Zoltan Elek

Zoltan Elek is a makeup artist .

Life

Elek began his career in the film staff in 1967 as an unspecified production employee at the Hungarian film production company Mélyrétegben . After other Hungarian productions such as István Gaáls Magasiskola , he made the leap to Hollywood in the mid-1970s , where his first major film production was the judicial drama Brubaker . Elek switched between film and television during his career. He worked on the one hand on the miniseries Roots - The Next Generations and The Blue and the Gray , TV series like Max Headroom and Life and TV films like The Day After - and on the other hand on Hollywood blockbusters like Indiana Jones and the last crusade , Rocky V and Independence Day .

In 1986 he was awarded the Oscar in the category of best make-up and best hairstyles for Peter Bogdanovich's drama The Mask together with Michael Westmore . For his work in US television, he was nominated six times for a Primetime Emmy between 1979 and 1995 , but could not win any of these awards.

Filmography (selection)

• 1980: Brubaker
• 1981: Heart squeak (Heartbeeps)
• 1985 The mask (Mask)
• 1986: Space Camp (SpaceCamp)
• 1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• 1990: Rocky V
• 1991: The Fisher King (The Fisher King)
• 1994: Timecop
• 1996: Independence Day
• 1998: Godzilla
• 1999: Fight Club
• 2000: The Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
• 2002: Star Trek: Nemesis (Star Trek Nemesis)
• 2004: Terminal (The Terminal)
• 2007: Die Hard 4.0 (Live Free or Die Hard)
• 2009: Fast & Furious - New model. Original parts. (Fast & Furious)
• 2013: Die Hard - A good day to die (A Good Day to Die Hard)

Awards (selection)

• 1986 : Oscar in the category Best Make-up and Best Hairstyles for The Mask

Web links

• Zoltan Elek in the Internet Movie Database (English)