Makeup & Hairstyling
Nominees:
“The Apprentice”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“A Different Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Waltzing with Brando”
“Wicked”
Per the Academy’s press release:
Ten films will advance in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 97th Academy Awards. All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar® consideration.
Nominations voting begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and concludes on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2025. The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.
OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
Denis Villeneuve | Director
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, Patrick McCormick | Producers
“Emilia Pérez” • Netflix
MAKEUP BY Julia Floch Carbonel, Simon Livet
Jacques Audiard | Director
Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Pascal Caucheteux, Anthony Vaccarello | Producers
“Maria” • Netflix
Pablo Larraín | Director
Juan de Dios Larraín, Jonas Dornbach, Lorenzo Mieli, Pablo Larraín, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Simone Gattoni | Producers
“the substance” • MUBI
MAKEUP BY Stéphanie Guillon
special effects MAKEUP BY Pierre-Olivier Persin
HAIRSTYLING BY Frédérique Arguello
Coralie Fargeat | Director
Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan | Producers
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures
MAKEUP BY Frances Hannon, Alice Jones, Nuria Mbornio, Johanna Nielsen, Branka Vorkapic
HAIRSTYLING BY Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Sim Camps, Gabor Kerekes
Jon M. Chu | Director
Marc Platt, David Stone | Producers
WHY I CHOSE THOSE FIVE?
As front-runners for the Best Picture category, any time “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “Wicked” are on a shortlist, it’s easy to pick them for the nomination. A big fantasy epic, a Broadway play brought to life, and an international musical are all in line with what generally gets nominations. The last two picks are a bit murkier. “Maria” is a longshot because it has no precursors. But I find it hard to believe that Angelina Jolie will be the sole nominee for the film. My pick of “The Substance” is wishful thinking, although deserving of a nomination.
The experts at Gold Derby give the edge to “A Different Man,” which will surprise me, as it does not seem like the type of film the Academy elevates, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which, as a horror/fantasy sequel, generally keeps films from getting nominated, and “Nosferatu,” which I find hard to believe the Academy will embrace it, although I hope they do. They have “Maria” at the bottom of their list, so if I were to swap only one of their picks, I would put “Nosferatu” in over” Maria.” Expect “The Apprentice” to miss out because the film was not well-received, and “Waltzing With Brando” is all but unknown. However, look at past years when films no one was talking about, like “Golda,” “Border,” or “Victoria & Abdul” were nominated, and suddenly it feels like we will see that get a nomination.
“The Apprentice”
October 11, 2024 | Briarcliff Entertainment | 122 min | English
Directed by Ali Abbasi
Colin Penman, Michelle Côté, Sean Sansom
Synopsis: The story of how a young Donald Trump started his real-estate business in 1970s and ’80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy M. Cohn.
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
September 6, 2024 | Warner Bros | 105 min | English
Directed by Tim Burton
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan
Synopsis: After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
✰ Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Nominee
✰ Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Film Saturn Award Nominee
✰ Critics Choice Hair & Makeup Award Nominee
✰ Hollywood Creative Alliance Astra Makeup and Hairstyling Award Nominee
“A Different Man”
September 20, 2024 | A24 | 112 min | English
Directed by Aaron Schimberg
Michael Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier
Synopsis: An aspiring actor undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance, but his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
✰ Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Nominee
✰ Critics Choice Hair & Makeup Award Nominee
“Dune: Part Two”
March 1, 2024 | Warner Bros | 166 min | English
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Eva Von Bahr, Love Larson, Donald Mowat
Synopsis: Paul Atreides unites with the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future.
✰ Critics Choice Hair & Makeup Award Nominee
✰ Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Film Saturn Award Nominee
✰ Hollywood Creative Alliance Astra Makeup and Hairstyling Award Nominee
“Emilia Pérez”
November 1, 2024 | Netflix | 132 min | English
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Simon Livet, Julia Floch-Carbonel, Romain Marietti
Synopsis: From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self.
✰ Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Nominee
✰ Hamilton Behind the Camera Hair and Makeup Award Winner
“Maria”
November 27, 2024 | Netflix | 123 min | English
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Adruitha Lee & Pamela Goldammer
Synopsis: Maria Callas, the world’s greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
“Nosferatu”
December 25, 2024 | Focus Features | 133 min | English
Directed by Robert Eggers
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White
Synopsis: A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
✰ Critics Choice Hair & Makeup Award Nominee
✰ Hollywood Creative Alliance Astra Makeup and Hairstyling Award Nominee
“The Substance”
September 20, 2024 | MUBI | 141 min | English
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre Olivier Persin
Synopsis: A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
✰ Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Nominee
✰ Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Film Saturn Award Nominee
✰ Critics Choice Hair & Makeup Award Nominee
✰ Hollywood Creative Alliance Astra Makeup and Hairstyling Award Nominee
“Waltzing with Brando”
November 30, 2024 | VMI Worldwide | 104 min | English
Directed by Bill Fishman
Christopher Nelson
Synopsis: Movie star Marlon Brando recruits a Los Angeles architect to build the world’s first ecologically perfect retreat on a small, uninhabited island in Tahiti.
“Wicked”
November 22, 2024 | Universal Pictures | 160 min | English
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount
Synopsis: Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Glinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads.
✰ Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award Nominee
✰ Critics Choice Best Hair & Makeup Award Nominee
✰ Satellite Makeup Award Winner
✰ Hollywood Creative Alliance Astra Creative Arts Award Nominee
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