Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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Academy Award category film award

The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in makeup and hairstyling in film.

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Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Makeup	43
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling canonical	21
Best Makeup and Hairstyling	3
Academy Award for Best Makeup nomination	2
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling (for Mad Max: Fury Road, as production company)	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for Amadeus	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for An American Werewolf in London	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for Ed Wood	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for Harry and the Hendersons	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for Men in Black	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for Pan’s Labyrinth	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for The Nutty Professor (1996 film)	1
Academy Award for Best Makeup for The Wolfman (2010 film)	1
Best Makeup	1
Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling	1
Oscar for Best Makeup for Pan’s Labyrinth	1
Rules for Makeup and Hairstyling Award	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120332 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Context triple: [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, awardsPresented, Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling]

A. Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in film costume creation and styling.
B. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in visual effects work in feature films.
C. Academy Award for Best Art Direction
The Academy Award for Best Art Direction is a former Oscar category that honored outstanding achievement in a film’s overall visual design, including sets and decor, now encompassed by the Best Production Design award.
D. Academy Award for Best Cinematography
The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is a prestigious Oscar presented annually to honor outstanding achievement in motion picture photography and visual composition.
E. Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the editing of feature films.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in makeup and hairstyling in film.

A. Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in film costume creation and styling.
B. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in visual effects work in feature films.
C. Academy Award for Best Art Direction
The Academy Award for Best Art Direction is a former Oscar category that honored outstanding achievement in a film’s overall visual design, including sets and decor, now encompassed by the Best Production Design award.
D. Academy Award for Best Cinematography
The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is a prestigious Oscar presented annually to honor outstanding achievement in motion picture photography and visual composition.
E. Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the editing of feature films.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award category ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ surface form: Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
awardedForWorksReleasedIn	previous calendar year ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding achievement in hairstyling in film ⓘ outstanding achievement in makeup in film ⓘ
belongsToBranch	Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch ⓘ
broadcastNetworkTypical	American Broadcasting Company ⓘ surface form: ABC (American Broadcasting Company)
broadcastOn	television ⓘ
categoryType	craft award ⓘ
ceremonyFrequency	annual ⓘ
ceremonyLocationTypical	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
domain	film industry ⓘ
firstAwardedAtCeremony	54th Academy Awards ⓘ
firstAwardedForFilmYear	1981 ⓘ
hasCategoryNumbering	individual category within the Academy Awards program ⓘ
hasHadVariableNomineeCount	yes ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.oscars.org ⓘ
hasSubfieldsRecognized	character makeup ⓘ fantasy hairstyling ⓘ period hairstyling ⓘ prosthetic makeup ⓘ
hasTrophyName	Academy Awards statuette ⓘ surface form: Oscar statuette
inception	1981 ⓘ
industryRecognition	one of the highest honors for film makeup and hairstyling ⓘ
isConsideredMajorCategory	yes ⓘ
isOscarCategory	true ⓘ
mediaTypeOfRecognizedWork	feature film ⓘ
nameChange	Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling self-link ⓘ
nameChangedInYear	2012 ⓘ
notableEarlyWinner	An American Werewolf in London ⓘ
notableEarlyWinnerFilmYear	1981 ⓘ
notableEarlyWinnerMakeupArtist	Rick Baker ⓘ
originalName	Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup
parentOrganization	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedAward	BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair ⓘ Saturn Award for Best Make-Up ⓘ
selectionProcess	final winners voted on by all active and life Academy members ⓘ voted on by members of the Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch of the Academy ⓘ
shortName	Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ
typicalNumberOfNominees	3 ⓘ

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Topsy-Turvy → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup

Quest for Fire → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup

Kennedy Miller Mitchell → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling (for Mad Max: Fury Road, as production company)

Suicide Squad (2016 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

Suicide Squad (2016 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

Shadow of the Vampire → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup

Mank → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

Ghosts of Mississippi → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Richard Taylor → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Darkest Hour → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

Mrs. Doubtfire → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Mask → awardWon → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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The Elephant Man → inspiredCreationOf → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Hillbilly Elegy → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

Barney's Version → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Mrs Brown → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Braveheart → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Howard Berger → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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The Chronicles of Narnia film series → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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The Chronicles of Narnia film series → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Frida → award → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup

David Martí → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup

David Martí → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup for Pan’s Labyrinth

David Martí → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Foxcatcher → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

Harry and the Hendersons → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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The Fly → award → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

subject surface form: The Fly (1986 film)

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Veronica Baker → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

subject surface form: Rick Baker

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Dick Smith → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Dick Smith → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup for Amadeus

Hoffa → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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Joel Harlow → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

Richard A. Baker → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup

Richard A. Baker → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ

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