A Life in Film
Rob Weychert’s all-time stats
Top films
Best of 2016
My eight favorite films of 2016, in alphabetical order.
Best of 2014
My five favorite films of 2014, in alphabetical order.
Best of 2012
I only saw 32 new movies in 2012, and while plenty were…
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The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
The Hunger Games Collection 4 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 5 watched
Mad Max Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 3 watched
Clerks Collection 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 3 watched
Friday the 13th Collection 11 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 3 watched
Henry Fool Collection 3 watched
Hostel Collection 3 watched
The Hunger Games Collection 4 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 5 watched
James Bond Collection 26 watched
Jaws Collection 4 watched
Left Behind Collection 3 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
Lone Wolf and Cub Collection 6 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Mad Max Collection 4 watched
Maniac Cop Collection 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
Meet the Parents Collection 3 watched
The Millennium Collection 3 watched
Naked Gun Collection 3 watched
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection 7 watched
Paradise Lost Collection 3 watched
Police Academy Collection 7 watched
Poltergeist Collection 3 watched
Re-Animator Collection 3 watched
Red Riding Collection 3 watched
RoboCop Collection 3 watched
Rocky Collection 6 watched
Saw Collection 10 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
The Thin Man Collection 6 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Wallace & Gromit Collection 4 watched
Austin Powers Collection 2 of 3 watched
Beverly Hills Cop Collection 2 of 3 watched
Blair Witch Collection 2 of 3 watched
Class of 1999 Collection 2 of 3 watched
Crocodile Dundee Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 2 of 3 watched
Death Wish Collection 4 of 5 watched
Die Hard Collection 4 of 5 watched
Final Destination Collection 4 of 5 watched
The Fly Collection 2 of 3 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 2 of 3 watched
God's Not Dead Collection 3 of 4 watched
Halloween Collection 9 of 11 watched
I Know What You Did Last Summer Collection 2 of 3 watched
Jackass Collection 5 of 7 watched
The Jack Ryan Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Karate Kid Collection 3 of 4 watched
Lethal Weapon Collection 3 of 4 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 6 of 7 watched
National Lampoon's Vacation Collection 3 of 4 watched
Ocean's Collection 2 of 3 watched
Psycho Collection 3 of 4 watched
Rambo Collection 4 of 5 watched
Revenge of the Nerds Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Slumber Party Massacre Collection 2 of 3 watched
Superman Collection 4 of 5 watched
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Terminator Collection 5 of 6 watched
The Three Mothers Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Transporter Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Trip Collection 3 of 4 watched
Troll Collection 2 of 3 watched
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Stars
Directors
Crew & studios
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Co-Directors
