Stuart Freeborn
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Stuart Freeborn (born September 5, 1914, in London, England) is a British motion picture make-up artist, perhaps best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy.
He created the make-up for all of the characters, including Yoda, whom he supposedly based on his own face and that of Albert Einstein. Freeborn was also the make-up artist on 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey, where he created the humans/apes for the "Dawn of Man" sequence.
In the Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace DVD, in one of the web documentries, he was awarded a statue by the team at Lucasfilm. [1]
[edit] External links
- Stuart Freeborn at the Internet Movie Database
- An article looking at Stuart's work on the creatures and makeup of the Star Wars Trilogy
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