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After his work on ''Looper'', Tsuji decided to leave the film business<ref name="vulture"/> and focus on sculpture<ref name="thrillist"/> crafting giant busts of people such as Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, Abraham Lincoln, and his mentor Dick Smith.<ref name="vulture"/> |
After his work on ''Looper'', Tsuji decided to leave the film business<ref name="vulture"/> and focus on sculpture<ref name="thrillist"/> crafting giant busts of people such as Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, Abraham Lincoln, and his mentor Dick Smith.<ref name="vulture"/> |
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In 2017, [[Gary Oldman]] talked Tsuji out of retirement to create the [[Winston Churchill]] prosthetics for ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]''.<ref name="vulture"/> Oldman had been considered for the role of General Thade in [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' film<ref name="vulture"/> and his work at that time had impressed Oldman enough that for him, Tsuji was the only man to turn him into Churchill. For this, on March 4, 2018 Tsuji won the 2018 Academy Award for best make up and hair styling. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/09/gary-oldman-darkest-hour |title=How Gary Oldman Was Finally Convinced to Play Winston Churchill |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=2017-09-05 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> |
In 2017, [[Gary Oldman]] talked Tsuji out of retirement to create the [[Winston Churchill]] prosthetics for ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]''.<ref name="vulture"/> Oldman had been considered for the role of General Thade in [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' film<ref name="vulture"/> and his work at that time had impressed Oldman enough that for him, Tsuji was the only man to turn him into Churchill. For this, on March 4, 2018 Tsuji won the 2018 Academy Award for best make up and hair styling. <ref> Washington Post web site 3/4/18. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/09/gary-oldman-darkest-hour |title=How Gary Oldman Was Finally Convinced to Play Winston Churchill |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=2017-09-05 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> |
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==Selected filmography== |
==Selected filmography== |
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Revision as of 04:25, 5 March 2018
Kazuhiro Tsuji | |
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| Born | May 26, 1969 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Special make-up effects artist |
| Years active | 1989–2012 2017–present |
Kazuhiro Tsuji (辻 一弘, Tsuji Kazuhiro) (born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese special make-up effects artist and visual artist.[1] He has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Norbit[2] and Click[3] and Darkest Hour, winning for the latter.
Life and career
Tsuji grew up in Kyoto, where he spent much of his time alone engaging in art projects.[1] Tsuji came across an issue of Fangoria which featured Dick Smith and his work turning Hal Holbrook into Abraham Lincoln for the 1976 miniseries Lincoln.[1] This led to Tsuji's own experiments with special make-up effects, photos of which he began sending to Dick Smith after discovering his P.O. box in the back of a magazine.[1] The two would eventually meet in person when Smith traveled to Japan to work on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Sweet Home.[4] Smith invited Tsuji to work on the film with him and this began Tsuji film career.[4]
While working on Sweet Home, Tsuji met fellow artist Eddie Yang. Soon Yang was in America working for Rick Baker, a protege of Dick Smith.[1] Yang helped Tsuji come to America and get work with Baker on Men in Black.[1] Continuing his work with Baker, Tsuji worked on many project including Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas for which he won a BAFTA.[1]
Tsuji crafted the silicone model of Brad Pitt's head used to artificially age him via CGI for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2008.[1] In 2012, Tsuji created the prosthetics which turned Joseph Gordon-Levitt into a young Bruce Willis for Looper.[5]
After his work on Looper, Tsuji decided to leave the film business[1] and focus on sculpture[6] crafting giant busts of people such as Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, Abraham Lincoln, and his mentor Dick Smith.[1]
In 2017, Gary Oldman talked Tsuji out of retirement to create the Winston Churchill prosthetics for Darkest Hour.[1] Oldman had been considered for the role of General Thade in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes film[1] and his work at that time had impressed Oldman enough that for him, Tsuji was the only man to turn him into Churchill. For this, on March 4, 2018 Tsuji won the 2018 Academy Award for best make up and hair styling. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Selected filmography
- Sweet Home (1989) - special makeup effects artist
- Rhapsody in August (1991) - special makeup effects artist
- Minbo (1992) - special makeup effects artist
- Critical Care (1997) - makeup application: Albert Brooks
- Men in Black (1997) - sculptor[4]
- The Devil's Advocate (1997) - principal artist
- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) - sculptor[6]
- Life (1999) - key makeup artist
- Wild Wild West (1999) - makeup designer
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - makeup artist: Jim Carrey as Grinch<ref="vulture"/>
- Planet of the Apes (2001) - designer/sculptor: Cinovation Studios/makeup designer: Tim Roth as General Thade/makeup designer: ape makeup
- Men in Black II (2002) - special makeup effects artist
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) - special makeup effects artist
- Hellboy (2004) - special makeup effects artist
- Blade: Trinity (2004) - art supervisor
- The Ring Two (2005) - makeup effects supervisor
- Click (2006) - prosthetic makeup supervisor
- Norbit (2007) - prosthetic makeup supervisor
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - special makeup effects artist[1]
- Angels & Demons (2009) - prosthetic makeup artist
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - special makeup effects artist
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) - prosthetic makeup designer: "The Doctor"
- Salt (2010) - prosthetic makeup designer: Angelina Jolie
- TRON: Legacy (2010) - special makeup effects artist
- Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) - special effects makeup artist: Nicole Kidman
- Total Recall (2012) - special makeup effects artist[6]
- Looper (2012) - prosthetic makeup designer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt[5]
- The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) - prosthetic makeup crew
- Darkest Hour (2017) - (prosthetic makeup and hair designer: Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Jones, Nate (2017-12-01). "How Gary Oldman Lured a Makeup Magician Back for One More Job". Vulture.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ Ryder, Caroline (2008-02-12). "'Norbit' Achievement in Makeup Oscar nominee". Variety. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ "Click - Academy Awards". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ a b c "The amazing story of Hollywood Make-up artist Kazuhiro Tsuji". Spoon & Tamago. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ a b Whipp, Glenn (2012-08-31). "'Looper': Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rian Johnson are a tight team". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
- ^ a b c Fulton, Wil (2015-01-20). "These Massive Sculptures Of Lincoln, Warhol And Dali Are Hyper-Realistic". Thrillist. Retrieved 2017-12-06.