Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic

Howard Berger's genius behind practical make-up effects now comes full circle with a colossal tribute to the creative souls who pioneered and have continued to contribute to the craft of special make-up illusions. Long awaited... now highly celebrated and destined to be a classic reference - MASTERS OF MAKE-UP EFFECTS: A CENTURY OF PRACTICAL MAGIC is the collaborative work of Berger and Marshall Julius, picking up, dusting off, and expanding by leaps and bounds earlier contributions like Al Taylor and Sue Roy's MAKING A MONSTER: THE CREATION OF SCREEN CHARACTERS BY THE GREAT MAKEUP ARTISTS, Mark Salisbury and Alan Hedgcock's BEHIND THE MASK: THE SECRETS OF HOLLYWOOD'S MONSTER MAKERS: HOLLYWOOD'S MASTERS OF ILLUSION AND FX, Anthony Timpone's MEN, MAKEUP, AND MONSTERS, and a personally grateful hat tip to Alan Ormsby's MOVIE MONSTERS: MONSTER MAKE-UP & MONSTER SHOWS TO PUT ON from my youth. The text is relevant, insightful, rich in the breadth and depth of content, accompanied by copious, gorgeous photographs - which simultaneously stoke the fires of great memories of the past, while unleashing the magical, creative impulses of what is yet to be done with advances in materials, technologies, skill, and brilliant imagination fueled by the ambrosia of creative inspiration found upon the pages of MASTERS OF MAKE-UP EFFECTS. Bravo, Howard Berger... Bravo!

A brilliant read for those who enjoy how SPFX and practical effects makeup was created for the film and tv industry. By Hollywood’s most Fanbloodytastic technicians.

What an archive! When my copy arrived, I literally read it from cover to cover as soon as I had it out of the packaging. Not only are the anecdotal stories from many of the industry's best makeup effects practitioners poignant, candid, insightful, entertaining, and enlightening, many of the amazing photos are from personal collections that most people may not have ever seen before this book. To those few sad folks who gave this book only a couple of stars, shame on you! This is pure gold! Movie magic history that you can hold in your hands and savor. This is a MUST-HAVE for your library if you care anything at all about the field of special makeup effects. Thank you, Marshall and Howard, for lovingly putting this gem together for us to treasure!

I met the authors of this book (Howard Berger, and Marshall Julius) and had a lovely conversation about the many movies and scenes I know of Howards work. The stories in this book you will not see anywhere else. The incredible behind the scenes and humor will have you turning pages. There are photos you will not see anywhere else, so I highly recommend this book. I was lucky enough to go to one of the book signings and enjoy meeting other leaders in monster make-up. There are t-shirts available as well from Funky Monkey. Great stuff, great gift for your monster lovers

Great book! Discovered it at my local library and couldn’t wait to get my own copy. Ordered it on Amazon and it arrived a few days later. However, look at the pics! What factory worker puts a clearly damaged book in a box and mails it to a dedicated Amazon customer??!!The book has no spine and neither does the person whose responsibility it was to give a customer a quality product. Awaiting my replacement book. C’mon Amazon, you’re better than this!Note: The package (box) the book arrived in was not damaged at all, letting the delivery folks off the hook for the damages.

I wish I could give this a five star review but I was a little disappointed. I was expecting a little more meat in terms of stories and insights into the FX industry. Instead I got a coffee table book with fantastic high quality pictures and single paragraph quotes from artists. The book is extremely high quality and the pictures are fantastic. It's worth having in my collection as reference, alone. If you are hoping for more than that, this is not the one. I feel the authors need to do a better job in describing what the book is.

Good product. Good price. Makes a good gift. Fast shipping. Great seller!

What a wonderful book! This book can be enjoyed by anyone who loves makeup!