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Asst. Directors
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Add. Directing
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Producers
Scott Rudin 30
Walt Disney 21
Jason Blum 20
Joel Silver 19
Ethan Coen 17
Judd Apatow 12
Mark Burg 11
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Exec. Producers
Bruce Berman 14
Joseph Drake 14
George Lucas 13
John Sloss 13
Peter Block 12
Mario Kassar 12
Roger Corman 12
Tim Bevan 12
Eric Fellner 11
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Writers
Joel Coen 18
Ethan Coen 17
John Hughes 15
George Lucas 12
David Koepp 10
Ralph Wright 10
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Original Writers
Ian Fleming 27
Stephen King 19
Stan Lee 8
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Casting
Mike Fenton 42
Mary Vernieu 31
Jane Jenkins 29
Ellen Lewis 22
Nina Gold 19
Avy Kaufman 19
Debra Zane 18
Jackie Burch 18
Howard Feuer 17
Mindy Marin 17
Terri Taylor 17
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Editors
Michael Kahn 22
Paul Hirsch 17
Joel Coen 14
Sandra Adair 13
Ethan Coen 13
Peter Cheung 11
Bob Murawski 10
Sally Menke 10
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Cinematography
Tak Fujimoto 16
Mark Irwin 15
Dean Cundey 15
Bill Pope 14
Peter Deming 13
Robert Burks 13
Oliver Wood 10
Bill Butler 10
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Camera Operators
Randy Nolen 12
Dan Kneece 10
Mitch Dubin 10
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Lighting
Bill O'Leary 10
Ian Kincaid 10
Jim Grce 6
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Add. Photography
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Production Design
Peter Lamont 12
Ken Adam 12
David Wasco 11
Jess Gonchor 11
Rick Carter 10
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Art Direction
Hal Pereira 12
Dan Webster 11
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 23
Robert Gould 13
Sam Comer 11
Jay Hart 11
Larry Dias 10
Emile Kuri 10
Hal Gausman 10
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Special Effects
Steve Cremin 12
Roger George 11
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Visual Effects
Craig Barron 14
Dennis Muren 12
Peter Kuran 11
Phil Tippett 11
John Knoll 11
Fred Sersen 10
Jon Campfens 10
John Bruno 10
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Title Design
Dan Perri 38
Nina Saxon 12
Saul Bass 10
Kyle Cooper 10
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Stunts
Debbie Evans 43
Freddie Hice 42
Janet Brady 41
Dick Ziker 38
Gary McLarty 35
Rick Avery 34
Henry Kingi 34
Jeff Imada 33
Scott Wilder 32
Annie Ellis 31
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Choreography
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Composers
Howard Shore 34
Danny Elfman 32
James Horner 20
Hans Zimmer 17
Mark Isham 15
John Barry 15
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Songs
Dan Levy 2
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Sound
John Roesch 55
Skip Lievsay 46
Jana Vance 32
Peter Burgis 29
David Parker 29
Andy Nelson 28
Greg Orloff 27
Steve Maslow 26
Dino DiMuro 26
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Costume Design
Edith Head 24
Mary Zophres 19
Mark Bridges 16
Ann Roth 15
Jean Louis 11
Julie Weiss 11
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Makeup
Gary Archer 30
Ben Nye 21
