Kazu Hiro

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-05-26 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Japan

Kazu Hiro

Biography

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 ...

Acting

2017

Production

2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1989

Sweet Home

as Makeup Effects

2023

Maestro

as Prosthetic Designer

1991

Hiruko the Goblin

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1991

Rhapsody in August

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1991

Zëiram

as Makeup Artist

2002

The Ring

as Sculptor

2000

2009

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

as Makeup Designer

2025

The Smashing Machine

as Prosthetic Designer

2017

2013

The Place Beyond the Pines

as Prosthetic Makeup Artist

2012

Looper

as Prosthetic Designer

2012

Total Recall

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2012

Killing Them Softly

as Makeup Designer

2011

Just Go with It

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2010

TRON: Legacy

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2010

Salt

as Prosthetic Designer

2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

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

2005

The Ring Two

as Makeup Effects Designer

2003

The Haunted Mansion

as Prosthetic Designer

2003

Intolerable Cruelty

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2002

Men in Black II

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2001

Planet of the Apes

as Makeup Designer

2000

1999

Wild Wild West

as Makeup Designer

1999

Life

as Key Makeup Artist

1997

Critical Care

as Makeup Artist

1992

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2005

Cursed

as Makeup Designer

2004

Hellboy

as Makeup Designer

2002

The Ring

as Makeup Designer

2017

Darkest Hour

as Prosthetic Makeup Artist

2017

Darkest Hour

as Hair Designer

1997

Men in Black

as Sculptor

2019

Bombshell

as Prosthetic Designer

2007

Norbit

as Prosthetic Makeup Artist

2006

Click

as Prosthetic Supervisor

2009

Angels & Demons

as Prosthetic Makeup Artist

2007

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

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