Greg Cannom, a masterful prosthetic and makeup expert, won an Oscar for his work Bram Stoker's Vampire,,,,, Doubt about the wife,,,,, Curious Case of Benjamin Button and vicealready dead. He is 73 years old.

Cannom often worked with Makeup Maestro Rick Baker early in his career, who reported his death in an Instagram post on Friday. "His work will be remembered long after his death," he wrote. There are no immediate details.

In March 2023, a Gofundme page was established to help Cannom fight with diabetes and staphylococci infection, which caused one of his legs to be amputated under his knees.

In addition to his four wins, Cannom also won six more Oscar Makeup Noms: hook (1991), Huofa (1992), roommate (1995), Titanic (1997), A two hundred years old man (1999) and Beautiful mind (2001).

He and Wesley Wofford won the Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2005 for “developing their specially modified silicone materials for makeup applications used in films.”

In 2019, the Society of Makeup Artists and Hairdressers presented him with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Cannom is especially skilled in making actors age on screen. Witness Kevin Pollak The whole ten yards (2004), Brad Pitt Bebe (2006) and Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Russell Crowe Beautiful mindRobin Williams A two hundred years old man and Christian Bale - Dick Cheney vice (2018).

In 2006, he received one of five professional Emmy nominations for his work on the NBC sitcom "The Original Run" Will & Grace The character is about 20 years old.

"With monsters, you can design anything you want. With age makeup, everyone knows what they look like, so it has to be very good."

He is changing the skills of young actors Lost boy (1987) Becoming a vampire (although still maintaining a boyish look) is universally admired. He also helped turn Williams and Martin Lawrence into credible women Doubt about the wife (1993) and Big Mom's House 2000 and '06 movies.

Cannom said he was inspired by Dick Smith's stale makeup on Max von Sydow. Exorcist (1973).

After working at Cypress College in Southern California and working at Berry Farm Theme Park in Nott, he established contact with Baker and served as his assistant during Halloween season. It lives again (1978).

The two also cooperate How to call (1981), Incredible shrinking woman (1981), cocoon (1985), 1987 - 88 FOX series Werewolf Perhaps most important in the 1983 Michael Jackson's Thriller music video.

In that event, the cannon appears at the end of the full close-up as one of Charles H. Schram's makeup vampire The Wizard of Oz Fame.

His outstanding film resume also includes Dreamscape (1984), Nightmare 3 of Elm Street 3 (1987), Large head urination (1988), Dick Tracy (1990), Postcards on the edge (1990), Star Trek VI: Undiscovered Country (1991), Alien 3 (1992), Batman returns (1992), A man without face (1993), mask (1994), Thinner (1996), Conqueror Cour (1997), Blade (1998), Insiders (1999), Hannibal (2001), Ali (2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Masters and Commanders: The other side of the world (2003), Van Helsing (2004), Emily Rose's Exorcism (2005) and Tammy Faye's eyes (2021), his last movie.

Cannom assists with seven best-picture nominations: Titanic,,,,, Insiders,,,,, Beautiful mind,,,,, Master and Commander,,,,, Bebe,,,,, Benjamin Button and viceand Titanic and Beautiful mind come out.

He shared Oscars with Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle Bram Stoker Dracula (1992), on Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng Doubt about the wife and Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney vice.