He has won six Academy Awards, out of eleven nominations, for the films An American Werewolf in London (1981), Harry and the Hendersons (1988), Ed Wood (1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Men in Black (1997), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). Baker also worked on another Lucasfilm production, Captain EO, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and released in 1986 for the Disney Theme Parks.