Tom Smith (makeup artist)
Tom Smith (born August 15, 1920 in Great Britain ; † April 3, 2009 in Great Britain) was a British make- up artist who was nominated once for the Oscar , the Saturn Award and the British Academy Film Award (BAFTA Award) for best makeup was.
Life
Smith began his career as a makeup artist in the film industry in 1950 at The double College (The Happiest Days of Your Life) by Frank Launder with Alastair Sim , Margaret Rutherford and Guy Middleton . In the course of his career, which lasted until 1988, he was involved in the production of 56 films, in particular in numerous horror films for the film production company Hammer .
At the 1983 Academy Awards , Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Make-up for the biography Gandhi (1982) by Richard Attenborough starring Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi , Candice Bergen as Margaret Bourke-White and Edward Fox in the role of General Reginald Dyer . At the same time he was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for the best mask in 1983 for this film .
In 1985 Smith was co-starred with Gary Liddiard of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984) by Steven Spielberg with Harrison Ford , Kate Capshaw and Amrish Puri for nominated for the Saturn Award for the best make-up .
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: In 80 days around the world ( Around the World in Eighty Days )
- 1958: The Yellow Hell (alternative title The Yellow Hell from the Kwai, The Camp on Blood Island )
- 1958: No Time to Die ( No Time to Die )
- 1959: Solomon and Sheba ( Solomon and Sheba )
- 1962: Light in the Piazza ( Light in the Piazza )
- 1962: Simon Templar ( The Saint , TV series )
- 1963: Fly with me to happiness ( Come Fly with Me )
- 1963: Hotel International ( The VIPs )
- 1963: Until the Blood Freezes ( The Haunting )
- 1964: Kampfgeschwader 633 ( 633 Squadron )
- 1964: The Yellow Rolls-Royce ( The Yellow Rolls-Royce )
- 1965: disgust ( repulsion )
- 1965: In the Clutches of the Black Spider ( The Secret of My Success )
- 1965: Was It Really Murder? ( The Nanny )
- 1965: Sherlock Holmes' greatest case ( A Study in Terror )
- 1965: A door slams ( Return from the Ashes )
- 1966: Khartoum
- 1967: Tanz der Vampire ( The Fearless Vampire Killers )
- 1969: Alfred the Great - Vanquisher of the Vikings ( Alfred the Great )
- 1969: Queen for a Thousand Days ( Anne of the Thousand Days )
- 1970: Cry of the Banshee ( Cry of the Banshee )
- 1970: Vampire Lovers ( The Vampire Lovers )
- 1970: The Horror of Frankenstein ( The Horror of Frankenstein )
- 1971: Countess Dracula ( Countess Dracula )
- 1971: Macbeth ( The Tragedy of Macbeth )
- 1972: Doomwatch - Isle of Secrets ( Doomwatch )
- 1972: Murder with minor mistakes ( Sleuth )
- 1974: The fruit of the tropical tree ( The Tamarind Seed )
- 1975: Codeword Hennessy ( Hennessy )
- 1975: Caprona - The forgotten land ( The Land That Time Forgot )
- 1976: The Blue Bird ( The Blue Bird )
- 1977: The Arnhem Bridge ( A Bridge Too Far )
- 1978: The Blind Master's Secret ( Circle of Iron )
- 1980: Shining ( The Shining )
- 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark ( Raiders of the Lost Ark )
- 1982: Gandhi
- 1983: Return of the Jedi ( Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi )
- 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom )
- 1988: The Falcon's Maltese ( Just Ask for Diamond )
Web links
- Tom Smith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Smith, Tom |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British makeup artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Britain |
DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 2009 |
Place of death | Great Britain |