Happy 57th birthday, Rick Baker!
Today is the birthday of one of Hollywood’s most employed make-up artists, Rick Baker. Baker made an impressive career start on The Exorcist, helping make the otherwise innocent Linda Blair into a believable demon. He went on to films like Star Wars, The Rocketeer, Men in Black, The Nutty Professor, Planet of the Apes, Hellboy and many, many others.
He was also the first person to ever win an Academy Award for Best Makeup for An American Werewolf in London (pictured here) and he’s won five more since.
I DONT KNOW IF THIS MESSAGE GOES TO MR BAKER OR SOMEWHERE ELSE BUT I SEND THIS MESSAGE FOR THE NEXT REASON.FIRST HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SECOND I LL APPRICIATE IF I LL HAVE HELP.I KNOW THE THING I LL ASK IS VERY DIFFICULT BUT….!!!I AM FROM GREECE.26YEARS OLD AND I STUDIED MAKE-UP ARTIST(ALL KINDS OF MAKE-UP,LIKE:SPECIAL EFFECTS)I LIKE THIS KIND OF MAKE-UP A LOT.AND I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THIS BUT IS VERY DIFFICULT IN EUROPE.FOR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOIW IF I CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN USA ON THIS AND I DONT ASK ONLY FOR HELP ABOUT WORK.IF YOU CAN NOT HELP ME ABOUT THIS,I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADVISES FROM YOU WHAT CAN I DO TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT MOVIES AT CINEMA IN USA,NEAR FOR EXAMPLE TO YOU OR NEAR AT OTHER PERSON.I LIVE IN DUBLIN,IN IRELAND.IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS OF ME LET ME KNOW.THANKS A LOT!!!IOANNIS EVANGELLOPOULOS.