Person
Greg Cannom
Costume & Make-Up · 1951–2025 · Washington, D.C., United States of America
Biography
Greg Cannom (1951 – May 9, 2025) was 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. Cannom is best known for his work on a variety of films, including 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).
Known for
Titanic
Makeup Effects
White Chicks
Makeup Effects Designer
The Mask
Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Oscars
Self
A Beautiful Mind
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Alien³
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Van Helsing
Makeup Effects Designer
Monsters
Director
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Makeup Effects Designer
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Filmography
- 2026Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve JohnsonSelf
- 2023FerrariProsthetic Designer
- 2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmSelf
- 2018ViceProsthetic Designer
- 2016FanSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2014The Ultimate Nightmare: The Making of Curtains
- 2009The Curious Birth of Benjamin ButtonSelf
- 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonMakeup Effects Designer
- 2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2004White ChicksMakeup Effects Designer
- 2004Van HelsingMakeup Effects Designer
- 2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'Self
- 2003The Singing DetectiveSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2001A Beautiful MindSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2001Breaking the Silence: The Making of HannibalSelf
- 2001America's SweetheartsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2000Bless the ChildSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1999Bicentennial ManMakeup Effects Designer
- 1999The InsiderMakeup Artist
- 1999Idle HandsMakeup Effects
- 1998Designing 'Blade'Self
- 1998BeautyMakeup Artist
- 1997TitanicMakeup Effects
- 19978 Heads in a Duffel BagMakeup Designer
- 1996Jingle All the WayMakeup Artist
- 1996ThinnerSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1994The Puppet MastersMakeup Effects
- 1994The MaskSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993Mrs. DoubtfireSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood StoryMakeup Effects
- 1993Spirit of the WildSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1992HoffaMakeup Designer
- 1992Bram Stoker's DraculaSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1992Alien³Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 1991SubspeciesSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1991Kickboxer 2: The Road BackSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1990Captain AmericaSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1990MeridianMakeup Effects
- 1990Postcards from the EdgeMakeup Artist
- 1990The Exorcist IIISpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1990Crash and BurnSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1989Dr. AlienMakeup Artist
- 1989CyborgMakeup Effects
- 1988MonstersDirector
- 1988Big Top Pee-weeProsthetic Designer
- 1988Kid Safe: The VideoAlien
- 1987Cherry 2000Makeup Effects
- 1987The Lost BoysProsthetics
- 1986VampMakeup Effects
- 1986Radioactive DreamsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1986Amazing StoriesMakeup Artist
- 1985CocoonMakeup Effects
- 1984Surf 2Makeup Effects
- 1983Michael Jackson's ThrillerZombie (uncredited)
- 1983CurtainsProsthetics
- 1982The Sword and the SorcererSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1981The HowlingSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1980Without WarningMakeup Effects
- 1979An American Christmas CarolMakeup Designer
- 1979Mistress of the ApesMakeup Effects
- 1978It Lives AgainMakeup Effects
- 1977Hot TomorrowsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1953The OscarsSelf
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