Ve Neill 19
Rob Bottin 16
Gordon Bau 16
Rick Baker 16
John Blake 15
Dick Smith 14
Jeff Dawn 14
Bud Westmore 13
Julie Hewett 13
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Hairstyling
Joy Zapata 14
Bridget Cook 12
Alex Rouse 11
Paul Abascal 10
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Studios
Paramount 168
20th Century Fox 121
Canal+ 47
Miramax 32
Lionsgate 31
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Asst. Directors
Tony Brandt 4.8
Delphine Daull 4.8
Stephen Lim 4.2
Charles Myers 4.2
Barry Stern 4.2
Fred T. Gallo 4.2
Jeffrey Chernov 4.2
Kelly Kiernan 4.0
Matt Carver 4.0
Bac DeLorme 4.0
Burt Bluestein 4.0
Ridgeway Callow 4.0
Harry Mancke 4.0
David Sosna 4.0
Jack Greenwood 4.0
Zdeněk Rozkopal 4.0
Betsy Magruder 3.8
Frank Capra III 3.8
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Add. Directing
Frank Marshall 5.0
Charlie Picerni 4.0
Mizuho Nishikubo 3.8
Stan Winston 3.8
Glenn R. Wilder 3.8
Vic Armstrong 3.8
Terry Leonard 3.5
Darrin Prescott 3.3
Michael D. Moore 3.2
Chad Stahelski 3.2
Ferdinando Cito Filomarino 3.2
Jeremy Lovering 3.2
Fred Lerner 3.2
John Glen 3.2
Eric Schwab 3.0
Dick Ziker 3.0
Simon Crane 2.8
Dan Bradley 2.8
David R. Ellis 2.8
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Producers
Orson Welles 4.5
Mark Silverman 4.3
Gary Kurtz 4.2
Koko Maeda 4.2
Dede Nickerson 4.2
Mona Skager 4.2
Samantha Quan 4.2
Rob Reiner 4.2
Saul Chaplin 4.2
Robert K. Weiss 4.2
Fred T. Gallo 4.2
Michael Gruskoff 4.2
Steve James 4.2
Alan Douglas 4.2
Lynn Novick 4.2
Andrew Scheinman 4.2
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Exec. Producers
Ken Burns 4.5
E. Bennett Walsh 4.2
Cate Blanchett 4.2
Uwe Schott 4.2
Gale Anne Hurd 4.2
Erica Steinberg 4.2
Tim Bevan 4.1
Eric Fellner 4.1
Mark Roybal 4.0
Michael Chinich 4.0
Sheila Nevins 4.0
Michael Shamberg 4.0
Eleanor Columbus 4.0
John Legend 4.0
Liz Glotzer 4.0
Ying Ye 4.0
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Writers
Mario Puzo 4.8
Céline Sciamma 4.5
Tim Burton 4.5
Jeb Stuart 4.5
Jeffrey Boam 4.2
Sam Raimi 4.1
Ethan Coen 4.0
Joel Coen 4.0
Sean Baker 4.0
Chris Bergoch 4.0
Roger Avary 4.0
Robert Eggers 4.0
Ronald Bronstein 4.0
Josh Safdie 4.0
Kim Krizan 4.0
Julie Delpy 4.0
Ethan Hawke 4.0
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Original Writers
Mario Puzo 4.8
Uma Thurman 4.2
Thomas Harris 4.2
Roderick Thorp 4.2
Kim Krizan 4.0
Richard Adams 4.0
Philip K. Dick 3.8
James M. Cain 3.8
William Goldman 3.8
Michael Lewis 3.5
Nick Hornby 3.5
Goseki Kojima 3.4
Kazuo Koike 3.4
H.P. Lovecraft 3.3
Cornell Woolrich 3.2
Stan Lee 3.2
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Casting
Christel Baras 4.5
John S. Lyons 4.4
Koko Maeda 4.2
Jeremy Ritzer 4.2
Gail Stevens 4.0
Jason Knight 4.0
John Buchan 4.0
Karen Scully 4.0
Wendy Weidman 4.0
Geraldine Barón 4.0
Richard Hicks 4.0
Tanja Grunwald 4.0
Julie Hughes 4.0
Barry Moss 4.0
Jennifer Shull 4.0
Peter Golden 4.0
Simone Bär 3.9
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Editors
Peter Zinner 4.8
Julien Lacheray 4.8
William Reynolds 4.5
Steve James 4.2
Nancy Kennedy 4.2
Sally Menke 4.0
Robert Leighton 4.0
Marcia Lucas 4.0
Dylan Tichenor 4.0
Tricia Cooke 4.0
Sean Baker 4.0
Monika Willi 4.0
Barry Malkin 4.0
Ronald Bronstein 4.0
Benny Safdie 4.0
Kim Jae-beom 4.0
Dody Dorn 4.0
Todd C. Ramsay 4.0
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Cinematography
