Greg Cannom
Born: 1951-01-01 in Washington, D.C., United States of America
Died: 2025-05-09
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
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).
Filmography
2023
- Ferrari ... (Prosthetic Designer)
2019
2018
- Vice ... (Prosthetic Designer)
2016
- Fan ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2009
2008
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
2004
- White Chicks ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Van Helsing ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers ... (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
2003
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' as Self
- The Singing Detective ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2001
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
- A Beautiful Mind ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- America's Sweethearts ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2000
- Bless the Child ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1999
- The Insider ... (Makeup Artist)
- Idle Hands ... (Makeup Effects)
1998
- Designing 'Blade' as Self
- Beauty ... (Makeup Effects)
1997
- Titanic ... (Makeup Effects)
- 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag ... (Makeup Designer)
1996
- Jingle All the Way ... (Makeup Artist)
- Thinner ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1994
- The Mask ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Puppet Masters ... (Makeup Effects)
1993
- Mrs. Doubtfire ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story ... (Makeup Effects)
- Spirit of the Wild ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1992
- Bram Stoker's Dracula ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Alien³ ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Hoffa ... (Makeup Designer)
1991
- Subspecies ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Kickboxer 2: The Road Back ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1990
- Meridian ... (Makeup Effects)
- Captain America ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Exorcist III ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Postcards from the Edge ... (Makeup Artist)
- Crash and Burn ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1988
- Big Top Pee-wee ... (Prosthetic Designer)
- Kid Safe: The Video as Alien
1987
- The Lost Boys ... (Prosthetics)
- Cherry 2000 ... (Makeup Effects)
1986
- Amazing Stories ... (Makeup Artist)
- Radioactive Dreams ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Vamp ... (Makeup Effects)
1985
- Cocoon ... (Makeup Effects)
1984
- Surf II: The End of the Trilogy ... (Makeup Effects)
1983
- Michael Jackson's Thriller as Zombie (uncredited)
- Curtains ... (Prosthetics)
1982
- The Sword and the Sorcerer ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1981
- The Howling ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1980
- Without Warning ... (Makeup Effects)
1979
- An American Christmas Carol ... (Makeup Designer)
- Mistress of the Apes ... (Makeup Effects)
1978
- It Lives Again ... (Makeup Effects)
1977
- Hot Tomorrows ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1953
- The Oscars as Self