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Year: 2008 (81st) Academy Awards

Category: Makeup

Film Title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Winner: Greg Cannom

Presenter: Sarah Jessica Parker, Daniel Craig

Date & Venue: February 22, 2009; Kodak Theatre

GREG CANNOM:
Thank you. I want to thank the Academy, Paramount, Warner Bros. I share this with Colleen Callaghan, who should be up here with me. Makeup: Jean Black, Fionagh Cush, Elaine Offers. Special makeup: Miles Teves, Brian Sipe, Will Huff, Todd Tucker, Harvey Lowry, Mark Jacszyn, Alexei O'Brien, Mark Nieman, Chris Gallaher, Art, Martin, Helen Cohen. Hair: Susan Kalinowski and Natascha, Favian Wigs. Our fantastic director David Fincher. Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Sara Spring, Jim Davidson, Bob Wagner, Daniel Stillman. And of course Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji Henson, Jason Flemyng, Tilda Swinton, M. Ali, Jared Harris, and especially New Orleans. Thank you.

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