Peter Ellenshaw

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Peter Ellenshaw (born May 24, 1913 in London , † February 13, 2007 in Santa Barbara , California ; actually William Samuel Ellenshaw ) was a British painter and draftsman for feature films .

Life

Peter Ellenshaw was the art director of numerous Walt Disney films and often painted the backgrounds, so-called matte paintings . His first major work was the film What Will Come (1936). From 1948 he worked for Disney; his first film there was Treasure Island .

Ellenshaw was nominated four times in his career for the Oscar , which he won for the film Mary Poppins (1964). When he retired from the Walt Disney Company in 1993, he went down in the company's history as the “ Disney Legend ”.

His son Harrison Ellenshaw (actually Peter Samuel Ellenshaw , * 1945) also worked as a matte painter.

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Peter Ellenshaw, Linda D'Agostino Clinger, Richard Lynch: The Garden Within. The Art of Peter Ellenshaw . Mill Pond Press, Venice 1996, ISBN 0-941-72805-6 .
  • Peter Ellenshaw: Ellenshaw Under Glass -Going for the Matte for Disney . Camphor Tree, Santa Clarita 2003.

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personal data
SURNAME Ellenshaw, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ellenshaw, William (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British painter and draftsman for feature films
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2007
Place of death Santa Barbara , California