Ve Neill

Ve Neill

Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Born
May 13, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Riverside, California, U.S.

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.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Michael poster

Michael

Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist

2026
The Wolf and the Lamb poster

The Wolf and the Lamb

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2021
West Coast Fashion

West Coast Fashion

Movie · Makeup & Hair

2019
The Highwaymen poster

The Highwaymen

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2018
Welcome to Marwen poster

Welcome to Marwen

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2018
A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2017
LBJ poster

LBJ

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday poster

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Movie · Makeup Designer, Makeup Department Head

2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 poster

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Movie · Makeup Artist

2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Movie · Makeup Artist

2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2013
The Host poster

The Host

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire poster

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2012
The Amazing Spider-Man poster

The Amazing Spider-Man

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2012
John Carter poster

John Carter

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2012
The Hunger Games poster

The Hunger Games

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2011
Priest poster

Priest

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2011
Trespass poster

Trespass

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2010
I Love You Phillip Morris poster

I Love You Phillip Morris

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2009
The Soloist poster

The Soloist

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2008
The Love Guru poster

The Love Guru

Movie · Makeup Designer

2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Movie · Makeup Artist, Hairstylist

2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2006
Eragon poster

Eragon

Movie · Makeup Artist

2005
Constantine poster

Constantine

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2005
The Weather Man poster

The Weather Man

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2004
The Chronicles of Riddick poster

The Chronicles of Riddick

Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist

2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Movie · Makeup Department Head

2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember poster

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Movie · Makeup Artist

2002
Death to Smoochy poster

Death to Smoochy

Movie · Makeup Designer, Makeup Supervisor

2001
Blow poster

Blow

Movie · Makeup Artist

2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence poster

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Movie · Key Makeup Artist

2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas poster

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Movie · Makeup Artist

1999
Galaxy Quest poster

Galaxy Quest

Movie · Makeup Department Head

1999
Man on the Moon poster

Man on the Moon

Movie · Makeup Department Head

1999
Stigmata poster

Stigmata

Movie · Makeup Department Head

1997
Batman & Robin poster

Batman & Robin

Movie · Makeup Artist

1997
Amistad poster

Amistad

Movie · Makeup Department Head

1997
Gattaca poster

Gattaca

Movie · Makeup Supervisor

1996
Mars Attacks! poster

Mars Attacks!

Movie · Makeup Artist

1996
Matilda poster

Matilda

Movie · Makeup Department Head, Key Makeup Artist

1995
Batman Forever poster

Batman Forever

Movie · Makeup Artist

1994
Junior poster

Junior

Movie · Makeup Artist

1994
Cobb poster

Cobb

Movie · Makeup Artist

1994
Ed Wood poster

Ed Wood

Movie · Key Makeup Artist

1993
Rising Sun poster

Rising Sun

Movie · Makeup Supervisor

1993
Mrs. Doubtfire poster

Mrs. Doubtfire

Movie · Key Makeup Artist

1992
Batman Returns poster

Batman Returns

Movie · Makeup Artist, Makeup Supervisor

1992
Hoffa poster

Hoffa

Movie · Makeup Department Head

1991
Hook poster

Hook

Movie · Makeup Artist

1991
Curly Sue poster

Curly Sue

Movie · Makeup Artist

1990
Edward Scissorhands poster

Edward Scissorhands

Movie · Makeup Department Head

1990
Flatliners poster

Flatliners

Movie · Makeup Artist

1990
Dick Tracy poster

Dick Tracy

Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist

1988
Beetlejuice poster

Beetlejuice

Movie · Makeup Artist

1988
Cocoon: The Return poster

Cocoon: The Return

Movie · Makeup Artist

1988
Big Top Pee-wee poster

Big Top Pee-wee

Movie · Makeup Artist

1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special poster

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Movie · Makeup & Hair

1987
The Lost Boys poster

The Lost Boys

Movie · Makeup Artist

1986
Radioactive Dreams poster

Radioactive Dreams

Movie · Makeup Designer

1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl poster

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Movie · Makeup Artist

1982
The Sword and the Sorcerer poster

The Sword and the Sorcerer

Movie · Makeup Department Head

1982
Money on the Side poster

Money on the Side

Movie · Makeup Artist

1982
Slapstick of Another Kind poster

Slapstick of Another Kind

Movie · Special Effects Makeup Artist

1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman poster

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Movie · Makeup Artist

1980
Nine to Five poster

Nine to Five

Movie · Makeup Artist

1980
The Day Time Ended poster

The Day Time Ended

Movie · Makeup Artist

1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture poster

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Movie · Makeup Artist

1979
Tourist Trap poster

Tourist Trap

Movie · Makeup Artist

1979
The Dark poster

The Dark

Movie · Makeup Artist

1978
Laserblast poster

Laserblast

Movie · Makeup Artist

1978
Shoot the Sun Down poster

Shoot the Sun Down

Movie · Makeup Artist

1977
Kingdom of the Spiders poster

Kingdom of the Spiders

Movie · Makeup Artist

1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover poster

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Movie · Makeup Artist

1977
Cinderella poster

Cinderella

Movie · Hairstylist, Makeup Artist