Locarno: Rick Baker, Seven-Time Oscar Winner and Makeup Effects Artist, to Receive Vision Award

Rick Baker Set For Locarno Honorary Award

Rick Baker, the veteran make-up artist behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video and Hollywood classics like The Nutty Professor and An American Werewolf in London, will be awarded the honorary Vision Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.  Baker will be handed the award at the festival’s Piazza Grande on August 12.  “Rick Baker was […]

Locarno: Rick Baker, Seven-Time Oscar Winner and Makeup Effects Artist, to Receive Vision Award

"Over his long career, Rick Baker has transformed Michael Jackson into a zombie in Thriller and turned Jim Carrey into the Grinch."

Rick Baker, makeup effects artist and seven-time Academy Award winner, to receive Locarno Vision Award

Rick Baker, makeup effects artist and seven-time Academy Award winner, will receive the Vision Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. Through this award, the festival “pays tribute to a remarkable figure who has been responsible for shaping some of cinema’s most fantastical creations”.  Baker will receive the award in Piazza Grande during the evening ... Read more The post Rick Baker, makeup effects artist and seven-time Academy Award winne…