Kazu Hiro
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Kazu Hiro

May 26, 1969 - Kyoto, Japan

Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, Japanese: 辻 一弘 Tsuji Kazuhiro; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films Darkest Hour (2017) and Bombshell (2019) after earning nominations for the comedies Click (2006) and Norbit (2007).

Kazu Hiro grew up in Kyoto, where he spent much of his time alone engaging in art projects. Kazu Hiro came across an issue of Fangoria which featured Dick Smith and his work turning Hal Holbrook into Abraham Lincoln for the 1976 miniseries Lincoln. This led to Kazu Hiro's own experiments with special make-up effects, photos of which he began sending to Dick Smith after discovering his P.O. box in the back of a magazine. The two would eventually meet in person when Smith traveled to Japan to work on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Sweet Home. Smith invited Kazu Hiro to work on the film with him and this began his film career.

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Movie2017The Human FaceSelf

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Movie2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie1989Sweet HomeMakeup EffectsCrew
Movie2023MaestroProsthetic DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1991Hiruko the GoblinSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie1991Rhapsody in AugustSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie1991ZëiramMakeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2002The RingSculptorArt
Movie2000How the Grinch Stole ChristmasMakeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2008Tropic ThunderSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2010TRON: LegacySpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2025The Smashing MachineProsthetic DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2012Killing Them SoftlyMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1992Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese ExtortionSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2011Just Go with ItSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2010SaltProsthetic DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2004HellboyMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2012LooperProsthetic DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2008You Don't Mess with the ZohanSpecial Effects Key Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2013The Place Beyond the PinesProsthetic Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2003Intolerable CrueltySpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2003The Haunted MansionProsthetic DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2012Total RecallSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2002Men in Black IISpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2017The Shape of WaterSculptorArt
Movie2012Hemingway & GellhornSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2009Transformers: Revenge of the FallenSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2001Planet of the ApesMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2002The RingMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1999LifeKey Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2000Nutty Professor II: The KlumpsMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2007EnchantedSpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie1999Wild Wild WestMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2005The Ring TwoMakeup Effects DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1997Critical CareMakeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2005CursedMakeup DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2017Darkest HourHair DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2017Darkest HourProsthetic Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie1997Men in BlackSculptorArt
Movie2019BombshellProsthetic DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie2007NorbitProsthetic Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2006ClickProsthetic SupervisorCostume & Make-Up
Movie1992Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese ExtortionMakeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2009Angels & DemonsProsthetic Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
Movie2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & LarrySpecial Effects Makeup ArtistCostume & Make-Up
TV Show2022GaslitProsthetic DesignerCostume & Make-Up