Make-Up Artist Magazine: Anybody who had the good fortune of meeting Stuart Freeborn knew he was a born storyteller. Freeborn, who passed away in 2013 at the age of 98, was a frequent visitor to IMATS London, where he was often surrounded by a crowd of spellbound listeners, right up until the moment he was packed into the back of a car to go home.
I spent endless hours myself sitting happily on the floor of Stuart’s living room, as he talked about everything from Star Wars to Superman. On one memorable occasion, he discussed his two-year stint working for director Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey. With that now-classic sci-fi film celebrating its 50th anniversary, I’m taking a back seat and letting Stuart Freeborn tell you some of that story himself …
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