Makeup Artist Study and Comparison

 

Makeup Artist Study and Comparison

 

Jack P. Pierce:

Jack Pierce had a variety of jobs before becoming a makeup artist, ranging from baseball to working in the “fledgling motion picture industry in the 1910s and 1920s, trying his hand at a variety of jobs from nickelodeon manager to stuntman to assistant cameraman” (imbd, No Date). He first got started in makeup after he drifted into acting and he started working at Vitagraph and the original Fox Studios in the 1920s, then he got a job at Universal where he became the head of department in 1928 and he worked on the last of the silent films made at the studio.

One of Jacks earlier works, The Man Who Laughs (1928) was one of the main visual inspirations for The Joker in DCs Batman which was released in 1943 (American Cinematographer, 2019). Also, Jack Pierce’s version of Frankenstein is still being used today and is most used at Halloween for children’s Halloween costumes.

Jack Pierce was the first credited special effects makeup artist, he used trial and error when creating looks which meant that a lot of people discredited him as it was all new. He mixed different products which meant that he created a different way of creating makeup looks.

Some of Jack Pierce’s Credits: he has 174 makeup credits in total (imbd, No Date).

  • ·         Mister Ed (1961-1964)
  • ·         Beauty and the Beast (1962)
  • ·         Tales of Robin Hood (1951)
  • ·         The Killers (1946)
  • ·         Black Angel (1946)
  • ·         House of Dracula (1945)
  • ·         The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
  • ·         Son of Dracula (1943)
  • ·         Phantom of the Opera (1943)
  • ·         The Wolf Man (1941)
  • ·         Tower of London (1939)
  • ·         The Man Who Laughs (1928)
  • ·         Frankenstein (1931)
  • ·         The Mummy (1932)
  • ·         White Zombie (1932)
  • ·         The Invisible Man (1933)
  • ·         Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

 Dick Smith:

Dick Smith became interested in makeup when he was studying at Yale University as a premed student when he stumbled upon a book on stage makeup, he then worked as the head of department at NBC TVs department from 1945-1959 before he worked on Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) (Britannica, 2020).

He gave back to his industry by developing PAX paint and he wrote the Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-up Handbook, which inspired many young make-up artists, including Rick Baker and Richard Taylor and “created Dick Smith’s Advanced Professional Makeup Course, which became a vital part of many professional make-up artists’ education” (Makeup Artist Magazine, 2014).

He used revolutionary makeup-application techniques that radically transformed actors for their roles, “his methods for creating fake blood and for using layered prosthetics and foam latex to age an actor’s face became Hollywood standards” (Britannica, 2020).

Dick Smith was given the nickname ‘The Godfather of Makeup’ and he has 4 honorary awards:

  • ·         He received an Academy Award for Amadeus (1984) in 1985.
  • ·         He was given an Emmy Award for Mark Twain Tonight! (1967)
  • ·         He received an honorary Board of Governor’s Oscar in 2012.
  • ·         Finally, he received a lifetime achievement award from the makeup artists and hair stylists guild in 2014.

Some of Dick Smith’s Credits: he has 82 in total (imbd, No Date).

  • ·         House on the Haunted Hill (1999)
  • ·         Monsters (1988-1991)
  • ·         Alice in Wonderland (1955)
  • ·         Dial M for Murder (1958)
  • ·         Miracle on 34th Street (1959)
  • ·         The Alligator People (1959)
  • ·         Jane Eyre (1961)
  • ·         Blood Money (1962)
  • ·         Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
  • ·         The Exorcist (1973)
  • ·         Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
  • ·         Poltergeist III (1988)
  • ·         The Hunger (1983)
  • ·         Marathon Man (1976)
  • ·         The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  • ·         The Godfather (1972)

 Bibliography:

IMBD (No Date) Jack P. Pierce Biography Available at: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682370/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm (Accessed: 14 September 2020)

American Cinematographer (2019) Jack Pierce – Forgotten Makeup Genius Available at: https://ascmag.com/articles/jack-pierce-forgotten-make-up-genius (Accessed: 14 September 2020)

IMBD (No Date) Jack Pierce Available at: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682370/ (Accessed: 14 September 2020)

Britannica (2020) Dick Smith American Makeup Artist Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dick-Smith-American-makeup-artist (Accessed: 14 September 2020)

Makeup Artist Magazine (2014) The Godfather of Make-up, Dick Smith, Dead at 92 Available at: https://makeupmag.com/the-godfather-of-make-up-dick-smith-dead-at-92-2/#:~:text=Smith's%20work%20on%20the%201967,earned%20him%20an%20Emmy%20Award.&text=He%20gave%20back%20to%20his,Rick%20Baker%20and%20Richard%20Taylor. (Accessed: 14 September 2020)

IMBD (No Date) Dick Smith Available at: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004615/ (Accessed: 14 September 2020)

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