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- Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, makeup by Greg Cannom
- Presenters: Sarah Jessica Parker and Daniel Craig
- Nominations announced: January 22, 2009
- Award time: February 22, 2009, 5 p.m. PST
- Network: ABC
- Host: Hugh Jackman
- Voted on by members of the Academy Film and Television Arts and Sciences
- Last year's winner: La Vie En Rose, makeup by Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
- The academy usually nominates only three films for the makeup award, as opposed to most other categories, which have five
- First winner: An American Werewolf in London in 1981
- Makeup artists received honorary awards in 1964 and 1968 for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao and Planet of the Apes
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The winner of the 2009 Oscar for Best Makeup at the Academy Awards Ceremony on February 22, 2009 was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, makeup by Greg Cannom. Other nominees included the makeup in the movies The Dark Knight and The Golden Army.
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The Nominees
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, makeup by Greg Cannom
- The Dark Knight, makeup by John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, makeup by Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Past Winners
- 2007: La Vie en Rose
- 2006: Pan's Labyrinth
- 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- 2004: A Series of Unfortunate Events
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2002: Frida
- 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 2000: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- 1999: Topsy-Turvy
- 1998: Elizabeth
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Best Makeup Oscar Winner Acceptance Speech
- Oscars.org: Oscar Acceptance Speeches
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