79th Academy Awards® : Makeup Symposium (audio)
The 79th Academy Awards® Oscar-Nominated Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Symposium was hosted by Leonard Engelman, the first Makeup Branch Governor on the Board of Governors for the Motion Picture Academy. Roughly 120 makeup artist and hairstylist members of the Academy were given branch status by the Academy’s Board of Governors in October. They were previously included among members-at-large, a membership group that is represented by the Board as a whole. Engelman’s credits include “Moonstruck,” “The Accidental Tourist,” “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
2007 showcased the perfect film trio that depicts the very vast range that is the "Art of Makeup". Ten minute clips for each film were shown to represent the complexities of the hair and makeups of each.
The 3 Nominated Films for the 79th Academy Awards® “Achievement in Makeup”:
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Saturday, February 24, 2007
PAN’S LABYRINTH (Mexico & Spain) 
WINNER
WINNER Fantasy characters that are so believable, we continue to hope they are only fantasy.
Two characters so fully developed that we lose sight that there are humans (Doug Jones)
beneath those makeups. A faun so convincing that in a short period of time we see only
the animal. And a corpse so starved that the flacid flesh hangs from its bones, only in
Pan's Labyrinth.
Select films include Talk to Her, Hellboy, and The Devil's Backbone.
Currently working on Hellboy II.
Hellboy II,The Kovak Box, Doom, Hellboy and more.
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Pan’s Labyrinth makeup team
Montse Ribe & David Marti
APOCALYPTO (Mexico)
Primitive history with tattoos, scarifications, body and face paintings, body piercings, extreme and varied hairstyles; and hair adornment, effects and colors. Apocalypto is a great design vision and physical accomplishment. As part of their contractual obligations and for continuity purposes, the 2,000 extras had to agree to not shower for one week.
Aldo Signoretti (Rome, Italy) Hair and Co-Makeup Designer
Nominated for an Academy Award for Achievement in Makeup on Moulin Rouge and Apocalypto. Previous projects include Capote, Gangs of New York and Fade to Black. Now designing for the new Cirque de Soleil.
Vittorio Sodano (Rome, Italy) Co-Makeup Designer
Previous projects include Casanova and The Black Dahlia.
Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano
Apocalyto Team
FUN FACTS
The film industry has become a global industry. The Oscar Nominees have come from all over the world.
Two of the six nominees are in the Academy, Bill Corso and Aldo Signoretti. Two people are in the Makeup Union, Kazuhiro and Bill. Only one of the nominated artists this year was born in the United States. He is Bill Corso.
I had a fabulous time at the cocktail reception. The decadent h'oerdoerves and desserts were a wonderful treat! A FAB time was had by all!
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CLICK (LA)
Seeing actors years older. Having the opportunity to see the characters in the present and
then years from now in the future. The makeup applications needs to be "perfect" but as part
of that the design and the physical changes need to be perfect. That is the definition of "Click".
Just completed Norbit and is working on another yet untitled project. Previous projects include
Hellboy, The Ring and Ring II, Men in Black II, and Planet of the Apes to name a few.
Bill Corso Makeup Artist/designer
Selected feature film projects include The Number 23, Munich, Lemony Snicket's A Series of
Unfortunate Events.
Lygia Orta & Bill Corso
Kazuhoro Tsuji & Fan
Leonard Engelman, Makeup Branch Governor
Sinful pleasures
Vittorio Sodano, Apocalypto
