Peter Owen
Photo (2002) from BBC.co.uk; "Gandalf" photo from Guardian.co.uk

Makeup designer and preeminent wigmaker and hair designer who entered UK film with THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT (1982). Other feature film credits include A WORLD APART and DANGEROUS LIAISONS (both 1988), AMERICAN FRIENDS (1991), THE AGE OF INNOCENCE and PHILADELPHIA (both 1993), LITTLE WOMEN (1994), THE GROTESQUE (1995), UP CLOSE & PERSONAL, THE BIRDCAGE, DER UNHOLD / THE OGRE and THE PORTRAIT OF THE LADY (all 1996), OSCAR AND LUCINDA (1997), BELOVED (1998), SUNSHINE, ONEGIN and SLEEPY HOLLOW (all 1999), SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE and CHOCOLAT (both 2000), THE OTHERS and ZOOLANDER (both 2001), THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy (2001-2003), THE HOURS (2002), KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (2003), LA MALA EDUCACIÓN / BAD EDUCATION, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, KILL BILL: VOL. 2, THE LIBERTINE and LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (all 2004), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005), KLIMT (2006), and SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2007).

 Best Achievement in Makeup 2001: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (w. Richard Taylor)

1 nomination, 1 Award


Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings