Bill Corso

New Jersey-born makeup artist Bill Corso has been altering people’s likenesses since he was seven. A childhood fascination with drawing, movies, and monsters led Corso to attend the High School for the Visual Arts in Sarasota, Florida. After moving to Los Angeles in 1985, Corso began lending his talents to makeup luminaries such as Academy Award winners Rick Baker and Ve Neil for feature films.

Partnering with FX Legend Steve Johnson led to two Emmy wins for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for the Stephen King-based TV miniseries The Stand and The Shining.

Throughout his career, Corso has had the great opportunity to work with some of Hollywood's most talented directors, including Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Steven Soderbergh, Tim Burton, Milos Forman, Andrew Stanton, and Oliver Stone. Corso won his 3rd Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for HBO’s Grey Gardens, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, and was nominated for his 4th Emmy for transforming Bryan Cranston into Lyndon B. Johnson for HBO’s All the Way.

After working with Jim Carrey on Man on the Moon, Corso began a creative partnership with the actor spanning eleven films, including The Majestic, Bruce Almighty, and Dumb and Dumber To. In 2004, Corso won his first Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup, for turning Jim Carrey into the despicable Count Olaf in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

The following year, in collaboration with Rick Baker, Corso was Oscar-nominated for the Sony comedy Click with Adam Sandler.

Starting with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Corso began a seven-picture run with Harrison Ford, including the Jackie Robinson baseball biopic, 42, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Corso’s work on the cast of Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher earned him his 3rd Oscar nomination.

You can see Bill Corso's work in Zoobilee Zoo, Life, Galaxy Quest, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Planet of the Apes, Jackass: The Movie, The Number 23, Yes Man, Grey Gardens, Cowboys & Aliens, John Carter, The Amazing Spider-Man, Deadpool and Deadpool 2, Kong: Skull Island, Blade Runner 2049, Destroyer, Zombieland: Double Tap, Terminator: Dark Fate, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Michael just to name a few.

Corso has collaborated with Heidi Klum for over a decade to create her famous, elaborate Halloween costumes, such as the skinless corpse look "Visible Woman", Cleopatra, Butterfly, or the Giant Peacock.

Dedicated to helping actors and filmmakers create amazing characters for all media, Corso established a digital company, DMG-Digital Makeup Group. Under Corso’s supervision, the company connected digital artists with makeup artists and hairstylists who worked in film and television, helping bring the art of makeup into the future.

Corso is married to actress-clothing designer Odile Corso. They have two daughters, Olivia and Marlena, and reside in Los Angeles, California.