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Kazu Hiro
Additional CreditsBorn May 26, 1969 (56 years)
Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, Japanese: 辻 一弘 Tsuji Kazuhiro; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films Darkest Hour (2017) and Bombshell (2019) after earning nominations for the comedies Click (2006) and Norbit (2007).
Kazu Hiro grew up in Kyoto, where he spent much of his time alone engaging in art projects. Kazu Hiro came across an issue of Fangoria which featured Dick Smith and his work turning Hal Holbrook into Abraham Lincoln for the 1976 miniseries Lincoln. This led to Kazu Hiro's own experiments with special make-up effects, photos of which he began sending to Dick Smith after discovering his P.O. box in the back of a magazine. The two would eventually meet in person when Smith traveled to Japan to work on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Sweet Home. Smith invited Kazu Hiro to work on the film with him and this began his film career.
Kazu Hiro grew up in Kyoto, where he spent much of his time alone engaging in art projects. Kazu Hiro came across an issue of Fangoria which featured Dick Smith and his work turning Hal Holbrook into Abraham Lincoln for the 1976 miniseries Lincoln. This led to Kazu Hiro's own experiments with special make-up effects, photos of which he began sending to Dick Smith after discovering his P.O. box in the back of a magazine. The two would eventually meet in person when Smith traveled to Japan to work on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Sweet Home. Smith invited Kazu Hiro to work on the film with him and this began his film career.
Kazu Hiro Filmography
| 2020 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2025 | The Smashing Machine · as Prosthetic Designer |
| 2023 | Maestro · as Prosthetic Designer |
| 2022 | Gaslit (TV Series) · as Prosthetic Designer |
| 2019 | Bombshell · as Prosthetic Designer |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour · as Hair Designer |
| 2012 | The Place Beyond the Pines · as Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2012 | Looper · as Prosthetic Designer |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly · as Makeup Designer |
| 2012 | Total Recall · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2012 | Hemingway & Gellhorn · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2011 | Just Go with It · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2010 | Salt · as Prosthetic Designer |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra · as Makeup Designer |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons · as Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan · as Special Effects Key Makeup Artist |
| 2007 | Enchanted · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2007 | Norbit · as Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| 2006 | Click · as Prosthetic Supervisor |
| 2005 | The Ring Two · as Makeup Effects Designer |
| 2005 | Cursed · as Makeup Designer |
| 2004 | Hellboy · as Makeup Designer |
| 2003 | The Haunted Mansion · as Prosthetic Designer |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2002 | The Ring · as Makeup Designer |
| 2002 | Men in Black II · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes · as Makeup Designer |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas · as Makeup Artist |
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps · as Makeup Designer |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West · as Makeup Designer |
| 1999 | Life · as Key Makeup Artist |
| 1997 | Critical Care · as Makeup Artist |
| 1992 | Minbo · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 1991 | Zeiram · as Makeup Artist |
| 1991 | Rhapsody in August · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| 1991 | Hiruko the Goblin · as Special Effects Makeup Artist |