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Famed Disney Effects Artist Ellenshaw Dead at 93
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 15 February 2007)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 15 February 2007)
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Visual Effects, Special Effects, Production Designer, Art Department, Art Director, Director, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
Visual Effects:
- Dick Tracy (1990) (matte artist) (uncredited)
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) (supervising matte artist)
... aka Superman IV (Australia: TV title) - The Black Hole (1979) (miniature effects creator) (miniature effects supervisor)
- The Love Bug (1968) (special photographic effects)
- Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) (matte artist)
- The Gnome-Mobile (1967) (matte artist)
- The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) (matte artist)
- Monkeys, Go Home! (1967) (matte effects)
- The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) (special photographic effects)
- "Disneyland" (matte artist) (17 episodes, 1955-1964) (special photographic effects) (3 episodes, 1959-1965) (matte effects) (2 episodes, 1955)
... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
- Summer Magic: Part 2 (1965) TV episode (special photographic effects)
- Summer Magic: Part 1 (1965) TV episode (special photographic effects)
- Toby Tyler: Part 2 (1964) TV episode (matte artist)
- Toby Tyler: Part 1 (1964) TV episode (matte artist)
- Pollyanna: Part 3 (1963) TV episode (matte artist)
(17 more) - Summer Magic (1963) (special photographic effects)
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960) (matte artist)
- "Zorro" (matte artist) (16 episodes, 1957-1960)
- Adios, El Cuchillo (1960) TV episode (matte artist)
- El Bandido (1960) TV episode (matte artist)
- Spark of Revenge (1959) TV episode (matte artist)
- The Practical Joker (1958) TV episode (matte artist)
- Zorro Rides Alone (1958) TV episode (matte artist)
(11 more) - Spartacus (1960) (matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome (USA: poster title) - Pollyanna (1960) (matte artist)
- Kidnapped (1960) (special photographic effects)
... aka Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped (UK: complete title) - Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960) (matte artist)
... aka Toby Tyler - Third Man on the Mountain (1959) (matte artist)
... aka Banner in the Sky (USA: TV title) - Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) (special photographic effects)
... aka The Little People (USA) - Tonka (1958) (matte artist)
... aka A Horse Named Comanche (USA: reissue title) - The Sign of Zorro (1958) (matte artist)
- The Light in the Forest (1958) (matte artist) (matte effects)
- Old Yeller (1957) (matte artist)
- Perri (1957) (special art effects)
... aka A True-Life Fantasy: Perri (USA: long title)
... aka The Story of Perri (USA: poster title) - Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956) (matte artist)
- Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) (matte artist)
- The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) (matte artist)
... aka Andrews' Raiders (USA: TV title) - Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) (matte effects)
- 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) (matte artist)
... aka Jules Verne's 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (USA: complete title)
... aka Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (USA: poster title) - Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) (matte artist)
- The Sword and the Rose (1953) (matte effects)
... aka When Knighthood Was in Flower (UK) (USA: TV title) - The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) (matte artist)
... aka The Story of Robin Hood (Philippines: English title) (USA: alternative title) - Quo Vadis (1951) (matte artist) (uncredited)
- Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) (matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka Captain Horatio Hornblower (USA) - Treasure Island (1950) (matte artist)
... aka Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - The Red Shoes (1948) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- Idol of Paris (1948) (matte artist) (uncredited)
- Black Narcissus (1947) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka Stairway to Heaven (USA) - Major Barbara (1941) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara (UK: complete title) - The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka The Thief of Bagdad: An Arabian Fantasy in Technicolor (UK: complete title) - The Four Feathers (1939) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- Sixty Glorious Years (1938) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka Queen of Destiny (USA) - The Drum (1938) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka Drums (USA) - Victoria the Great (1937) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- Elephant Boy (1937) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- Storm in a Teacup (1937) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- Fire Over England (1937) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- Rembrandt (1936) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- Things to Come (1936) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
... aka H.G. Wells' Things to Come (UK: complete title) - The Ghost Goes West (1935) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (assistant matte artist) (uncredited)
Special Effects:
- The Island at the Top of the World (1974) (special effects)
- The Happiest Millionaire (1967) (special effects)
- Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) (special effects)
- Mary Poppins (1964) (special effects)
- Son of Flubber (1963) (special effects) (uncredited)
- The AbsentMinded Professor (1961) (special effects)
... aka The Absent-Minded Professor (Australia)
Production Designer:
- The Black Hole (1979)
- The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
- Johnny Tremain (1957)
... aka Johnny Tremain and the Sons of Liberty
Art Department:
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) (special art styling)
... aka The Little People (USA) - Eyes in Outer Space (1959) (paintings)
... aka Eyes in Outer Space: A Science-Factual Presentation (USA: long title)
Art Director:
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
... aka Bedknobs and Broomsticks: 25th Anniversary Special Edition (USA: longer version)
Director:
- A Tour of the West (1955)
Thanks:
- The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea' (2003) (V) (special thanks)
- Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece (2002) (V) (special thanks)
- Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002) (V) (special thanks)
- The Parent Trap: Caught in the Act (2002) (V) (special thanks)
- Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001) (TV) (grateful acknowledgment)
- The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999) (special thanks)
Self:
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea' (2003) (V) .... Himself - Matte Artist
- Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002) (V) .... Himself - Matte Artist
- Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001) (TV) .... Himself - Artist and Special Effects Designer
- Mary Poppins Practically Perfect in Every Way: The Magic Behind the Masterpiece (1997) (V) .... Himself
... aka Walt Disney's Mary Poppins Practically Perfect in Every Way: The Magic Behind the Masterpiece (USA: complete title) - "Movie Magic" .... Himself (1 episode, 1994)
- Forced Perspective: Eye of the Beholder (1994) TV episode .... Himself
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