Dave Elsey English make-up artist
Dave Elsey (born 9 February 1967) is an English make-up artist known for special make-up effects, creature effects and animatronics in films such as X-Men: First Class , Ghost Rider , Star Wars , Hellraiser , Alien 3 , and Indiana Jones . He was born on February 2, 1967, in London, England to Marie and Derek Elsey.
From 1999 to 2011, Elsey lived in Sydney, Australia with his wife Lou[ 1] while working on the TV science fiction series Farscape .[ 2]
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California .
Career
Star Wars: Episode III
Elsey, a huge Star Wars fan as a child, worked on the Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith movie in 2005. The work resulted in an Oscar nomination for the creature effects / make-up effects department: a first for that department on a Star Wars film.[ 3]
Industry awards
Saturn Award Nominations: Best Make-up
Academy Award Nominations: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Quantas Film: Achievement in Make-Up Design in Film
External links
Rick Baker (1981)
Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke (1982)
No award (1983)
Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith (1984)
Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek (1985)
Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis (1986)
Rick Baker (1987)
Ve Neill , Steve La Porte , and Robert Short (1988)
Manlio Rocchetti , Lynn Barber , and Kevin Haney (1989)
Doug Drexler and John Caglione Jr. (1990)
Jeff Dawn and Stan Winston (1991)
Michèle Burke , Greg Cannom , and Matthew W. Mungle (1992)
Greg Cannom , Ve Neill , and Yolanda Toussieng (1993)
Rick Baker , Ve Neill , and Yolanda Toussieng (1994)
Lois Burwell , Peter Frampton , and Paul Pattison (1995)
Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (1996)
Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (1997)
Jenny Shircore (1998)
Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud (1999)
Rick Baker and Gail Ryan (2000)
Peter Owen and Richard Taylor (2001)
Beatrice De Alba and John E. Jackson (2002)
Peter King and Richard Taylor (2003)
Bill Corso and Valli O'Reilly (2004)
Howard Berger and Tami Lane (2005)
David Martí and Montse Ribé (2006)
Jan Archibald and Didier Lavergne (2007)
Greg Cannom (2008)
Barney Burman , Mindy Hall , and Joel Harlow (2009)
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (2010)
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland (2011)
Julie Dartnell and Lisa Westcott (2012)
Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews (2013)
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (2014)
Damian Martin , Lesley Vanderwalt , and Elka Wardega (2015)
Alessandro Bertolazzi , Giorgio Gregorini , and Christopher Nelson (2016)
David Malinowski , Lucy Sibbick , and Kazuhiro Tsuji (2017)
Greg Cannom , Kate Biscoe , and Patricia Dehaney (2018)
Kazu Hiro , Anne Morgan , and Vivian Baker (2019)
Sergio López-Rivera , Mia Neal , and Jamika Wilson (2020)
Linda Dowds , Stephanie Ingram , and Justin Raleigh (2021)
Adrien Morot , Judy Chin , and Annemarie Bradley (2022)
Nadia Stacey , Mark Coulier , and Josh Weston (2023)
Pierre-Olivier Persin , Stéphanie Guillon , and Marilyne Scarselli (2024)
Mike Hill , Jordan Samuel , and Cliona Furey (2025)
Between 1981–2012, the category was Best Makeup
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