Stuart Freeborn (born 5 September 1914, in London, England) is a British motion picture make-up artist. He has been referred to as the grandfather of modern make-up design and is perhaps best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy
His earliest work in the film industry was designing the hair and make-up worn by Alec Guiness as Fagin in Oliver Twist. Freeborn's most famous work is creating the make-up for all of the characters in the...
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Stuart Freeborn (born 5 September 1914, in London, England) is a British motion picture make-up artist. He has been referred to as the grandfather of modern make-up design and is perhaps best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy
His earliest work in the film industry was designing the hair and make-up worn by Alec Guiness as Fagin in Oliver Twist. Freeborn's most famous work is creating the make-up for all of the characters in the Star Wars trilogy, including Chewbacca and Yoda, he supposedly based Yoda on his own face and that of Albert Einstein. He supervised the design of the original Jabba the Hutt puppet used in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, which required room for up to three puppeters to operate at the same time.
Freeborn was also the make-up artist on Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, where he created the humans/apes for the "Dawn of Man" sequence. He worked on Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, handling Peter Sellers' multiple lead roles. He also...
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