Claire Mathon 4.5
Barry Sonnenfeld 4.3
Boris Kaufman 4.2
Lee Daniel 4.0
Shane F. Kelly 4.0
Willy Hameister 4.0
Sam Levy 4.0
Jarin Blaschke 4.0
Ruben Impens 4.0
Jost Vacano 4.0
Joseph Walker 4.0
Daniel L. Fapp 4.0
Robert Surtees 4.0
Cheung Yiu-Cho 4.0
Jiří Tarantík 4.0
Paul Holzki 4.0
Gordon Willis 3.8
Frank Passingham 3.8
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Camera Operators
M. Todd Henry 4.5
Michael Chapman 4.3
Luca Mercuri 4.2
Michael Levine 4.2
Tilman Büttner 4.2
Daniel Bishop 4.2
Albert Maysles 4.2
Barry Feinstein 4.2
Nick Doob 4.2
Richard Leacock 4.2
D. A. Pennebaker 4.2
Roger Murphy 4.2
Ralph Gerling 4.2
Bob Gorelick 4.0
Mike McGowan 4.0
Brett Hurd 4.0
Roger Deakins 3.8
Robert C. Thomas 3.8
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Lighting
Russell Engels 4.2
Kevin Murphy 4.2
John W. DeBlau 4.2
Earl Gilbert 4.0
Laide Agunbiade 4.0
Sagar Alodiya 4.0
Nicolas Lagae 4.0
Wong Chi-Ming 4.0
Kevin Kelley 4.0
James Plannette 3.9
David Lee 3.8
Elan Yaari 3.8
Dorien Gunnels 3.8
Harold Skinner 3.8
Tom Starnes 3.8
Andy Cole 3.8
Bill Silic 3.8
George Holmes 3.6
Mark Walthour 3.5
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Add. Photography
Paul Beeson 4.5
Arne Parduba 4.0
Dimitri Zaunders 3.8
Jack Lee Gary 3.8
Eric Engler 3.5
Lee Hyun 3.2
Igor Meglic 3.2
Lloyd Ahern II 3.2
Patrick Loungway 3.2
Patrick Capone 3.2
Casey Hotchkiss 3.2
Paul Hughen 3.2
Peter Talbot 3.2
Ross Emery 3.0
Jonathan Taylor 3.0
Lukasz Jogalla 3.0
Chuck Colwell 3.0
Enrico Fontana 3.0
Hank Muller 3.0
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Production Design
Stephonik Youth 4.2
Norman Garwood 4.2
Boris Leven 4.2
Katarzyna Sobańska-Strzałkowska 4.2
Marcel Sławiński 4.2
Oliver Wong 4.2
David Wasco 4.0
John W. Corso 4.0
Craig Lathrop 4.0
Laurie Colson 4.0
William Sandell 4.0
Kazuo Satsuya 4.0
Jane Musky 4.0
David L. Snyder 4.0
Yohei Taneda 3.8
Hannah Beachler 3.8
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Art Direction
Adam Scher 4.5
David L. Snyder 4.2
Gregory P. Keen 4.2
John R. Jensen 4.0
Henry Bumstead 4.0
Ken Anderson 4.0
Dean Gordon 4.0
Tim Galvin 4.0
Keith Pain 4.0
Jack Okey 4.0
Charles Philippi 4.0
Terrell Stapp 4.0
Daniel Bradford 3.9
John Hubley 3.8
Hugh Hennesy 3.8
Kendall O'Connor 3.8
McLaren Stewart 3.8
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Set Decoration
Daniel Bradford 4.5
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer 4.5
Ruby R. Levitt 4.5
Philip Leonard 4.5
Mary Saisselin 4.2
Peter Davidson 4.2
Katie Sharrock 4.2
Robert De Vestel 4.2
Louis M. Mann 4.2
Paul Sonski 4.0
Mariko Braswell 4.0
Jennifer Polito 4.0
E.C. Chen 4.0
Karin Wiesel 4.0
Richard McKenzie 4.0
Martin Milligan 4.0
David Ladish 3.9
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Special Effects
A.D. Flowers 4.8
Al Di Sarro 4.5
Peter Chesney 4.2
Corey Pritchett 4.2
Jack Jennings 4.2
David H. Watkins 4.2
Logan Frazee 4.2
Joe Lombardi 4.2
Brian Johnson 4.0
Vernon L. Walker 4.0
Linwood G. Dunn 4.0
Russell A. Cully 4.0
Ken Tarallo 4.0
Jiří Tarantík 4.0
Bohuslav Pikhart 4.0
Zdeněk Ostrčil 4.0
Josef Zeman 4.0
Robert A. Mattey 3.8
Jeff Jarvis 3.8
Martin Bresin 3.8
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Visual Effects
Charlie Mullen 4.5
Albert Whitlock 4.5
Matthew Yuricich 4.3
Frankie Chung 4.2
Jeremy Hattingh 4.2
David Danesi 4.2
John J. Budion 4.2
Jack Rabin 4.2
Louis DeWitt 4.2
