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| 3 | Richard A. "Rick" Baker (born December 8, 1950) is an American special make-up effects creator, make-up artist, and special effects supervisor mainly known for his creature effects. He was a master of the PeopleInRubberSuits effects. He especially often created realistic-looking gorilla suits - from ''Film/KingKong1976'' to ''Film/GorillasInTheMist'' and ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001''. |
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| 5 | His work has earned him quite a pile of Academy Awards and a slightly larger, record-setting pile of nominations. In addition to his groundbreaking creature effects, Baker has also acted in several small roles within the projects he worked on. Unfortunately, he eventually decided to retire in 2015 at age 64 with the rise of CGI usurping his art and at the annoyance of too many filmmakers refusing to work within his standards of craftsmanship when they want cheap and quick work instead. |
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| 8 | !!Filmography: |
| 9 | [[AC:Films]] |
| 10 | * ''Film/{{Octaman}}'' (1971) |
| 11 | * ''Film/TheThingWithTwoHeads'' (1972) |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{Schlock}}'' (1973) |
| 13 | * ''Film/TheExorcist'' (1973) (with Dick Smith) |
| 14 | * ''Film/ItsAlive'' (1974) |
| 15 | * ''Film/TheAutobiographyOfMissJanePittman'' (1974) |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{King Kong|1976}}'' (1976) (donned the gorilla suit used for most of the movie; effects with Creator/CarloRambaldi) |
| 17 | * ''Film/TrackOfTheMoonBeast'' (1976) |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheFoodOfTheGods'' (1976) |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Squirm}}'' (1976) |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' (1977) |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheIncredibleMeltingMan'' (1977) |
| 22 | * ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' (1977) (brought in during post-production to fill out the Cantina scene; makeup effects with Stewart Freeborn) |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheFury'' (1978) |
| 24 | * ''Film/UpTheAcademy'' (1980) |
| 25 | * ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' (1981) |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheHowling'' (1981) (effects consulting only; effects by Creator/RobBottin) |
| 27 | * ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingWoman'' (1981) |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' (1983) |
| 29 | * ''Film/GreystokeTheLegendOfTarzanLordOfTheApes'' (1984) |
| 30 | * ''Film/{{Starman}}'' (1984) (Starman evolution scene with Creator/StanWinston and Dick Smith) |
| 31 | * ''Film/IntoTheNight'' (1985) |
| 32 | * ''Film/MyScienceProject'' (1985) (effects consulting only; effects by Doug Beswick) |
| 33 | * ''Film/CaptainEO'' (1986) (Fuzzball creation only; makeup and puppet effects with Tom Burman and Lance Anderson) |
| 34 | * ''Film/{{Ratboy}}'' (1986) |
| 35 | * ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'' (1987) |
| 36 | * ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' (1988) |
| 37 | * ''Film/GorillasInTheMist'' (1988) |
| 38 | * ''Film/{{Moonwalker}}'' (1988) (TransformationSequence effects with Eric Allard) |
| 39 | * ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' (1990) |
| 40 | * ''Film/TheRocketeer'' (1991) |
| 41 | * ''Film/WolfMikeNichols'' (1994) |
| 42 | * ''Film/EdWood'' (1994) |
| 43 | * ''Film/BatmanForever'' (1995) |
| 44 | ** ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' (1997) |
| 45 | * ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1996}}'' (1996) |
| 46 | ** ''Film/NuttyProfessorIITheKlumps'' (2000) |
| 47 | * ''Film/TheFrighteners'' (1996) (makeup for The Judge; effects with the [[Creator/{{WETA}} Weta Workshop]]) |
| 48 | * ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' (1996) |
| 49 | * ''Film/MenInBlack'' (1997) |
| 50 | ** ''Film/MenInBlackII'' (2002) |
| 51 | ** ''Film/MenInBlack3'' (2012) |
| 52 | * ''Film/CriticalCare'' (1997) |
| 53 | * ''Film/MightyJoeYoung'' (1998) |
| 54 | * ''Film/{{Life|1999}}'' (1999) |
| 55 | * ''Film/WildWildWest'' (1999) |
| 56 | * ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (2000) |
| 57 | * ''Film/{{Planet of the Apes|2001}}'' (2001) |
| 58 | * ''Film/TheRing'' (2002) |
| 59 | ** ''Film/TheRingTwo'' (2005) |
| 60 | ** ''Film/{{Rings}}'' (2017) |
| 61 | * ''Film/{{The Haunted Mansion|2003}}'' (2003) |
| 62 | * ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'' (2004) |
| 63 | * ''Film/{{King Kong|2005}}'' (2005) ([[TheCameo appears as one of the pilots trying to shoot Kong down]]) |
| 64 | * ''Film/{{Cursed|2005}}'' (2005) |
| 65 | * ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' (2006) |
| 66 | * ''Film/{{Click}}'' (2006) |
| 67 | * ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' (2007) |
| 68 | * ''Film/{{Norbit}}'' (2007) |
| 69 | * ''Film/TropicThunder'' (2008) (responsible for the {{Blackface}} worn by Kirk Lazarus; makeup effects with Barney Burman and Michèle Burke) |
| 70 | * ''Film/{{The Wolfman|2010}}'' (2010) |
| 71 | * ''Film/TronLegacy'' (2010) |
| 72 | * ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' (2014) |
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| 74 | [[AC:Music Videos]] |
| 75 | * "Ghosts" |
| 76 | * "Music/{{Thriller}}" |
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| 78 | [[AC:Television]] |
| 79 | * ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast1987'' |
| 80 | * ''Series/{{Manimal}}'' |
| 81 | * ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' |
| 82 | * ''Series/Werewolf1987'' |
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