A Star is Born, Vice, Crazy Rich Asians and Mary Queen of Scots were the major feature film winners at the 6th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) Awards held Saturday night (2/16) in Los Angeles. Television winners included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, American Horror Story: Apocalypse, Westworld and Dancing with the Stars. Motion picture made for TV category winners were King Lear, Cocaine Godmother and Jesus Christ Superstar: Live and in Concert.

In total the MUAHS Awards honored winners in 23 categories of film, television, commercials and live theater. Winners in daytime TV were awarded to The Young and The Restless. A Series of  Unfortunate Events won best children/teen program. Theatrical honors were bestowed upon Aladdin and The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Rocky Horror. The commercial/music video award was presented to the promo campaign for American  Horror Story: Apocalypse.

Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Academy Award-nominated and two-time Primetime Emmy-winning actress, received the prestigious MUAHS Distinguished Artisan Award, celebrating her prolific acting career and the plethora of characters she embraces. McCarthy is the first female artist to receive this award, presented by hair stylist Linda Flowers, collaborator on McCarthy’s numerous characters for many years. A wonderful clip reel was presented spotlighting the spectrum of McCarthy’s extraordinary award-winning film work including Bridesmaids, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, This is 40, The Hangover Part III and Ghostbusters. Her award-winning television credits include Gilmore Girls, and Mike and Molly, for which she won an Emmy.

Sue Cabral-Ebert, outgoing Local 706 president and award-winning makeup artist, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Makeup. Legendary Emmy-winning hair stylist Robert Louis Stevenson received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Styling.

The awards took place before an audience of more than 900, including Guild members, industry executives and press. Actress/comedienne Loni Love (The Real) returned as host for the fourth year in a row. Julie Socash, newly installed president, and Randy Sayer, business representative, presided over the awards ceremony. Returning again as producer of this year’s MUAHS Awards was Erick Weiss of Honeysweet Creative.  

WINNERS FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
A STAR IS BORN
Ve Neill, Debbie Zoller, Sarah Tanno

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Heike Merker, Sophia Knight

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
VICE
Kate Biscoe, Ann Pala, Williams, Jamie Kelman

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
VICE
Greg Cannom, Christopher Gallaher

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
DANCING WITH THE STARS
Gail Ryan, Brittany Spaulding, Jani Kleinbard

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Patricia Regan, Claus Lulla, Joseph A. Campayno

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Jerry DeCarlo, Jon Jordan, Peg Schierholz

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
WESTWORLD
Justin Raleigh, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Thomas Floutz

MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL– BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
KING LEAR
Naomi Donne, Sara Kramer

MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
Charles Lapointe, Kevin Maybee

MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
COCAINE GODMOTHER
Trefor Proud, Vicki Syskakis

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST MAKE-UP
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Patricia Denney, Marlene Mason, Kathy Jones

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST HAIR STYLING
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Regina Rodriguez, Adriana Lucio, Vanessa Bragdon

CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING – BEST MAKE-UP
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Rita Ciccozzi, Krista Seller, Bill Terezakis

CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING – BEST HAIR STYLING
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Julie McHaffie, Dianne Holme

COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST MAKE-UP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE “PROMO”
Kerry Herta, Jason Collins, Cristina Waltz 

COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST HAIR STYLING
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE “PROMO”
Joe Matke, FernandoSantaella-Navarro

THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST MAKE-UP
THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF ROCKY HORROR
Michael Johnston, Tyson Fontaine, Lauren Lillien

THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST HAIR STYLING
ALADDIN
Debra Parr, Michele Arvizo, Chanthy Tach