Dick Smith is my hero--the master and genius of moviemaking magic! He paved the way for so many great makeup and FX artists of today and is well deserving of this honor.
Years ago at Comic-Con, I got an opportunity to relay a question to another master, Stan Winston. Mentioning that one of my heroes was Mr. Smith---who Mr. Winston also admired--- he proceeded to give me a 20-plus minute answer about what the future of SFX would bring to the craft that's gearing more and more towards CGI.
My love of great works of imagination - sci-fi, horror, fantasy - eventually led me to my career as a VO actor. But growing up I had another ambition, and that was to be a special effects make-up artist. This man was the reason why. Thank you Mr. Smith for being the master illusionist behind some of the greatest cinematic magic.
Was smiling from ear to ear. Dick deserves this award, the man is amazingly talented and will always be the one of the greatest make up artist of all time. True inspiration
Dick Smith is also responsible for creating the frightening image of the little girl in The Exorcist. Which is the woman beside Rick Baker 0:18. So the creepy face from the Scary Maze game is created by the genius Dick Smith!
@bamissue - Moving the Lifetime Achievement awards to a seperate event is one on the Academys best decisions. It gives an entire evening over those being honoured - not a 12 minutes slot in between commercials on the main show. They get to have a sit down banquet with food and drink. They also get to invite lots of family and friends - not just a few AND they get to go to the main show as well - enjoy it without making a speech. ALL of those honoured in this way have said the much prefer it.
I think they should get some mention in the Oscars telecast. If you don't do that, then it seems like they're something hidden from the show. I suppose for the honorees the whole night is about them this way, but they still have to speak in front of everyone for like a minute or two. It's only good this way if the Oscars channel uploads these every year so we can see it if it won't air on TV. Otherwise, if they did the show like this for 3 hours it would just be another Golden Globes show.
I think it was correct for the Academy to give the lifetime awards winners their own special ceremony. They deserve a full evening with a banquet among all their freinds and peers - not a seven minute seqment in the main show full of strangers and seat fillers. Lauren Bacall said that she was much happier to be honoured in this way that at the main ceremony.
Dick Smith is my hero--the master and genius of moviemaking magic! He paved the way for so many great makeup and FX artists of today and is well deserving of this honor.
Years ago at Comic-Con, I got an opportunity to relay a question to another master, Stan Winston. Mentioning that one of my heroes was Mr. Smith---who Mr. Winston also admired--- he proceeded to give me a 20-plus minute answer about what the future of SFX would bring to the craft that's gearing more and more towards CGI.
JimmBailey 3 days ago
My love of great works of imagination - sci-fi, horror, fantasy - eventually led me to my career as a VO actor. But growing up I had another ambition, and that was to be a special effects make-up artist. This man was the reason why. Thank you Mr. Smith for being the master illusionist behind some of the greatest cinematic magic.
DinoAndradeVoiceGuy 3 days ago
Linda Blair!!!!
Gallifrey1991 1 month ago
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damn right!
FennoQ 1 month ago 6
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FennoQ 1 month ago
Was smiling from ear to ear. Dick deserves this award, the man is amazingly talented and will always be the one of the greatest make up artist of all time. True inspiration
Tigglish 2 months ago 10
Dick Smith is also responsible for creating the frightening image of the little girl in The Exorcist. Which is the woman beside Rick Baker 0:18. So the creepy face from the Scary Maze game is created by the genius Dick Smith!
alexanderg091694 2 months ago
I remember when Rick won the first Best Makeup award he thanked Dick and said that Dick deserves an oscar more than any other make-up artist he knew.
WeaponXXIV 2 months ago
pure class. plain and simple
jferkfjkj 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
why isnt this on the regular tv show? i love dick smith
bamissue 3 months ago
@bamissue - Moving the Lifetime Achievement awards to a seperate event is one on the Academys best decisions. It gives an entire evening over those being honoured - not a 12 minutes slot in between commercials on the main show. They get to have a sit down banquet with food and drink. They also get to invite lots of family and friends - not just a few AND they get to go to the main show as well - enjoy it without making a speech. ALL of those honoured in this way have said the much prefer it.
duckwrangler 1 month ago
I think they should get some mention in the Oscars telecast. If you don't do that, then it seems like they're something hidden from the show. I suppose for the honorees the whole night is about them this way, but they still have to speak in front of everyone for like a minute or two. It's only good this way if the Oscars channel uploads these every year so we can see it if it won't air on TV. Otherwise, if they did the show like this for 3 hours it would just be another Golden Globes show.
Number1UltimateMJFan 1 month ago
I think it was correct for the Academy to give the lifetime awards winners their own special ceremony. They deserve a full evening with a banquet among all their freinds and peers - not a seven minute seqment in the main show full of strangers and seat fillers. Lauren Bacall said that she was much happier to be honoured in this way that at the main ceremony.
eggsarah 3 months ago 2
I miss these awards on the main telecast. They were always the best part.
lionelraoul 3 months ago
Take note, everybody, that Dick Smith is the man responsible for the head exploding up in Scanners (1981)
dialF4flipit 3 months ago 2
@dialF4flipit .... Wow, i tough it was made by Rob Bottin :|
electronichell 3 months ago
Go Dick!
Psifonian2 3 months ago