Cool work of Oscar-winning make-up artist Mark Coulier (10 photos)

The Academy Award for Best Makeup is given for a reason. Talented make-up artists are people who transform fantastic images from directors and screenwriters into reality. Neural networks, technologies and computer graphics - it's all, of course, very cool. But cinema cannot exist without professional make-up artists, because only they can blur the line between fantasy and reality in such a way that believed the viewer. In order not to sound unfounded, we suggest looking at the coolest work of Oscar-winning make-up artist Mark Coulier.

Mark Coulier is a famous British make-up artist, specialist in special effects and prosthetic makeup. He is also a director of the Coulier company. Creatures FX, which specializes in complex makeup and quite in demand in Hollywood. Mark Coulier's work can be seen at films "X-Men: First Class", "The Mummy Returns", "Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Iron Lady, Grand Budapest Hotel, Suspiria, Race, Ready Player One, Jurassic World period 2", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Pinocchio", as well as in a series of films about Harry Potter and many others.

Shuna Sassi from the movie Night Folk, 1990





One of the first serious works of Mark Coulier.

Character with hypertrichosis from The New Pope, 2020



Hypertrichosis is an excess growth of hair on all parts of the body and head.

Pinocchio, 2020





"Pinocchio" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Makeup and Hair. which Mark Coulier is very proud of. We invite you to take a closer look at other impressive examples of makeup from this film.

An early version of the cat's makeup in Pinocchio



This is what Cricket was supposed to look like in an early idea



And in the end they came to such a Cricket



Mister Raven



Mister Owl



Mister Gorilla



Baba Yaga from Dracula, 2014