Richard Snell
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Richard Snell (19 December 1955 – 21 February 2006; age 50) was a makeup artist and head of Richard Snell Designs, Inc. who worked on three Star Trek films and at least one Star Trek series, The Next Generation.
In 1992, he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Makeup with Michael M. Mills and Edward French for his work on the Klingon and Vulcan prosthetics created for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. That same year, he and the rest of the makeup department of TNG (including Michael Westmore) earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series.
Snell also worked as a makeup artist on such films as Lethal Weapon 3, Last Action Hero, Demolition Man, James and the Giant Peach, Amistad, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A.I. Artificial Intellignce, The Time Machine (written by John Logan), Clockstoppers (directed by Jonathan Frakes), and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (featuring William Shatner). Snell also shared an Emmy win for his work on Alien Nation, a science fiction series which starred Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, and Michele Scarabelli.
Snell passed away on location in February 2006 while working on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. He was 50 years old. He is stated to have died from natural causes.
[edit] Makeup credits
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
