This Day in Horror: Happy Birthday Rick Baker
Born on this day in 1950: Rick Baker
One of the modern masters of special effects makeup and creature effects, Baker’s first professional job was as an assistant to makeup artist Dick Smith on The Exorcist. He won seven Academy Awards for Best Makeup, including the first one ever awarded, for his work on An American Werewolf in London.
With over two hundred films to his credit, some of Baker’s biggest horror films include The Funhouse, The Howling, Videodrome, Altered States, Gremlins 2, Silver Bullet, The Frighteners, The Ring, The Ring Two, and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video.
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