Saturn Award for Best Make-up

Saturn Award for Best Make-up
Awarded forBest make-up of the year for a genre film
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
First awarded1975
Currently held byDonald Mowat for The Covenant (2022/23)
Websitewww.saturnawards.org

The Saturn Award for Best Make-up is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time at the 2nd Saturn Awards for the 1973 film year, eight years before the introduction of the Academy Award for Best Makeup; the winner was An American Werewolf in London (1981).[1]

Rick Baker currently holds the record for most wins with seven and for the most nominations with seventeen.

  1. ^ Boccella, Maggie (August 11, 2021). "'An American Werewolf in London' Receiving Limited Edition Posters from Vice Press and Artist Gabz". Collider. Retrieved August 11, 2021.