| Saturn Award for Best Make-up | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best make-up of the year for a genre film |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
| First awarded | 1975 |
| Currently held by | Donald Mowat for The Covenant (2022/23) |
| Website | www |
The Saturn Award for Best Make-up is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time at the 2nd Saturn Awards for the 1973 film year, eight years before the introduction of the Academy Award for Best Makeup; the winner was An American Werewolf in London (1981).[1]
Rick Baker currently holds the record for most wins with seven and for the most nominations with seventeen.
| Year | Make-up artist(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
1973
(2nd) |
Dick Smith | The Exorcist |
1974/1975
(3rd) |
William J. Tuttle | Young Frankenstein |
1976
(4th) |
Logan's Run | |
1977
(5th) |
Rick Baker and Stuart Freeborn | Star Wars |
| Thomas R. Burman | Demon Seed | |
| John Chambers | The Island of Dr. Moreau | |
| Dick Smith | The Sentinel | |
| Bob Westmoreland, Thomas R. Burman, and Carlo Rambaldi | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |
1978
(6th) |
Rick Baker and William J. Tuttle | The Fury |
| Thomas R. Burman and Edouard F. Henriques | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | |
| Lee Harman, Vincent Callaghan, and Lynn Donahue | Eyes of Laura Mars | |
| Joe McKinney and Thomas R. Burman | The Manitou | |
| Stan Winston | The Wiz | |
1979
(7th) |
William J. Tuttle | Love at First Bite |
| Pat Hay | Alien | |
| Fred B. Phillips, Janna Phillips, and Ve Neill | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | |
| Peter Robb-King | Dracula | |
| Tom Savini | Dawn of the Dead |
| Year | Make-up artist(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
2021/2022
(50th) |
Love Larson, Donald Mowat, and Eva von Bahr | Dune |
| Ozzy Alvarez, Victoria Down, Kevin Kirkpatrick, and Justin Raleigh | Army of the Dead | |
| Alexandra Anger, Monica Pavez, and Evi Zafiropoulou | Crimes of the Future | |
| Naomi Donne and Mike Marino | The Batman | |
| Greg Funk, Brian Sipe, and Heba Thorisdottir | The Suicide Squad | |
| Mike Hill, Jo-Ann MacNeil, and Megan Many | Nightmare Alley | |
| Adam Johansen and Matteo Silvi | Thor: Love and Thunder | |
2022/2023
(51st) |
Donald Mowat | The Covenant |
| Luke Polti | Evil Dead Rise | |
| Alexei Dmitriew, Lindsay MacGowan, and Shane Mahan | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | |
| Luisa Abel and Jason Hamer | Oppenheimer | |
| Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. | Prey | |
| Christien Tinsley | Renfield |