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Dave Elsey

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Dave Elsey is known for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Wolfman (2010) and X-Men: First Class (2011). He is married to Lou Elsey.
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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Rick Baker and Dave Elsey at an event for The Wolfman (2010)
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey at an event for The Wolfman (2010)
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey at an event for The Wolfman (2010)

Known for

Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, and Hayden Christensen in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
7.6
  • Special Effects
  • 2005
Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving, and Emily Blunt in The Wolfman (2010)
The Wolfman
5.8
  • Special Effects
  • 2010
Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoë Kravitz in X-Men: First Class (2011)
X-Men: First Class
7.7
  • Makeup Department(Beast)
  • 2011
Danielle Mason and Nathan Meister in Black Sheep (2006)
Black Sheep
5.8
  • Makeup Department
  • 2006

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Makeup Department

  • Nian
  • Amy Ryan and Sarah Wisser in Lost Girls (2020)
    Lost Girls
    • (prosthetic remains)
  • Claes Bang in Dracula (2020)
    Dracula
  • Martin's Close (2019)
    Martin's Close
  • In a Man's World
  • Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, Audra McDonald, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beauty and the Beast (2017)
    Beauty and the Beast
  • The Wiz Live! (2015)
    The Wiz Live!
  • Fire City: End of Days (2015)
    Fire City: End of Days
  • Ian McKellen in Mr. Holmes (2015)
    Mr. Holmes
  • Lucas Till and Merritt Patterson in Wolves (2014)
    Wolves
  • Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer in Warm Bodies (2013)
    Warm Bodies
  • Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoë Kravitz in X-Men: First Class (2011)
    X-Men: First Class
    • (Beast)
  • The Eternity Man (2008)
    The Eternity Man
  • Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes in Ghost Rider (2007)
    Ghost Rider
    • (as David Elsey)
  • Danielle Mason and Nathan Meister in Black Sheep (2006)
    Black Sheep

Special Effects

  • Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving, and Emily Blunt in The Wolfman (2010)
    The Wolfman
  • James Gandolfini and Max Records in Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
    Where the Wild Things Are
    • (location creature support)
  • Ye in We Were Once a Fairytale (2009)
    We Were Once a Fairytale
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, and Hayden Christensen in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  • The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003)
    The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
    • (segments Afrika Shox, Come to Daddy)
  • Claudia Black, Ben Browder, and Virginia Hey in Farscape (1999)
    Farscape
  • Beg! (1994)
    Beg!
  • Living Doll (1990)
    Living Doll
    • (as David Elsey)
  • Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, Vincent Gardenia, Ellen Greene, Levi Stubbs, and Michelle Weeks in Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
    Little Shop of Horrors
    • (as David Elsey)

Art Department

  • Minutes Past Midnight (2016)
    Minutes Past Midnight
    • (segment The Mill at Calder's End)
  • The Mill at Calder's End (2015)
    The Mill at Calder's End
  • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)
    Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
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Personal details

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    • Lou Elsey? - present
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    • 1 Interview

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    [Upon accepting the Best Makeup Oscar for The Wolfman (2010) which he shared with Baker] My whole life I always wanted to lose an Oscar to Rick Baker. This is better.

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