Ve Neill
Born: 1951-05-13 in Riverside, California, U.S.
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
Biography
Ve Neill (born Mary Flores) is an American Academy Award-winning makeup artist. She won three Academy Awards for the films Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Ed Wood; and has been nominated for eight Oscars total. She has worked on the entire film franchise of Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Hunger Games. She has worked on The Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2, as well as multiple Batman movies including Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin. Other notable film work includes A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Hook, and Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Chronicles of Riddick, Constantine, Eragon, John Carter, The Host, and X-Men: Days of Future Past. She served as one of the judges on the Syfy original series Face Off, which featured makeup artists competing for $100,000.
Filmography
2026
- Michael ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Wolf and the Lamb ... (Executive Producer)
2025
2019
- The Highwaymen ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film as Self
2018
- A Star Is Born ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Welcome to Marwen ... (Makeup Department Head)
2017
- LBJ ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Face Off: Game Face as Self - Judge
2016
- To Tell the Truth as Self - Oscar- & Emmy-Winning Hollywood Makeup Artist
- Pee-wee's Big Holiday ... (Makeup Department Head)
2015
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 ... (Makeup Department Head)
- The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self - Makeup Department Head
2014
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ... (Makeup Artist)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past ... (Makeup Artist)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ... (Makeup Department Head)
- And the Oscar Goes To... as Self - Interviewee
2013
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ... (Makeup Department Head)
- The Host ... (Makeup Department Head)
2012
- The Amazing Spider-Man ... (Makeup Department Head)
- John Carter ... (Makeup Department Head)
- The Hunger Games ... (Makeup Department Head)
- The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games as Self - Makeup Department Head
2011
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Face Off as Self - Judge
- Priest ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Trespass ... (Makeup Department Head)
2010
- I Love You Phillip Morris ... (Makeup Department Head)
2009
- The Soloist ... (Makeup Department Head)
2008
- The Love Guru ... (Makeup Designer)
2007
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ... (Makeup Artist)
2006
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Eragon ... (Makeup Artist)
2005
- Constantine ... (Makeup Department Head)
- The Weather Man ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' as Self
2004
- Twisted ... (Makeup Effects)
- The Chronicles of Riddick ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2003
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ... (Makeup Department Head)
2002
- Austin Powers in Goldmember ... (Makeup Artist)
- Death to Smoochy ... (Makeup Designer)
2001
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence ... (Key Makeup Artist)
- Blow ... (Makeup Artist)
2000
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas ... (Makeup Artist)
1999
- Galaxy Quest ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Stigmata ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Man on the Moon ... (Makeup Department Head)
1997
- Batman & Robin ... (Makeup Artist)
- Gattaca ... (Makeup Supervisor)
- Amistad ... (Makeup Department Head)
1996
- Matilda ... (Key Makeup Artist)
- Mars Attacks! ... (Makeup Artist)
1995
- Batman Forever as Woman Using NygmaTech Box (uncredited)
1993
- Mrs. Doubtfire ... (Key Makeup Artist)
- Rising Sun ... (Makeup Supervisor)
1992
- Batman Returns ... (Makeup Artist)
- Hoffa ... (Makeup Department Head)
1990
- Edward Scissorhands ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Flatliners ... (Makeup Artist)
- Dick Tracy ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1988
- Beetlejuice ... (Makeup Artist)
- Cocoon: The Return ... (Makeup Artist)
- Big Top Pee-wee ... (Makeup Artist)
- Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special ... (Makeup & Hair)
1987
- The Lost Boys ... (Makeup Artist)
1986
- Radioactive Dreams ... (Makeup Designer)
1982
- The Sword and the Sorcerer ... (Makeup Department Head)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl ... (Makeup Artist)
- Slapstick of Another Kind ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Money on the Side ... (Makeup Artist)
1981
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman ... (Makeup Artist)
1980
- Nine to Five ... (Makeup Artist)
- The Day Time Ended ... (Makeup Artist)
1979
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture ... (Makeup Artist)
- The Dark ... (Makeup Artist)
- Tourist Trap ... (Makeup Artist)
1978
- Laserblast ... (Makeup Artist)
- Shoot the Sun Down ... (Makeup Artist)
1977
- Cinderella ... (Hairstylist)
- Kingdom of the Spiders ... (Makeup Artist)
- The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover ... (Makeup Artist)