Bill Corso Explained

Bill Corso is an Academy Award-winning makeup artist who has worked on over 70 films since 1986.

Corso is a graduate of Booker High School in Sarasota, Florida where he participated in the school's Visual and Performing Arts program.^[1]

Oscars

Corso has won one Oscar out of three nominations, all of which were in the category of Best Makeup

• 77th Academy Awards – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Shared with Valli O'Reilly) (won)^[2]
• 79th Academy Awards – Click (Nomination shared with Kazuhiro Tsuji) (lost to Pan's Labyrinth)^[3]
• 87th Academy Awards – Foxcatcher (Nomination shared with Dennis Liddiard) (lost to The Grand Budapest Hotel)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us . October 22, 2025 . BookerVPA.
2. Web site: The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners . January 5, 2015 . oscars.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140610213020/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/77th-winners.html . June 10, 2014 .
3. News: The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners . January 5, 2015. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS.
4. Web site: 87th Academy Awards. January 15, 2015.