Ve Neill

Ve Neill

Born: May 13, 1951
in Riverside, California, U.S.
Ve Neill (born Mary Flores) is an American Academy Award-winning makeup artist. She won three Academy Awards for the films Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Ed Wood; and has been nominated for eight Oscars total.

She has worked on the entire film franchise of Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Hunger Games. She has worked on The Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2, as well as multiple Batman movies including Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin.

Other notable film work includes A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Hook, and Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Chronicles of Riddick, Constantine, Eragon, John Carter, The Host, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

She served as one of the judges on the Syfy original series Face Off, which featured makeup artists competing for $100,000.

Movies for Ve Neill...

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Title: Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Character: Herself
Released: January 30, 2019
Type: Movie
Fifty years after its release, the special effects makeup team behind Planet of the Apes reflect on making the iconic film.
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Title: Face Off: Game Face
Character: Self - Judge
Released: August 22, 2017
Type: TV
Former Face Off all-stars go head-to-head each week, with multiple make-up reveals and eliminations throughout each exciting episode. Every week, four artists will race against the clock to complete three challenges, with eliminations after every round, but only one artist will walk away with the $10,000 prize.
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Title: To Tell the Truth
Character: Self - Oscar- & Emmy-Winning Hollywood Makeup Artist
Released: June 14, 2016
Type: TV
A modern reimagination of the classic game show. In each round, a celebrity panel will be presented with three people who all claim to be the same person with the same incredible talent, job or achievement. One is sworn to tell the truth while the others are not.
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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Title: The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Character: Self - Makeup Department Head
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. An impressively in depth assortment of seven featurettes that look at a variety of subjects, from casting to visual effects. - Hope and Rebellion: Continuing the Saga - Designing Dystopia: Visual Aesthetic - Rebels and Warriors: The Cast - Fusing Form and Function: Costume, Make-Up and Hair - Fighting the System: Shooting on Location - D13: Rebellion Tactics: Stunts and Special Effects - Perfecting Panem: The Post-Production Process
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Title: The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Character: Self - Makeup Department Head
Released: August 18, 2012
Type: Movie
A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and marketing. This is an amazing in-depth piece and it's notable how many women were involved in this production, from several Lionsgate executives to novelist Suzanne Collins herself. Jennifer Lawrence talks about her "hypocrisy" in not wanting to do a big budget blockbuster after having devoted herself to indies (despite X-Men, which she seems to discount somewhat). There's also a nice sequence on the strength and weight training the actors went through and the stunts that are so notable in the film, as well as having to dance around the violence implicit in the story due to the planned PG-13 rating the filmmakers were aiming for.
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Title: Face Off
Character: Self - Judge
Released: January 26, 2011
Type: TV
In this competition/elimination series, special effects make-up artists participate in elaborate challenges for a grand prize and the honor of being Hollywood's next great effects artist.
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Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Title: Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
Character: Herself
Released: June 7, 2005
Type: Movie
A look behind the scenes of the filming and special effects of the 1996 film 'Matilda'.
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An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Title: An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Character: Self
Released: December 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes documentary of the making of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, featuring behind the scenes footage, interviews with Cast and crew and revives some previously unknown background information.
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Batman Forever
Title: Batman Forever
Character: Woman using NygmaTech Box (uncredited)
Released: June 16, 1995
Type: Movie
Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.