Stuart Freeborn ist gestorben

Der 1914 in London geborene britische Maskenbildner Stuart Freeborn (Bild) ist am 05. Februar 2013 ebenda gestorben. Internationale Berühmtheit erhielt er durch seine Arbeit für Stanley Kubricks «Odyssee im Weltraum» und seine beiden «Star-Wars»-Charaktere Yoda und Chewbacca.

Bild: http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/r-i-p-stuart-freeborn/

«Er schuf ‚Yoda‘, ‚Chewbacca‘ und ‚Jabba the Hutt‘: Stuart Freeborn gestaltete einige der bekanntesten Figuren der Filmgeschichte. Nun ist der Vater der modernen Maskenbildnerei gestorben.»

http://www.welt.de/kultur/kino/article113457279/Yoda-Schoepfer-Stuart-Freeborn-mit-98-gestorben.html

«Star Wars director George Lucas said in a statement that Freeborn was ‚already a makeup legend‘ when he started working on the space epic.

‚He brought with him not only decades of experience but boundless creative energy,‘ Lucas said. ‚His artistry and craftsmanship will live on forever in the characters he created. His Star Wars creatures may be reinterpreted in new forms by new generations but at their heart they continue to be what Stuart created for the original films.'»

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/07/stuart-freeborn-yoda-maker-dies

«Largely self-taught, his six-decade career saw him create make-up and prosthetics for such cinematic legends as Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers.

One of his most famous creations was Yoda, the diminutive Jedi master first seen in 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back.

Freeborn based Yoda’s look on Albert Einstein, as well as his own features.»

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21357301

Mehr:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Freeborn

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293084/

http://1001resources.com/hosting/users/cinesecrets/StuFreeborn/