Rick Baker
Costume & Make-Up
Richard A. Baker (born December 8, 1950) is a retired American special make-up effects creator and actor, mostly known for his creature effects and designs. Baker won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times from a record eleven nominations, beginning when he won the inaugural award for the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London.
As a teen, Baker began creating artificial body parts in his own kitchen. He also appeared briefly in the fan production The Night Turkey, a one-hour, black-and-white video parody of The Night Stalker directed by William Malone. Baker's first…
Filmography
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V/H/S/Halloween
2025
Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
2025
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
2024
Old Time Radio: Your Move
2023
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
The Creeper: Rondo Hatton at Universal
The Creeper: Rondo Hatton at Universal
2020
Tales Beyond Madness
2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
Keep the Gaslight Burning
2018
DC Daily
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'
2017
Cult of Terror
2017
MonsterKids: The Impact of Things That Go Bump In The Night
2017
Face Off: Game Face
2017
Charlie Gemora: Uncredited
2016
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
Birth Pains
2015
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'
2014
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
Men in Black 3
2012
Unchained Reaction
2012
Face Off
2011
The Wolfman
2010
The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
2010
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
2010
I Walked with a Werewolf
I Walked with a Werewolf
2009
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
2009
Monsterland
2009
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
Teddy Scares
Teddy Scares
2006
Working with a Master: John Landis
2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
Ed Wood: Making Bela
2004
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
2004
Rick Baker: Alien Maker
2002
Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes
2002
Men in Black II
2002
Planet of the Apes
2001
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
The Road to 'Dracula'
1999
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
A Tribute to the Wizard of Oz
1999
The Making of Men in Black
1997
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
The Making of Captain EO
1986
King Kong! The Living Legend
King Kong! The Living Legend
1986
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
Into the Night
1985
Making Michael Jackson's Thriller
1983
Michael Jackson's Thriller
1983
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
1982
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977
King Kong
1976
The Night Turkey
1973
The Thing with Two Heads
1972
Old Time Radio: Dance With Me