Dave Elsey

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dave Elsey
Occupation	Make-Up Artist
Date Of Birth	Feb 9, 1967(1967-02-09)
Age	57
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Dave Elsey Biography

Dave Elsey is one of the most popular and richest Make-Up Artist who was born on February 9, 1967 in London, England, United Kingdom. Dave Elsey (born 9 February 1967) is an Academy and Saturn Award-winning artist renowned for special effects for make-up animation, creature effects and animatronics in films like X-Men: First Class, Ghost Rider, Star Wars, Hellraiser, Alien 3 as well as Indiana Jones . The artist was born February 2nd 1997 in London, England to Marie and Derek Elsey. From 1999 until 2011 Elsey resided living in Sydney, Australia with his wife Lou as he worked for his TV science fiction show Farscape. Elsey is currently in Los Angeles, California.

Elsey who was a massive Star Wars fan as a child, was thrilled to be offered the chance in 2005 to contribute to film Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith movie. The result was an Oscar nomination for the creature effects/ makeup effects department. This was an unprecedented achievement for this department in an Star Wars film.

As of 1999 Elsey had been asked in 1999 to manage the Australian section of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop about two months prior to the time that Farscape was released. While Rygel as well as Pilot were completed but a large number of characters had not been created yet. Elsey utilized the opportunity to create character with makeups and puppets, using every method he could think of, which resulted in a variety of beautiful and intricate creatures that fans of the cult admire.

Dave Elsey Net Worth

Dave Elsey is one of the richest Make-Up Artist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dave Elsey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Two important films he recalled watching together with fathers during the time they lived in Leicester Square (West end of London, England) were King Kong (1976) and An American Werewolf in London (1981). After watching the work of special makeup artists Rick Baker in both films particularly the latter the latter, makeup effects became Elsey’s goal in life. In 1983 at the age of 16 years old, Elsey met Baker on the set of Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. This meeting was a confirmation of Elsey’s desire to make makeup a profession.

A desire to work in the film industry began with visit to Pinewood Studios, Shepperton Studios and Elstree Studios across various counties of England. Elsey often ran into Jim Henson (Sesame Street, The Muppets Show) while at the studio. He then came across Lyle Conway who was Henson’s character shop designer for The Dark Crystal. After numerous requests for a job Conway provided Elsey his first chance to break into the business, and put him to work on animatronics for the film Little Shop of Horrors. Through the work, Elsey made many of the unusual Vine effects, as well as the tongue of the alien plants Audrey II. The experiment gave Elsey the techniques of creating mechanical effects that give the impression of life puppetry. They performed a variety of reverse-shots that turned the camera upside-down as well as changed camera speeds and did other things engineers would have never considered as possible solutions. The film went on to receive nominations for the Oscar for the facility, and also won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1986.

In 2010, Elsey and his long admired icon Rick Baker partnered up for the film “The Wolfman,” winning an Academy Award.

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Dave Ranked on the list of most popular Make-Up Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Dave Elsey celebrates birthday on February 9 of every year.