This story about the prosthetic makeup designs of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” and “The Last of Us” first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Drama and Limited Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.

Kazu Hiro did not have a particularly happy childhood. He grew up in Kyoto, on a small, busy street lined with markets, where his father was a fishmonger and his mother sold clothes. “I was sensitive, ...

On May 5, Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" released in theaters and broke the world record for the largest prosthetic-makeup film in history. (The previous owner of that record? The 2000 ...

Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” which dominated the MUAHS with three nominations, is the Oscar favorite for Kazu Hiro’s remarkable transformation of Cooper as legendary conductor/composer Leonard ...

Darren Aronofsky’s frequent collaborator Adrien Morot has earned his second Oscar nomination (shared with makeup department head Judy Chin and hair artist Annemarie Bradley) for developing and ...

For prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro, the Netflix drama Maestro directed by and starring Bradley Cooper was the project he’d been awaiting for most of his life. But at the same time, he says, he ...

The makeup artist behind actor Bradley Cooper’s controversial look for the upcoming Leonard Bernstein biopic apologized and insisted he didn’t intend to offend. Kazu Hiro, who put decided to fit ...

Images of the “Nosferatu” vampire are still under wraps, but Robert Eggers and prosthetic makeup designer David White break down the inspiration, process, and look for Skarsgard’s character. Max ...

Bradley Cooper is defending his portrayal of Leonard Bernstein in Netflix’s “Maestro,” despite stirring controversy with his commitment to the character. Cooper, who plays the famed composer and ...