Canadian Screen Award for Best Makeup

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Makeup is an annual Canadian film award category, presented as part of the Genie Awards prior to 2012 and Canadian Screen Awards since 2012, to honour achievements by make-up artists in the Canadian film industry.[1]

As the Canadian film industry was historically dominated by naturalistic films that rarely required very complex make-up work, the award was originally created as a special achievement award rather than a regular category. It was presented at the discretion of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television when it deemed a film's make-up work to be worthy of special recognition, and was awarded for the first time at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990 to recognize Jacques Lafleur and Pierre Saindon for their work in the film Cruising Bar, in which Michel Côté played four different characters.[2] The award was next given at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997, again to Saindon for his work in Karmina.[3]

The award was not presented again until the 27th Genie Awards, but was then presented at both the 28th Genie Awards and the 29th Genie Awards.

Beginning with the 30th Genie Awards, the award has since been presented annually as a conventional category with a full advance shortlist of nominees.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
1990 11th Genie Awards
	Jacques Lafleur, Pierre Saindon	Cruising Bar	[1]
1997 18th Genie Awards
	Pierre Saindon	Karmina	[1]

2000s

Year	Nominee	Film
2006 27th Genie Awards
	Nick Dudman	Beowulf & Grendel
2007 28th Genie Awards[4]
	Stéphan Dupuis	Eastern Promises
2008[5] 29th Genie Awards
	Adrien Morot, Réjean Goderre, Marie-France Guy, Bruno Gatien, Nathalie Trépanier	Cruising Bar 2
2009 30th Genie Awards
	Djina Caron, André Duval	The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles)
	Robbi O'Quinn, Leanne Morrison	You Might As Well Live
	Djina Caron, Martin Rivest	Polytechnique
	Diane Simard, Réjean Goderre	Love and Savagery
	Micheline Trépanier, Linda Gordon	1981

2010s

Year	Nominee	Film
2010 31st Genie Awards
	Adrien Morot, Micheline Trépanier	Barney's Version
	Kathryn Casault	Incendies
	Paul Jones, Leslie Sebert, Vincent Sullivan	Resident Evil: Afterlife
	Hélène-Manon Poudrette	The Wild Hunt
	Marlène Rouleau, C.J. Goldman	7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion)
2011 32nd Genie Awards
	Christiane Fattori, Frédéric Marin	Café de Flore
	Amber Makar	Amazon Falls
	Virginie Paré	BumRush
	Tammy Lou Pate	Snow & Ashes
	Leslie Sebert, David R. Beecroft	Take This Waltz
2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards
	Colleen Quinton, Kathy Kelso	Laurence Anyways
	Katie Brennan, Karola Dirnberger, Paul Jones	Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
	Cathie Davies-Irvine, Trason Fernandes	Antiviral
	Brenda Magalas, Lori Caputi	Goon
	Marlène Rouleau, André Duval	L'Affaire Dumont
2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards
	Jo-Ann Macneil, Karola Dirnberger, Paul Jones	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
	Brigitte Bilodeau	Maïna
	François Dagenais, Traci Loader	Cottage Country
	Louise Mackintosh, Peggy Kyriakidou, Shauna Llewellyn	The Colony
	David Martí, Linda Dowds, Montse Ribé	Mama
2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards
	Maïna Militza	Mommy
	Virginie Boudreau	1987
	Lizane Lasalle	Henri Henri
	Colleen Quinton	Meetings with a Young Poet
	Amanda O'Leary	Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It
2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards
	Sid Armour	Room
	Catherine Beaudoin	Anna
	Jayne Dancose, Debra Johnson, Charles Porlier	Hyena Road
	Gail Kennedy, Rochelle Parrent, Jojo Preece	Forsaken
	David Scott, Trina Brink	Backcountry
2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards
	Maïna Militza, Denis Vidal	It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde)
	Kathryn Casault	Two Lovers and a Bear
	Lynda McCormack	Born to Be Blue
	Melissa Meretsky, Jennifer Walton, Lisa Belyea	The Northlander
	Natalie Trépanier, Réjean Goderre	Race
2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards
	Erik Gosselin, Marie-France Guy	Ravenous (Les Affamés)
	Kathryn Casault	Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes)
	Sonia Dolan	The Man Who Invented Christmas
	Bruno Gatien	All You Can Eat Buddha
	Marlène Rouleau	Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2
2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards
	Françoise Quilichini	Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume)
	Lauryn Ford	Crown and Anchor
	Carla Hutchinson	Brown Girl Begins
	Tammy-Lou Pate	Venus
	Fanny Vachon	The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte)
2019[6] 8th Canadian Screen Awards
	Fanny Vachon	The Song of Names
	Brandi Boulet, Chris Bridges	Riot Girls
	Randy Daudlin	Goalie
	Emily O'Quinn, Steve Newburn, Neil Morrill	Run This Town
	Candice Ornstein	American Woman

2020s

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards
	Erik Gosselin, Joan-Patricia Parris, Jean-Michel Rossignol, Nancy Ferlatte	Blood Quantum	[7]
	Sidney Armour	The Marijuana Conspiracy	[8]
	Elizabeth Gruszka	Funny Boy
	Dan Martin, Traci Loader, Dorota Mitoraj	Possessor
	Emily O'Quinn, Paul Jones, Emma Lee Hilton	Random Acts of Violence
2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards
	Traci Loader	Night Raiders	[9]
	Djina Caron	Maria Chapdelaine	[10]
	Erik Gosselin, Edwina Voda	Brain Freeze
	Kristin Loeck, Calla-Syna Dreyer	Dangerous
	Karlee Morse, Stephanie Pringle	The Retreat
2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards
	Alexandra Anger, Monica Pavez	Crimes of the Future	[11]
	Katie Ballantyne, Jonathan Craig	Cult Hero	[12]
	Joan Chell	Brother
	Marie-Josée Galibert	Viking
	Darci Jackson, Elizabeth McLeod	Bones of Crows
2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards
	Dan Martin, Traci Loader, Svetlana Gutic	Infinity Pool	[13]
	Katie Ballantyne, Jonathan Craig, Karlee Morse	The Hyperborean	[14]
	Dominique T. Hasbani	Ru
	Fatema Hoque	Who's Yer Father?
	Karlee Morse, Mary Cuffe	Polaris
	Erin Pidgeon	Zombie Town
	Ashley Vieira, Erin Sweeney, Thea Samuels	BlackBerry

See also

• Prix Iris for Best Makeup

References

1. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
2. "In-Genieous Make-up". Toronto Star, March 13, 1990.
3. "Hanging Garden wins three Genie Awards". Halifax Daily News, December 15, 1997.
4. "Genie Awards in brief". Daily Gleaner, March 3, 2008.
5. "Night belongs to Passchendaele; Historical epic wins six awards, including Golden Reel, best movie". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2009.
6. "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.
7. Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021.
8. Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021.
9. "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 8, 2022.
10. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
11. Jenna Benchetrit, "Brother dominates with a dozen wins on third night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 13, 2023.
12. "The 2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominees". Windsor International Film Festival, February 22, 2023.
13. Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
14. "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.