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Shaun Smith is an American
special make-up effects supervisor and prop creator from
Rockford, Illinois .
[1] His work portfolio includes major theatrical releases such as
300 ,
Face/Off ,
Conan the Barbarian ,
I Am Legend ,
The Monkey King 3 ,
Dawn of the Dead ,
Starship Troopers , and
Chronicles of Narnia .
[2]
Films
Smith has created
prosthetic makeup and special effects for films including Exeter ,
[3]
[4] The Monkey King
[5] (for which he spent nine months on set in China training over 100 crew members
[2]
[1] ). He also worked as creature designer for the film Conan the Barbarian
[6] and as creature supervisor in addition to his makeup work in 300 .
[7]
Partial filmography
Awards
Smith's work in 300 was nominated for Best Makeup at the 34th annual
Saturn Awards ,
[8]
[9] as well as recognized at the 80th
Academy Awards "bakeoff".
[10] His work in Conan the Barbarian was also nominated in the
38th Saturn Awards .
[11]
[12]
References
^
a
b Braun, Georgette.
"Rockford native Shaun Smith created creatures for 'Conan' " . Rockford Register Star .
^
a
b Vinson, Crystal (2011),
"Q&A with Shaun Smith" , Pork & Mead , no. Nov-Dec 2011, p. 43
^
"Backmask gets a new image and a slew of updates" . www.joblo.com . January 15, 2013.
^
"BACKMASK (Not Yet Released)" . www.thetoptenmoviesofalltime.com . March 26, 2014. Archived from
the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved 2021-06-05 .
^ Chu, Karen (October 31, 2010).
"No Monkey Business as Competing Versions of Chinese Legend Go into Production" .
The Hollywood Reporter .
^ Marnell, Blair.
"FX Team Joins Conan" . Viacom. Retrieved 16 January 2016 . [
dead link ]
^
".A.C. Cosmetics hosts 80th Academy Makeup and Hair award bakeoff after-party" . January 20, 2008. Archived from
the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2014-07-25 .
^
"The 34th Annual Saturn Award Nominations" . Archived from
the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-06-18 .
^
" '300' conquers Saturn Awards Nominations" . February 21, 2008. Archived from
the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-25 .
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"M.A.C. Cosmetics hosts 80th Academy Makeup and Hair award bakeoff after-party" . globalfashionreport.com . Retrieved March 4, 2022 .
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"SFX | GamesRadar+" . SFX Magazine . Retrieved 2021-06-05 .
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"Saturn Award Nominations 2012" . Collider . February 29, 2012.
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