- Harrison Ellenshaw
Harrison Ellenshaw is a renown matte painter, following in the footsteps of his father
Peter Ellenshaw . He started his career atWalt Disney Studios . He later joinedGeorge Lucas 's effects studioIndustrial Light and Magic (ILM), where he produced many of the mattevisual effects backgrounds for the films "" and "The Empire Strikes Back ". He then returned to Disney to work on the film "Dick Tracy", and eventually headed Disney Studio's effects department, Buena Vista Visual Effects (BVVE).He and his father were nominated for an
Academy Award for their work on Disney's film "The Black Hole ".Harrison Ellenshaw is now pursuing his passion for fine art painting. Numerous masterpieces have been created, of both
Disney Fine Art and non-Disney themed subjects, which are highly collected and considered extremely valuable.Selected filmography
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The Black Hole " (1979), miniature effects creator (Academy Award nominee for visual effects)
* "" (1977), matte artist
* "The Empire Strikes Back " (1980), matte artist
* "" (1987), visual effects supervisor and second unit director
* "Dick Tracy " (1990), matte artistExternal links
* [http://www.collectorseditions.com/disney/artist.php?aID=524ellenshaw Artist's Official Disney Fine Art Site]
* [http://www.ellenshaw.com Ellenshaw.com] , official biography website
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