Mar 8, 2018
Born in Kyoto, Japan, Kazuhiro is a contemporary hyperrealist
sculptor living and working in Los Angeles, with 25 years
experience as a special effects makeup artist in Hollywood.
Some of Kazu's film projects include Akira Kurosawa's film, Rhapsody in August, Men in Black, Planet of the Apes, Hellboy, Click, Norbit, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
More recent film work includes Looper, Place Beyond the Pines, and most recently Darkest Hour, where Kazu won an Oscar for his work in transforming
Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill.
In the realm of sculpture, Kazu has collaborated with contemporary artist
Paul McCarthy on several projects and
is currently focused on producing large scale hyperrealist portrait
sculpture.