Rick Baker

Richard A. "Rick" Baker (born December 8, 1950 in Binghamton, New York, USA) is a Hollywood special makeup effects artist known for his realistic creature effects.

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His extensive makeup work has ranged from low to high-budget film and TV projects, including The Thing with Two Heads (1972), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), ' (1977), An American Werewolf in London (1981) (for which he won the first special effects Academy Award), the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987 - 9), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), ' (1990), The Rocketeer (1991), both Men in Black movies (1997 and 2002), both The Nutty Professor movies (1996 and 2000), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), The Haunted Mansion (2003), and Hellboy (2004).

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December 8: December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining....

1950: 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

Binghamton, New York: Binghamton is a city in upstate New York in the United States. It is the county seat of Broome County. The population of the City of Binghamton, according to the 2000 Census, is 47,380 (1990 Census: 53,008)....

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