FINAL 2022 Oscar Nomination Predictions: MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING, VISUAL EFFECTS

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Taking the Makeup and Hairstyling bake-off results and three precursors we have for the category, the top four of Dune, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, House of Gucci and Cruella feel pretty safe. The fifth spot is a quandary but Cyrano’s type of period hair and makeup is the only traditional type of its kind this year (think Emma., Mary Queen of Scots or Victoria & Abdul) and its BAFTA nomination, it should be able to topple Coming 2 America (a reportedly very poorly executed bake-off) and even The Suicide Squad, who’s pre-boot version actually won here.

Visual Effects is quite tough one this year with only Dune being a certified lock. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was doing even better with precursors than Dune was until the rather surprising BAFTA snub. The inclusions of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Free Guy give me pause, the inclusion of No Time to Die, less so. Spider-Man: No Way Home wasn’t eligible there and I know well enough to not go against CGI apes at the Oscars, they love them, so in stays Godzilla vs. Kong. But this is one of the most difficult categories with the potential for a huge snub and films with just a single precursor making it in.

Here are my final 2022 Oscar nomination predictions for Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects.

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

10 films advanced in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 94th Academy Awards.
All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch were invited to view
seven-minute excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on
Sunday, January 30, 2022. Branch members voted to nominate five films for final Oscar
consideration.

1. Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max) – CCA, BAFTA, MUAH (2x)   
2. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures) – CCA, BAFTA, MUAH (3x)  
3. Cruella (Walt Disney) – CCA, BAFTA, MUAH (2x)   
4. House of Gucci (MGM/UAR) – CCA, BAFTA, MUAH (3x)   
5. Cyrano (MGM/UAR) – BAFTA

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6. The Suicide Squad (Warner Bros/HBO Max) – MUAH (3x)
7. Coming 2 America (Amazon Studios) – MUAH (3x)   
8. West Side Story (20th Century Studios) – MUAH
9. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures) – CCA
10. No Time to Die (MGM/UAR) – MUAH (2x)


VISUAL EFFECTS

10 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 94th Academy Awards.
The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. All members of the
Visual Effects Branch were invited to view 10-minute excerpts and interviews with the artists
from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Branch members voted to
nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

1. Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max) – CCA, BAFTA, VES (6x)   
2. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios) – CCA, Annie, VES (4x)  
3. Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner Bros/HBO Max) – VES (3x)
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios) – VES (3x)
5. No Time to Die (MGM/UAR) – BAFTA, VES  

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6. The Matrix Resurrections (Warner Bros/HBO Max) – CCA, VES (3x), BAFTA
7. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Sony Pictures) – BAFTA
8. Free Guy (20th Century Studios) – BAFTA
9. Black Widow (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios) – VES (3x)
10. Eternals (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios) – VES

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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