Crew Profiles: Dick Smith

Anyone who read The Dick Smith Connection already knows the my opionin of Dick and the immense influence he has had on the development of special effect make-up over the past 55 years. Here are a few other facts.

Dick was born Richard Emerson Smith in Larchmont, N.Y. on June 26th 1922 and continued to live there until a couple of years ago. He aquired a BA at Vale University in 1944 and was appointed the Director of the first TV make-up dept. at NBC-TV (N.Y.C.) in 1945 -59.

He married Joycelyn De Rosa on January 10th 1949 and they had two children: Douglas Todd, David Emerson. They are still together today.

Dick stayed with NBC until 1959 when he became Director of Make-up for David Susskind Productions, N.Y.C. (1959-61). Since 1961 he has worked as a freelance make-up artist/consultant/designer with numerous credits including:

REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT - 1962,
THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT - 1963,
MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! - 1967 (Emmy award 1967),
MIDNIGHT COWBOY - 1968,
LITTLE BIG MAN - 1973,
THE GODFATHER, Part II - 1974,
THE SUNSHINE BOYS - 1975,
TAXI DRIVER - 1975,
ALTERED STATES - 1979,
SCANNERS - 1980,
GHOST STORY - 1981,
THE HUNGER - 1982,
AMADEUS - 1983, (U. S. Acad. award 1984, Brit. Acad. award.1985),
STARMAN - 1984,
POLTERGUIST III - 1987,
EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN - 1988,
SWEET HOME - (Japanese film), 1988,
DAD - 1989,
DEATH BECOMES HER - 1991,
FOREVER YOUNG - 1992,

He has been a consultant lecturer at the Yoyogi Animation School, Tokyo, since 1992 and is the author of: The Advanced Professional Make-up Course. (Best course in the world but only available to experienced professionals.)

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