Stuart Freeborn
About
Biography
Filmography
Visual Effects (Feature Film)
Make-Up (Feature Film)
Life Events
1936
Made feature film debut as makeup artist in biopic "Rembrandt"
1948
Designed hair and make-up worn by Alec Guinness in "Oliver Twist"
1963
Began TV work as makeup artist in two-part "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" presentation "Kidnapped"
1964
Worked with director Stanley Kubrick in "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
1968
Designed and created "Dawn of Man" sequence for Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey"
1977
As makeup supervisor, created iconic characters (including Chewbacca, Yoda, and Jabba the Hutt) in George Lucas' epic "Star Wars"; reportedly based Yoda on his own face and Albert Einstein
1978
Was creative supervisor of makeup & special visuals for Richard Donner's "Superman"
1980
Returned as makeup and special creature designer for "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back"
1981
Credited as makeup supervisor in Jim Henson's "The Great Muppet Caper"
1983
Completed work on trilogy as makeup designer in "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi"
1983
Appeared in PBS documentary "From 'Star Wars' to 'Jedi': The Making of a Saga"
1990
Worked as key makeup artist in TV movie "Max and Helen" (TNT)
2004
Featured in documentary "Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy"
