Greg Cannom (born 1951) is an American special make-up effects artist. He is the recipient of several accolades, including five Academy Awards and two Saturn Awards, and has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and four BAFTA Awards. Born- 1951 (age 68–69) Washington, D.C., U.S. , Education- Cypress College, Occupation- Special make-up effects artist. Cannom is best known for his work on the films Hook (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), The Mask (1994), Titanic (1997), Bicentennial Man (1999), Hannibal (2001), The Passion of the Christ (2004), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Vice (2018). For his exceptional contributions, he was honored with an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2005 and a Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild in 2018.

Experience

Greg Cannom is a professional makeup artist and a special effects artist in the Hollywood film industry. He has also worked in Bollywood film industry. Greg Cannom is well known for his works in the English epic movie Star Wars VI: The Undiscovered Country. He is famous for creating the jackal mastiff for the film. Greg Cannom was born in the year 1951 in the United States of America at Washington D. C. He has worked in Indian Bollywood movies because of his specialty in age makeup. He was the makeup artist of the Hindi movies Fan starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kapoor and Sons starring Rishi Kapoor. Greg Cannom has been nominated for nine Academy awards of which he won thrice. He was also nominated for Saturn Awards seven times and has won the title once. Greg Cannom's range and versatility is unparalleled in show business. With 11 award wins and 22 nominations. Greg Cannom worked as a makeup artist on Michael Jackon's "Thriller" music video, he also won the Academy Award for Best Makeup for Mrs. Doubtfire as well as for Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and David Fincher's F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Greg also has another six nominations under his belt for films ranging from the cerebral masterpiece A Beautiful Mind to the epic blockbuster Titanic He has also been nominated for seven Saturn Awards and been awarded one.
Academy Awards Edit
Year Category Nominated work Result

1992 Best Makeup Hook Nominated
1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula Won Hoffa Nominated
1994 Mrs. Doubtfire Won
1996 Roommates Nominated
1998 Titanic Nominated
2000 Bicentennial Man Nominated
2002 A Beautiful Mind Nominated
2005 Technical Achievement Award Indicates non-competitive categories N/A Honored
2009 Best Makeup The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Won
2019 Best Makeup and Hairstyling Vice Won

Primetime Emmy Awards Edit

Year Category Nominated work Result
1995 Outstanding Makeup for a Series Earth 2 Nominated
1998 Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie From the Earth to the Moon Nominated
2006 Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic) Will & Grace Nominated
2014 Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) The Anna Nicole Story Nominated

British Academy Film Awards Edit
Year Category Nominated work Result

1994 Best Make Up Bram Stoker's Dracula Nominated
1995 Best Makeup and Hair The Mask Nominated
Mrs. Doubtfire Nominated
2019 Vice Nominated
Saturn Awards Edit
Year Category Nominated work Result
1988 Best Make-up The Lost Boys Nominated
1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula Nominated
1995 The Mask Nominated
1997 Thinner Nominated
1999 Blade Nominated
2002 Hannibal Won
2005 Van Helsing Nominated
2009 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Won
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards Edit
Year Category Nominated work Result
2000 Best Special Make-Up Effects – Feature Bicentennial Man Won
2002 Hannibal Nominated
2003 Best Make-Up – Television Mini-Series/Movie of the Week Gleason Won
2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Indicates non-competitive categories N/A Honored
2019 Best Special Make-Up Effects – Feature-Length Motion Picture Vice Won