Awards & Winners

John Chambers

Date of Birth 12-September-1922
Place of Birth Chicago
(Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality
Profession Makeup Artist
John Chambers was an award-winning American make-up artist and prosthetic makeup expert who became a veteran in both television and film. He was also a recipient of an Academy Honorary Award by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1968. He is most known for pointy ears of character Spock in TV series Star Trek played by Leonard Nimoy and make up in Planet of the Apes film series, made 1968 to 1973. He was awarded CIA's Intelligence Medal of Merit for his involvement in the Canadian Caper, in which six American hostages escaped, during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, which later became the basis of Academy Award for Best Picture-winning film Argo.

Awards by John Chambers

Check all the awards nominated and won by John Chambers.

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup Beyond Westworld

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup Hallmark Hall of Fame
Beauty and the Beast","Outstanding Achievement in Make-up

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup Twigs

1972


Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup Night Gallery

1968


Academy Honorary Award
Honored for : Planet of the Apes
(for his outstanding makeup achievement for Planet of the Apes)