Lou Elsey


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.

The Beekeeper

SFX Makeup Designer

True Detective: Night Country

SFX Makeup Designer

Selected credits


production
director/production company
features:
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)
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:
CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY: LOT NO. 249
(sfx makeup designer)
Mark Gatiss / Adorable Media - BBC
TRUE DETECTIVE Series 4
(sfx makeup designer)
Issa López / Anonymous Conten - HBO
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