The community of IATSE Local 706, celebrated the best in the industry in an evening filled with community and craft this week at the 7th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) Awards! Winners were announced in 23 categories of film, television, commercials and live theater, during a formal gala at the NOVO by Microsoft at L.A. Live Downtown on Saturday night, January 11, 2020.
The event, which celebrates excellence in artistry in makeup and hairstyling in the film, theater and television categories, awarded the best of the best including Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Cristina Waltz and Richard Redlefsen for Bombshell, Nicki Ledermann, Tania Ribalow, and Sunday Englis for The Joker, Anne Nosh Oldham, Elaine Browne, and Marc Pilcher for Downton Abbey, Makeup Artists Debbie Zoller, Dave Presto, and Jackie Risotto for Fosse/Verdon, and Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani and Tom Denier for Saturday Night Live.
This year’s Distinguished Artisan Award went to award-winning actor Sir Patrick Stewart, best known for his work in the Star Trek and X-Men series, The award celebrating his prolific acting career on stage and screen spanning nearly six decades. Presenting the Distinguished Artisan Award to Stewart were Brent Spiner, star of Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Next Generation; James MacKinnon, Emmy Award-winning Makeup and Prosthetic Artist, Star Trek franchise including Star Trek: Picard. The awards also paid tribute to Emmy-winning makeup artist Thomas Burman, honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for makeup, presented by makeup artist Vincent Van Dyke. celebrating his award-winning career in motion pictures and television for over five decades.
Martin Samuel, Oscar nominated film and celebrity hair stylist also received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Styling applauding his career spanning the last 40 years and credited with more than 60 films including the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Thank you again to the industry’s most pro-focused companies for supporting the program. MUAHS gala is proud to be sponsored by Diamond Sponsors: HASK Beauty, EI School of Professional Make-up; Ruby Sponsor: Japonesque Beauty; Sapphire Sponsors: Ardell Professional, Clubman Pinaud, MAC Cosmetics, Nigel Beauty, Schwarzkopf Professional; Premier Sponsors: BIGMACK Hair & Makeup Trailers, Casa Noble Tequila, Focus Features, I-Envy Lashes, Netflix, Paramount, RCMA Makeup, Salon Tech, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures; Platinum Sponsors: Lionsgate Films, Warner Bros. Pictures; Gold Sponsors: HBO, Professional Beauty Association; Silver Sponsors: Cinema Makeup School, Disney Television Studios & FX Networks, First Entertainment Credit Union, His & Her Hair Goods, Kryolan, Make-up Designory, MYO Cosmetic Cases, Premiere Products Int’l, Skin Illustrator, Skindinavia, Stila Cosmetics, The Criterion Group; Gift Bag Sponsors: Ardell Professional, B3Balm Skincare, BIGMACK Hair & Makeup Trailers, China Glaze, Cinema Secrets, Clubman Pinaud, Duo Cement, HASK Beauty, Hempz, Hollywood Fashion Secrets, I-Envy Lashes, Japonesque Beauty, Make Up For Ever, Melanie Mills Hollywood, MYO Cosmetic Cases, Nigel’s Beauty, Nolio, Orlane, Professional Beauty Association. Schwarzkopf Professional, Qosmedix, Skindinavia, Stila Cosmetics, Temptu, Vertere: Liquor Sponsors: Casa Noble Tequila, Real McCoy Rum, High West Whiskey; Media Sponsors: The Hollywood Reporter, InStyle Magazine, The Powder Group, Variety, and SHOOT. VIP Transportation Partner: BLS Limousine Service
2020 Winners for each makeup category are listed below. For a complete list of all categories and winner can be found at www.local706.org
2020 WINNER FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS:
Feature-Length Motion Picture – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
- Bombshell – Vivian Baker, Cristina Waltz, Richard Redlefsen
Feature-Length Motion Picture – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
- Joker – Nicki Ledermann, Tania Ribalow, Sunday Englis
Feature-Length Motion Picture – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
- Bombshell – Kazu Hiro, Vivian Baker, Richard Redlefsen
Feature-Length Motion Picture – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
- Bombshell – Anne Morgan, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Adruitha Lee
Feature-Length Motion Picture – BEST PERIOD HAIR STYLING AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
- Downton Abbey – Anne Nosh Oldham, Elaine Browne, Marc Pilcher
Television Series, Mini-Series or New Media Series – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
- Big Little Lies – Michelle Radow, Erin Good-Rosenmann
Television Series, Mini-Series or New Media – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
- Fosse/Verdon – Debbie Zoller, Dave Presto, Jackie Risotto
Television Series, Mini-Series or New Media –BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Chernobyl – Daniel Parker, Barrie Gower, Paul Spateri
Television Series, Mini-Series or New Media –BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
- Big Little Lies – Jose Zamora, Lorena Zamora, Lona Vigi
Television Series, Mini-Series or New Media – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
- Fosse/Verdon – Christopher Fulton, Christen Edwards, Christine Cantrell
Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series or Movie Made for Television –BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE UP
- Saturday Night Live – Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani
Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series or Movie Made for Television –BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
- Saturday Night Live – Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani
Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series or Movie Made for Television – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
- Saturday Night Live – Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Tom Denier Jr.
Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series or Movie Made for Television – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
- Dancing with the Stars – Mary Guerrero, Kimi Messina, Gail Ryan
Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series or Movie Made for Television – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
- Deadwood: The Movie – Melissa Yonkey, Laine Trzinski, Jose Zamora
Daytime Television – BEST MAKE-UP
- The Real – Melanie Mills, Uzmee Krakovszki, Motoko Honjo-Clayton
Daytime Television – BEST HAIR STYLING
- The Real – Roberta Gardener-Rogers, Noogie Thai, Ray Dodson
Children & Teen Television Programming – BEST MAKE-UP
- A Series of Unfortunate Events – Rita Ciccozzi, Tanya Hudson, Krista Seller
Children & Teen Television Programming – BEST HAIR STYLING
- A Series of Unfortunate Events – Julie McHaffie, Dianne Holme
Commercials & Music Videos – BEST MAKE-UP
Pose: Promo Campaign – Kerry Herta, Sherri Laurence
Commercials & Music Videos – BEST HAIR STYLING
- Pose: Promo Campaign – Joe Matke, Fernando Navarro, Barry Lee Moe
Theatrical Production (Live Stage) – BEST MAKE-UP
- Cats the Musical – Jakey Hicks, Sierra Peterson
Theatrical Production (Live Stage) – BEST HAIR STYLING
- Hamilton – Charles LaPointe, Daryl Terry
Photos by: Craig T. Mathew and Greg Grudt/Mathew Imaging