What is Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling?
{{Infobox award | name = Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling | presenter = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) | country = [[United States]] | year = [[54th Academy Awards|1981]] | holder_label = Most recent winner | holder = Sergio Lopez-Rivera <br /> Mia Neal <br /> Jamika Wilson <br /> ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'' ([[93rd Academy Awards|2020]]) | website = {{URL|oscars.org}} }} The '''[[Academy Award]] for Best Makeup and Hairstyling''' is the Oscar given to the best achievement in makeup and hair-styling for movies. Usually, only three movies are nominated each year rather than five as in most categories. In 2012, the category was renamed to Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kilday|first=Greg|title=New Oscar Rules Allow Multiple Songwriters, Incorporate Hair Styling|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/academy-changes-visual-effects-music-foreign-language-rules-343162|access-date=29 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=28 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Film academy approves new rules for 85th Academy Awards, makes hairstyling eligible for Oscar|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/film-academy-approves-new-rules-for-85th-academy-awards-makes-hairstyling-eligible-for-oscar/2012/06/28/gJQALW8r9V_story.html|access-date=29 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=28 June 2012|archive-date=11 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211104725/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/film-academy-approves-new-rules-for-85th-academy-awards-makes-hairstyling-eligible-for-oscar/2012/06/28/gJQALW8r9V_story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Special Achievement Awards == Before 1981, Special Achievement Oscars were twice awarded to makeup artists for their work on a specific movie: * '''1964''' - '''[[William J. Tuttle]]''' for '''''[[7 Faces of Dr. Lao]]''''' * '''1968''' - '''[[John Chambers (make-up artist)|John Chambers]]''' for