Greg Cannom, the four-time Oscar-winning make-up and prosthetics artist behind such seminal movies as Dracula, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Vice, has died on the age of 73.
Rick Baker, a longtime colleague and frequent collaborator, introduced the information yesterday on Instagram, writing, “I simply heard the unhappy information of the passing of one of many nice make up artists. Greg Cannom. Greg began with me within the 70’s; his first job with me was the sequel to It’s Alive the place he not solely assisted me in making the child but additionally performed one of many child monsters. After I moved out of my first storage workshop Greg moved in. After I out grew my first industrial unit Greg took that over. His work will likely be remembered lengthy after his passing. Unhappy information certainly. RIP Greg, you and your work will likely be missed.”
Per a GoFundMe launched in March 2023 on behalf of the completed and celebrated artisan, Cannom’s well being started declining following a bout of Shingles some time again, which led to everlasting nerve harm to his legs; he additionally suffered a Staph an infection that resulted in an amputation under the knee. He was hospitalized in December 2022 for a number of months, for problems associated to diabetes, viral infections and coronary heart failure.
A trailblazer within the discipline, Cannom has logged 45 years within the enterprise, crafting the enduring appears to be like behind a few of the most beloved movies. Along with his 4 Academy Awards, he additionally obtained nods for his work on Hook, Hoffa, Roommates, Titanic, Bicentennial Man and A Lovely Thoughts. His craft can also be behind movies The Misplaced Boys, Batman Returns, Blade, The Masks, Hannibal, Van Helsing, White Chicks, The Ardour of the Christ, The Eyes of Tammy Faye and lots of others.
On the tv aspect, he rendered make-up for Fox’s late ’80s sequence Werewolf, CBS’ ’90s-era The Flash and NBC’s authentic finale of Will & Grace, for which he obtained one among his 5 Emmy nominations. His work additionally prolonged into the musical enviornment, the place he crafted appears to be like for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video, alongside Baker, and Ozzy Osbourne’s “Bark on the Moon.”
In 2005, he shared an Academy Award for Technical Achievement with sculpture artist Wesley Wofford for “the event of their particular modified silicone materials for make-up functions utilized in movement footage.” In 2019, he obtained the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.
Cannom started his foray into the trade after attending Cypress Faculty and dealing seasonally at Knott’s Halloween Hang-out theme park, marking his curiosity within the horror style, which finally led to his connection and assistant job with the seven-time Oscar-winning Baker.