The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) announced winners of its 9th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Awards in 23 categories of film, television, commercials and live theater. The gala was held on Saturday night (2/19) before a live audience at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. It was also livestreamed to an audience of millions worldwide.
Winners in the Feature Motion Pictures categories include “Being the Ricardos,” “Coming 2 America,” and “Cruella.” Television Series winners include “American Horror Stories,” “Dancing with The Stars” “Emily in Paris,” “Pose,” “Genius: Aretha,” “Star Trek: Discovery.” For the categories in Television Special/Motion Picture Made for Television, winners include “Saturday Night Live,” “Dancing with the Stars,” and “Legendary.”
Daytime Television category wins went to “The Kelly Clarkson Show” for both Make-Up and Hair categories. Children/Teen Program honors went to “Danger Force” for both Make-Up and Hair categories. Theatrical awards were bestowed upon “Cinderella” (“La Cenerentola”) for both Make-Up and Hair categories. The Commercial/Music Video Awards were presented to “American Horror Story: Double Feature” and “Pose.”
The awards took place before an audience of more than 800, including guild members, industry executives and press. Actress Melissa Peterman charmed as host of the lively event. TV personality, actor and singer Frankie J. Grande, hosted the red carpet preshow. Julie Socash, president, and Randy Sayer, business representative, presided over the awards ceremony. Returning again as producers of this year’s MUAHS Awards were IngleDodd Media and Erick Weiss of Honeysweet Creative. To keep everyone safe, all guests were screened by VOW Digital Health.
Jon Favreau, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker, known for his creative, innovative work in the “Star Wars,” “Iron Man” and “Avengers” series among others, received this year’s Distinguished Artisan Award celebrating the extensive list of creative, exotic, and memorable characters that lives on in his plethora of films, television movies and series. Presenting the Distinguished Artisan Award to Favreau, who accepted the award virtually, was actress Ming-Na Wen, star of Favreau’s series of “The Book of Boba Fett,” and “The Mandalorian.”
Michèle Burke, Oscar® and Emmy® winning journeyman make-up artist (Mission Impossible and Austin Powers series), was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Make-Up, presented by producer Paula Wagner, who first worked together with Burke on Vanilla Sky. Emmy winning journeyman hair stylist Joy Zapata (“A Star is Born,” “Wonder Woman 1984,” and “Star Trek: Nemesis”), received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Styling, presented by producer Lauren Shuler Donner (“Legion,” “Logan,” “Deadpool”).
Award-winning journeyman make-up artist Christina Smith, with over 100 credits (“Cabaret” with Liza Minnelli, “Schindler’s List,” “Steel Magnolias” and “Hook”), was honored with the esteemed Vanguard Award. Actress model Milla Jovovich presented the award to Smith and stars in “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.” Smith became one of the first female make-up artists to join Local 706 in 1974. Running alongside her film career, Smith has created a couture eyelash atelier that provides lashes to some of the biggest celebrities in the world.
Award-winning actor Doug Jones (Amphibian Man in Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” Pan and Pale Man in “Pan’s Labyrinth,” and Abe Sapien in “Hellboy”) whose legendary characters have been created beneath masterful make-up and prosthetics, has been named the recipient of the inaugural The Chair Award. With his true face and body hidden beneath make-up and prosthetics, Jones is a favorite of the make-up artists and hair stylists. Presenting Doug Jones with The Chair Award was Sonequa Martin-Green, who herself has an impressive body of work across television, film and stage. She is currently the commander in “Star Trek: Discovery,” the first Black female lead in the franchise.
Another highlight of the evening was a moving In Memoriam segment performed by long-time Local 706 member Angie Wells, who sang her beautiful, original song “Before I Take My Leave” created specifically for the memorial.
WINNERS OF THE 9th ANNUAL MUAHS AWARDS
1. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE –
Best Contemporary Make-Up
Coming 2 America
Merc Arceneaux, Vera Steimberg, Trent Simmons, Caroline Monge
2. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE –
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Cruella
Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne, Guy Common
3. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE –
Best Special Make-Up Effects
Coming 2 America
Mike Marino, Michael Fontaine, Yoichi Art Sakamoto, Diana Choi
4. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE –
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Coming 2 America
Stacey Morris, Carla Farmer, Louisa Anthony, Victor Paz
5. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE –
Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling
Being the Ricardos
Teressa Hill, Yvonne De Patis-Kupka Lindy Dunn, Kim Santantonio
6. TELEVISION SERIES -LIMITED, MINISERIES OR NEW MEDIA SERIES –
Best Contemporary Make-up
American Horror Stories
Tyson Fountaine, Melissa Buell, Ron Pipes, Gage Munster
7. TELEVISION SERIES -LIMITED, MINISERIES OR NEW MEDIA SERIES-
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Pose
Sherri Berman Laurence, Nicky Pattison Illum, Charles Zambrano, Jai Williams
8. TELEVISION SERIES -LIMITED, MINISERIES OR NEW MEDIA SERIES-
Best Special Make-Up Effects
Star Trek: Discovery
Glenn Hetrick, Rocky Faulkner, Nicola Bendrey, Chris Burgoyne
9. TELEVISION SERIES -LIMITED, MINISERIES OR NEW MEDIA SERIES-
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Emily in Paris
Odile Fourquin, Mike Desir, Carole Nicolas, Frederic Souquet
10. TELEVISION SERIES -LIMITED, MINISERIES OR NEW MEDIA SERIES-
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Genius: Aretha
Louisa V. Anthony, Tracey Moss, Victor Paz
11. TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION
Best Contemporary Make-Up
Saturday Night Live
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Rachel Pagani
12. TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Saturday Night Live
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Joanna Pisani
13. TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES, OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION
Best Special Make-up Effects
Saturday Night Live
Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Tom Denier Jr., Lisa Forst
14. TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES, OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Dancing with the Stars
Jani Kleinbard, Gail Ryan, Cheryl Eckert, Regina Rodriquez
15. TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES, OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Legendary
Jerilynn Stephens, Kimi Messina, Kathleen Leonard, Dean Banowetz
16. DAYTIME TELEVISION -
Best Make-Up
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Chanty LaGrana, Valente Fraizer, Gloria Elias-Foeillet
17. DAYTIME TELEVISION -
Best Hair Styling
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Roberto Ramos, Tara Copeland
18. CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING -
Best Make-Up
Danger Force
Michael Johnston, Brad Look, Kevin Westmore, Tyson Fountaine
19. CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING -
Best Hair Styling
Danger Force
Joe Matke, Roma Goddard, Yunea Cruz
20. COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS -
Best Make-Up
American Horror Story: Double Feature
Kerry Herta, Christina Kortum, Alex Perrone
21. COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS -
Best Hair Styling
Pose
Joe Matke, Genyii Scott
22. THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Live Stage) -
Best Make-up
Cinderella (La Cenerentola)
Raquel Bianchini, Brandi Strona, Danielle Richter
23. THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Live Stage) -
Best Hair Styling
Cinderella (La Cenerentola)
Raquel Bianchini, Danielle Richter, Marylou Hernandez