horror Story: Apocalypse
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
Dancing with the Stars
Gail Ryan, Brittany Spaulding, Jani Kleinbard
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Patricia Regan, Claus Lulla, Joseph A. Campayno
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Jerry DeCarlo, John Jordan, Peg Schierholz
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Westworld
Justin Raleigh, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Thomas Floutz
MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
King Lear
Naomi Donne, Sara Kramer
MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Charles Lapointe, Kevin Maybee
MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Cocaine Godmother
Trefor Proud, Vicki Syskakis
DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST MAKE-UP
The Young and the Restless
Patricia Denney, Marlene Mason, Kathy Jones
DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST HAIR STYLING
The Young and the Restless
Regina Rodriguez, Adriana Lucio, Vanessa Bragdon
CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING – BEST MAKE-UP
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Rita Ciccozzi, Krista Seller, Bill Terezakis
CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING – BEST HAIR STYLING
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Julie McHaffie, Dianne Holme
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST MAKE-UP
American Horror Story: Apocalypse “Promo”
Kerry Herta, Jason Collins, Cristina Waltz
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST HAIR STYLING
American Horror Story: Apocalypse “Promo”
Joe Matke, Fernando Santaella-Navarro
THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST MAKE-UP
The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Rocky Horror
Michael Johnston, Tyson Fontaine, Lauren Lillian
THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST HAIR STYLING
Aladdin
Debra Parr, Michele Arvizo, Chanthy Tach
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