
Kazu Hiro
Personal Info
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-05-26 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Kazu Hiro
Biography
Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, Japanese: 辻 一弘 Tsuji Kazuhiro; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films Darkest Hour (2017) and Bombshell (2019) after earning nominations for the comedies Click (2006) and Norbit (2007).
Kazu Hiro grew up in Kyoto, where he spent much of his time alone engaging in art projects. Kazu Hiro came across an issue of Fangoria which featured Dick Smith and his work turning Hal Holbrook into Abraham Lincoln for the 1976 miniseries Lincoln. This led to Kazu Hiro's own experiments with special make-up effects, photos of which he began sending to Dick Smith after discovering his P.O. box in the back of a magazine. The two would eventually meet in person when Smith traveled to Japan to work on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Sweet Home. Smith invited Kazu Hiro to work on the film with him and this began his film career.
Known For
Acting
(2017)
The Human Face
as Self
Crew
(2025)
The Smashing Machine
Prosthetic Designer
(2023)
Maestro
Prosthetic Designer
(2019)
Bombshell
Prosthetic Designer
(2017)
The Shape of Water
Sculptor
(2017)
Darkest Hour
Hair Designer, Prosthetic Makeup Artist
(2013)
The Place Beyond the Pines
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
(2012)
Total Recall
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2012)
Killing Them Softly
Makeup Designer
(2012)
Looper
Prosthetic Designer
(2012)
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2011)
Just Go with It
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2010)
Salt
Prosthetic Designer
(2010)
TRON: Legacy
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Makeup Designer
(2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2009)
Angels & Demons
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
(2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2008)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
(2008)
Tropic Thunder
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2007)
Enchanted
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2007)
Norbit
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
(2007)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2006)
Click
Prosthetic Supervisor
(2005)
Cursed
Makeup Designer
(2005)
The Ring Two
Makeup Effects Designer
(2004)
Hellboy
Makeup Designer
(2003)
The Haunted Mansion
Prosthetic Designer
(2003)
Intolerable Cruelty
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2002)
The Ring
Sculptor, Makeup Designer
(2002)
Men in Black II
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(2001)
Planet of the Apes
Makeup Designer
(2000)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Makeup Artist
(2000)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Makeup Designer
(1999)
Wild Wild West
Makeup Designer
(1999)
Life
Key Makeup Artist
(1997)
Critical Care
Makeup Artist
(1997)
Men in Black
Sculptor
(1992)
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Artist
(1991)
Hiruko the Goblin
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(1991)
Rhapsody in August
Special Effects Makeup Artist
(1991)
Zëiram
Makeup Artist
(1989)
Sweet Home
Makeup Effects