Ve Neill

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.

Awards & recognition

• ★Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1995
• ★Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1994
• ★Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1989
• ★BAFTA Award — Best Makeup and Hair
• ★Saturn Award — Best Make-up