10th Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists guild (MUAH) winners: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ ‘Elvis,’ ‘The Whale’ take top film awards
The IATSE Local 706 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAH) announced winners of its 10th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Awards, presented by Dyson and HASK Beauty, in 23 categories of film, television, commercials, and live theater.
Winners in the Feature Motion Pictures categories were split between Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis (the only double winner), The Whale, and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis and The Whale are all Oscar-nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling alongside The Batman and All Quiet on the Western Front.
Television Series winners include Abbott Elementary, double winners Euphoria and Pam & Tommy, and Our Flag Means Death. For the categories in Television Special/One Hour or More Live Program Series, winners include double winners The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special and Legendary, plus Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration.
Winners in the Daytime Television category were awarded to The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans. Children/Teen Program honors went to The Quest for both Make-Up and Hair categories. Theatrical awards were bestowed upon Kinky Boots for Best Make-Up and La Traviata for Best HairStyling. The Commercial/Music Video Awards were presented to American Horror Story: Dollhouse Dollhouse Promo and American Horror Stories: Season 2 Promo.
Angela Bassett, Academy Award-nominated actress, director, and executive producer, most recently acclaimed for her creative work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, for which she has received an Academy Award nomination, Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award nomination, in addition to the hit primetime television drama 9-1-1, received this year’s Distinguished Artisan Award. The award celebrates her iconic character portrayals and her bold collaboration with her 706 make-up and hair teams to extend their imaginations and develop magical and relatable characters that are remembered forever. Presenting the Distinguished Artisan Award to Bassett was D’Andre Michael, Bassett’s personal make-up artist, and Camille Friend, Academy Award-nominated hair stylist who was the Hair Stylist Department Head and Designer on both Black Panther movies.
Steve La Porte, Oscar- and Emmy- winning make-up artist best known for his work on Beetlejuice, Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock and Terminator 2 & 3, received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Rick Baker, Academy Award-winning make-up artist. Josée Normand, Emmy-winning hair stylist known for her work on Star Trek: Voyager, Die Hard and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, was bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a longtime colleague of Josée.
The esteemed Vanguard Award was bestowed upon Fred C. Blau Jr., Emmy-winning make-up artist and Reel Creations co-owner, considered the foremost expert on blood effects and tattoo artistry by his colleagues, and best known for his work on The Illustrated Man, Tattoo, Apocalypse Now, and Planet of the Apes. Academy Award-winning make-up artist Ve Neill (Pirates of the Caribbean series, Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire) presented the award to Blau.
Joining Blau as a Vanguard Award honoree was Emmy-winning hair stylist Judy Crown, whose 40 year award-winning career included Seinfeld, Designing Women, Houdini, Moonlighting, and Murphy Brown among many others. Emmy and Tony winner Jason Alexander presented Judy with her award, honoring their many years working together on Seinfeld.
The gala was held on Saturday night, February 11, 2023, hosted by actress Melissa Peterman before a live audience at The Beverly Hilton. It was also live streamed to an audience of millions worldwide.
Here is the complete list of winners for film, television, daytime television and theatrical production.
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE
Best Contemporary Make-Up
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Chung, Erin Rosenmann, Dania A. Ridgway
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Elvis
Shane Thomas, Angela Conte
Best Special Make-Up Effects
The Whale
Adrien Morot, Kathy Tse, Chris Gallaher
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Camille Friend, Evelyn Feliciano, Marva G. Stokes, Victor Paz
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Elvis
Shane Thomas, Louise Coulston
TELEVISION SERIES – LIMITED, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION:
Best Contemporary Make-Up
Euphoria – Season 2
Doniella D. Davy, Tara Lang Shah, Alexandra J. French
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Pam & Tommy
David Williams, Jennifer Aspinall, Dave Snyder, Bill Myer
Best Special Make-Up Effects
Pam & Tommy
David Williams, Jason Collins, Mo Meinhart, Abby Lyle Clawson
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Abbott Elementary
Moira Frazier, Dustin Osborne, Christina R. Joseph
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Our Flag Means Death
Margarita Pidgeon, Stacy Bisel, Kate Loftis, Christopher Enlow
TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES:
Best Contemporary Make-Up
Legendary
Tonia N. Green, Tyson Fountaine, Silvia Leczel, Sean Conklin
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special
Michael Ornelaz, Matt Sprunger, Jon Moore, Robin Pritchard
Best Special Make-Up Effects
The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special
Alexei Dmitriew, Scott Stoddard, LuAndra Whitehurst, Mo Meinhart
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Legendary
Jerilynn Stephens, Kimi Messina, Dean Francis Banowetz, LaLisa Turner
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Anthony Wilson, Jennifer Guerrero-Mazursky, Maria Sandoval, Myo Htun Lai
DAYTIME TELEVISION:
Best Make-Up
The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans
Swanthula Boulet, Dracmorda Boulet
Best Hair Styling
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Tara Copeland, Roberto Ramos
CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING:
Best Make-Up
The Quest
Elle Favorule, Michelle A. Sfarzo, Sonia Cabrera
Best Hair Styling
The Quest
Erica C. Adams, Alyn R. Topper, Lauren McKeever, Jennifer Tremont
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS:
Best Make-Up
American Horror Stories: Dollhouse Promo
Kerry Herta, Jason M. Collins, Alyssa Morgan, Christina Kortum
Best Hair Styling
American Horror Stories: Season 2 Promos
Joe E. Matke III, Tiphanie G. Baum, Jerilynn Stephens, Johnny L. Lomeli
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Live Stage):
Best Make-up
Kinky Boots
Brandi Strona, Glen Alen Gutierrez, Lilia Villasenor
Best Hair Styling
La Traviata
Jeanna Marie Parham, Christina E. Martin
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