Richard Baker is a retired makeup artist who worked in the second production unit for Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and served as creature supervisor for the cantina sequence in The Star Wars Holiday Special.[1]
He has won six Academy Awards, out of eleven nominations, for the films An American Werewolf in London (1981), Harry and the Hendersons (1988), Ed Wood (1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Men in Black (1997), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). Baker also worked on another Lucasfilm production, Captain EO, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and released in 1986 for the Disney Theme Parks.
Sources
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- Star Wars Official Poster Monthly 12
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
- The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
"Red Five" — Star Wars Insider 160
Star Wars at 40 | Much to Learn You Still Have: 9 Things You Might Not Know About the Aliens of Star Wars: A New Hope on StarWars.com (backup link)- The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I–VI, 1977–2005
Notes and references
External links
- Rick Baker on Wikipedia
- Rick Baker at the Internet Movie Database
