Prosthetic & Make Up Effects Designer
Lou’s entire career thus far has been spent turning fantasy into onscreen reality through her designs for hair and makeup effects, animatronics, and costume. Working independently and alongside her husband, Dave Elsey, Lou has worked on multiple major studio pictures as well as episodic television and independent genre features.
* Nominated: Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup – Emmy Awards 2024 *
The Beekeeper
SFX Makeup Designer
True Detective: Night Country
SFX Makeup Designer
Selected credits
production | director/production company |
features: |
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THE NEW EVE (special make up effects designer) | Alejandro Monteverde / Mary Film LLC |
PRESSURE (bodies created by) | Anthony Maras / Working Title Films |
THE SUBSTANCE (prosthetics supervisor) | Coralie Fargeat / Working Title Films |
COLD STORAGE (special make up effects designer) | Jonny Campbell / Paramount Pictures |
THE BEE KEEPER (sfx makeup designer) | David Ayer / Cedar Park Studios |
AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM (prosthetics supervisor) | James Wan / Warner Bros. |
JOHN WICK CHAPTER: 4 (special makeup effects supervisor – Scott Adkins) | Chad Stahelski / Lionsgate |
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (special costume - Gozer) | Jason Reitman / Columbia Pictures |
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (special make up effects designer) | Bill Condon / Walt Disney Pictures |
MR. HOLMES (prosthetics supervisor) | Bill Condon / See-Saw Films |
WOLVES (creature & makeup effects designer) | David Hayter / Copperheart Ent. |
X-MEN FIRST CLASS (beast fabrication & hair designer) | Matthew Vaughan / Universal Pictures |
THE WOLFMAN (creature fabrication & hair supervisor) | Joe Johnston / Universal Pictures |
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (creature fabrication & hair supervisor) | Spike Jonze / Warner Brothers |
MEN IN BLACK 3 (creature costume artist) | Barry Sonnenfeld / Columbia Pictures |
BLACK SHEEP (creature fabrication & hair supervisor) | Jonathan King / NZFC – IFC Films |
GHOST RIDER (special effects hair & fabrication supervisor) | Mark Johnson / Columbia Pictures |
STAR WARS III: REVENGE OF THE SITH (creature fabrication & hair supervisor) | George Lucas / Lucas Film |
FIRST KNIGHT (makeup effects supervisor) | Jerry Zucker / Columbia Pictures |
WORLD OF MOSS (creature fabrication & hair supervisor) |
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THE ETERNITY MAN (prosthetics hair supervisor) | Julien Temple / Goalpost Pictures |
BRAVEHEART (animatronic horse fabrication artist) | Mel Gibson / Icon Entertainment |
THE AVENGERS (fabrication artist) | Jeremiah S. Chechik / Warner Bros. |
THE MUMMY (creature effects fabrication designer) | Stephen Sommers / Universal Pictures |
television: |
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CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY: LOT NO. 249 (sfx makeup designer) | Mark Gatiss / Adorable Media - BBC |
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY (sfx makeup designer) | Issa López / Anonymous Conten - HBO |
Nominated: Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup – Emmy Awards 2024 |
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DRACULA (special make up effects designer) | various / Hartswood Films – BBC - Netflix |
IN A MAN’S WORLD (special make up effects designer) | various / Lucky 8 TV – Bravo Channel |
THE WIZ, LIVE! (special make up effects designer) | Kenny Leon / NBC Universal – NBC TV |
MARTIN’S CLOSE (prosthetic makeup designer) | Mark Gatiss / Adorable Media |
DERREN BROWN: PUSHED TO THE EDGE (makeup effects designer) | Jon Richards / Vaudeville Productions |
FARSCAPE: THE PEACEKEEPER WARS (creature costume designer) | Brian Henson / Jim Henson Company |
FARSCAPE (88 episodes, creature effects supervisor) | various / Jim Henson Company |
