Dad (1989)

Key makeup artist and makeup designer who entered American film with 1981's MY BLOODY VALENTINE and ZOOT SUIT. Other notable (non-nominated) credits include John Carpenter's THE THING (1982), FRIGHT NIGHT (1985), SPACEBALLS and BARFLY (both 1987), CASINO and HEAT (both 1995), JACK and BULLET (both 1996), ROSEWOOD, ANACONDA, U TURN and MOST WANTED (all 1997), THE MASK OF ZORRO, WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE and BLADE (all 1998), ERIN BROCKOVICH, LUMINARIAS and THE PERFECT STORM (all 2000), TRAINING DAY (2001), RED DRAGON (2002), CHASING PAPI and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (both 2003), PAPARAZZI (2004), THE LEGEND OF ZORRO (2005), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (2006), PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (2007), and INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL and MOE (both scheduled for 2008). Diaz has won two of his four Emmy® nominations: Outstanding Makeup for a Series: "Alien Nation" (1989) and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series: "American Family" (2002). He was part of the teams that were nominated for the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards in 2003 for RED DRAGON (Character Makeup - Feature) and "American Family" (Period Makeup - Television Series); and he was part of the team that won that organization's 2004 award for Best Period Makeup - Feature: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL.  Nominated for Achievement in Makeup 1989: DAD (w. Dick Smith & Greg Nelson)  Nominated for Achievement in Makeup 1995: MY FAMILY, MI FAMILIA (w. Mark Sanchez) 2 nominations