12th Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards

Yesterday Julie Socash, IATSE Local 706 President, announced the nominations for the 12th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards.

The MUAHS Awards represent a spectrum of outstanding achievements in 23 categories of make-up and hair styling artistry in motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and live theater, including Broadway and international productions. In the industry the guild is known as IATSE Local 706.

As previously announced, Todd McIntosh, Emmy-winning make-up artist, known for his work on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and Peter Tothpal, award-winning hair stylist known for his work on “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Distinguished Artisan honoree will be announced shortly.

The Substance, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and The Deliverance lead the pack with 3 nominations each and here we find quite a few films that enter the award season via the craft categories as the last two above and more like Deadpool & Wolverine, Smile 2, and Shirley.

Winners will be honored at the awards gala on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel.

Feature-Length Motion Picture Nominees

Best Contemporary Make-Up
Beverly Jo Pryor, Eric Pagdin, Chloe Sens, and Doug Fairall for The Deliverance, Lee Daniels, USA
Julia Floch Carbonel and Simon Livet for Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, France
Sarah Graalman, Vivian Baker, and Melanie Licata for It Ends With Us, Justin Baldoni, USA
Sasha Grossman and Valerie Carney for Smile 2, Parker Finn, USA and Canada
Stéphanie Guillon for The Substance, Coralie Fargeat, UK, France and USA

Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Charmaine Fuller, Mona Turnbull, and Chloe Meddings for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton, USA and France
Bill Corso, Whitney James, Paula Price, Monica Huppert, and Cyndi Reece-Thorne for Deadpool & Wolverine, Shawn Levy, USA, UK, New Zealand and Canada
Jana Carboni, Charlie Hounslow, Maria Solberg Lepre, Lauren Baldwin, and Chantal Busuttil for Gladiator II, Ridley Scott, USA, UK, Morocco, Canada and Malta
Sarah Rubano, Mandy Artusato, and Akiko Matsumoto for MaXXXine, Ti West, USA. UK. and New Zealand
Frances Hannon, Alice Jones, Nuria Mbornio, Johanna Nielsen, and Branka Vorkapic for Wicked, Jon M. Chu, USA, Japan, Canada, Iceland and UK

Best Special Make-Up Effects
Mike Marino, David Presto, and Crystal Junado for A Different Man, Aaron Schimberg, USA
Jennifer Kewley, Megan Thomas, and Martin Rezard for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton, USA and France
Bill Corso, Andrew Clement, Monica Huppert, Geoff Redknap, and Robb Crafer for Deadpool & Wolverine, Shawn Levy, USA, UK, New Zealand and Canada
Jason Collins, Chloe Sens, and Michael McCarty for The Deliverance, Lee Daniels, USA
Pierre-Olivier Persin for The Substance, Coralie Fargeat, UK, France and USA

Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Melissa Forney, Linda Flowers, Tommie Ammons, Jackie Noel, and Eric Matthews for The Deliverance, Lee Daniels, USA
Robert Lugo, Vita Viscuso, and Anne Carroll for It Ends With Us, Justin Baldoni, USA
Katy McClintock, Marc Boyle, and Stephanie Hobgood for The Last Showgirl, Gia Coppola, USA
Terrie Velazquez Owen, April Schuller, Tracy Moss, Victor Paz, and Alexis Continente for Megalopolis. Francis Ford Coppola, USA
Frédérique Arguello for The Substance, Coralie Fargeat, UK, France and USA

Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Susan Cole, Charmaine Fuller, and Chloe Meddings for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton, USA and France
Carla Farmer, Nadia Stacey, and Morris Roots for Bob Marley: One Love, Reinaldo Marcus Green, USA
Giuliano Mariano, Kerstin Weller, Romina Ronzani, Nicola Mariano, and Marcelle Genovese for Gladiator II, Ridley Scott, USA, UK, Morocco, Canada and Malta
Nakoya Yancey, Wayne Jolla Jr., Gayette Williams, and Lisa Thomas for Shirley, John Ridley, USA
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Sim Camps, and Gabor Kerekes for Wicked, Jon M. Chu, USA, Japan, Canada, Iceland and UK

To check nominations for all categories go official site here.