Rick Baker

This deluxe two-volume set explores seven-time Academy Award&;winner RickBaker&;s 40-plus-year journey as a special makeup effects artist. Features aforeword by John Landis, a preface by Peter Jackson, and an introduction byRick Baker. Rick Baker: Metamorphosis chronicles the career of the legendaryspecial effects and makeup artist, best known for his creature effects anddesigns. This deluxe, two-volume set, replete with more than 1,600 four-colorimages and original sketches, covers the makeup artist&;s forty-plus-yearjourney, from his early days as a young &;monster maker,&; creating body partsin his parents&; kitchen, to his more than seventy film and televisioncredits, which resulted in seven Academy Awards, one Emmy, and three BAFTAs,among numerous others. From the gory zombies of Michael Jackson&;s Thrillerand the staggeringly lifelike Bigfoot in Harry and the Hendersons to thecreative builds in Men in Black and the groundbreaking effects in An AmericanWerewolf in London, Rick Baker&;s special effects, makeup, and prostheticscount among some of Hollywood&;s most enduring legacies.