Carlo Rambaldi 4.0
Michel Denis 4.0
John P. Fulton 3.9
Aaron Conover 3.8
Shaun Galinak 3.8
Andrea D'Amico 3.8
Fred Pienkos 3.8
Andrew Lim 3.8
Dennis Jones 3.8
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Title Design
Marlene McCarty 3.8
Wayne Fitzgerald 3.4
Teddy Blanks 3.3
Dan Perri 3.3
Saul Bass 3.3
Nina Saxon 3.2
Robert Brownjohn 3.2
Arnold Goodwin 3.2
Matt Curtis 3.2
Robert Dawson 3.0
Baik 3.0
Maurice Binder 2.8
Kyle Cooper 2.8
Daniel Kleinman 2.8
Elaine Bass 2.8
Pauline Hume 2.8
Dan Curry 2.5
Sebastian Pardo 2.2
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Stunts
Kay Whipple 5.0
Cecilia Ngo 4.5
Denise Cheshire 4.5
Karen McLarty 4.5
Gar Stephen 4.5
Stacy Logan 4.3
Monica Staggs 4.2
Rob Moses 4.2
Satya Bellord 4.2
Melvin Jones 4.2
Ken Lesco 4.1
Jery Hewitt 4.1
Peter Diamond 4.0
Steve Gagne 4.0
Peter Brace 4.0
Mick Van Moorsel 4.0
Guy Norris 4.0
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Choreography
Kenny Ortega 4.0
Andrea Ariel 3.8
Brad Jeffries 3.5
Patricia Birch 3.2
Toni Basil 3.0
Jennifer White 2.8
Paul Becker 2.8
Alison Faulk 2.5
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Composers
Joseph LoDuca 4.5
Nino Rota 4.3
Justin Hurwitz 4.2
Michael Galasso 4.2
Harry Shearer 4.2
Michael McKean 4.2
J. Ralph 4.2
Ira Newborn 4.1
RZA 4.0
John Morris 4.0
Daniel Lopatin 4.0
Edward H. Plumb 4.0
Sattar Oraki 4.0
Barry De Vorzon 4.0
Matthieu Chedid 4.0
Herbert Windt 4.0
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Songs
Larry Morey 3.8
Dan Levy 3.5
Frank Churchill 3.3
Ned Washington 3.2
Shirley Bassey 3.0
Sia 3.0
Sam Smith 2.2
Henry Mancini 2.2
Johnny Mercer 2.2
Mack David 2.2
Charles Wolcott 2.2
Paul McCartney 1.8
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Sound
Daniel Sobrino 4.8
Julien Sicart 4.8
Gary Ritchie 4.5
Petur Hliddal 4.5
Terry Lynn Allen 4.5
Valérie Deloof 4.5
Kathleen McCart 4.5
Judee Flick 4.2
Wayne Pashley 4.2
Fabian Sanjurjo 4.2
Andrew Miller 4.2
Emma Mitchell 4.2
James Fritch 4.2
Steve Single 4.2
Evan Dunivan 4.2
Stuart Bagshaw 4.2
Mark Berger 4.2
Murray Spivack 4.2
Earl Snyder 4.2
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Costume Design
Karen Patch 4.5
Ola Staszko 4.5
Kumiko Ogawa 4.2
Dorothée Guiraud 4.2
John Mollo 4.2
Dorothy Jeakins 4.1
Edward Stevenson 4.0
Linda Muir 4.0
Miyako Bellizzi 4.0
Cho Sang-kyung 4.0
Colleen Atwood 3.8
Kwak Jung-ae 3.8
Annie Hardinge 3.8
Rudy Dillon 3.8
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Makeup
Marie Luiset 4.8
Ann Pala 4.5
Katherine James 4.5
Jim Gillespie 4.3
Wendy Bell 4.2
Elizabeth Dahl 4.2
Jed Dornoff 4.0
Phil Tippett 4.0
Graham Freeborn 4.0
Kay Freeborn 4.0
Miho Suzuki 4.0
Norman Cabrera 4.0
Phyllis Newman 4.0
Michele Paris 4.0
Mehrdad Mirkiani 4.0
Lo Shui-Lin 4.0
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Hairstyling
Paul Abascal 4.5
Linda Arnold 4.0
Daniel Curet 4.0
Barbara Ritchie 4.0
Iain Jones 4.0
Irene Aparicio 4.0
Linda Trainoff 4.0
Paul LeBlanc 3.9
Philip Leto 3.8
Mike Lockey 3.8
Nadia Stacey 3.8
Ramon Gow 3.8
Adele Taylor 3.8
Alice Monte 3.8
Emie Otis 3.8
Bree Moffett 3.8
Jean Austin 3.8
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Studios
Lilies Films 4.8
MK2 Films 4.5
Circle Films 4.3
Florentine Films 4.2
WETA 4.2
Cre Film 4.2
Altitude Film Entertainment 4.2
NHK 4.2
Pennebaker Films 4.2
A Band Apart 4.1
Opus Film 4.0
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