Personal Info
Known ForCostume & Make-Up
Born1951-05-13
BirthplaceRiverside, California, U.S.
Ve Neill
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Ve Neill
Filmography
Acting (7)
2025
2019
6.8
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1as Self - Makeup Department Head
7.2
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...as Self - Interviewee
6.8
2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Gamesas Self - Makeup Department Head
8.5
4.5
1995
Batman Foreveras Woman Using NygmaTech Box (uncredited)
5.5
Production & Directing (87)
2026
The Wolf and the LambExecutive Producer
5.3
2026
The Wolf and the LambMakeup Department Head
5.3
2026
MichaelSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
8.6
2019
The HighwaymenMakeup Department Head
6.8
2018
Welcome to MarwenMakeup Department Head
6.5
2018
A Star Is BornMakeup Department Head
7.5
2017
LBJMakeup Department Head
6.4
2016
Pee-wee's Big HolidayMakeup Department Head
6.1
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Makeup Department Head
6.9
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Makeup Designer
6.9
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Makeup Department Head
6.8
2014
X-Men: Days of Future PastMakeup Artist
7.5
2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2Makeup Artist
6.6
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching FireMakeup Department Head
7.4
2013
The HostMakeup Department Head
6.3
2012
The Amazing Spider-ManMakeup Department Head
6.8
2012
The Hunger GamesMakeup Department Head
7.2
2012
John CarterMakeup Department Head
6.4
2011
TrespassMakeup Department Head
5.5
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesMakeup Department Head
6.6
2011
PriestMakeup Department Head
5.9
2010
I Love You Phillip MorrisMakeup Department Head
6.4
2009
The SoloistMakeup Department Head
6.7
2008
The Love GuruMakeup Designer
4.1
2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetMakeup Artist
7.2
2007
7.2
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndMakeup Department Head
7.3
2006
EragonMakeup Artist
5.1
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestMakeup Department Head
7.4
2005
The Weather ManMakeup Department Head
6.1
4.5
2005
ConstantineMakeup Department Head
7.2
2004
The Chronicles of RiddickSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
6.6
2004
TwistedMakeup Effects
5.6
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlMakeup Department Head
7.8
2002
Austin Powers in GoldmemberMakeup Artist
6.0
2002
Death to SmoochyMakeup Supervisor
5.9
2002
Death to SmoochyMakeup Designer
5.9
2001
A.I. Artificial IntelligenceKey Makeup Artist
7.1
2001
BlowMakeup Artist
7.4
2000
How the Grinch Stole ChristmasMakeup Artist
6.8
1999
Galaxy QuestMakeup Department Head
7.1
1999
Man on the MoonMakeup Department Head
7.2
1999
StigmataMakeup Department Head
6.3
1997
AmistadMakeup Department Head
7.0
1997
GattacaMakeup Supervisor
7.6
1997
Batman & RobinMakeup Artist
4.4
1996
Mars Attacks!Makeup Artist
6.4
1996
MatildaMakeup Department Head
7.2
1996
MatildaKey Makeup Artist
7.2
1995
Batman ForeverMakeup Artist
5.5
1994
CobbMakeup Artist
5.7
1994
JuniorMakeup Artist
5.2
1994
Ed WoodKey Makeup Artist
7.5
1993
Mrs. DoubtfireKey Makeup Artist
7.2
1993
Rising SunMakeup Supervisor
6.2
1992
HoffaMakeup Department Head
6.3
1992
Batman ReturnsMakeup Artist
7.0
1992
Batman ReturnsMakeup Supervisor
7.0
1991
Curly SueMakeup Artist
6.4
1991
HookMakeup Artist
6.8
1990
Edward ScissorhandsMakeup Department Head
7.7
1990
FlatlinersMakeup Artist
6.5
1990
Dick TracySpecial Effects Makeup Artist
6.2
1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas SpecialMakeup & Hair
7.2
1988
Cocoon: The ReturnMakeup Artist
6.5
1988
Big Top Pee-weeMakeup Artist
5.0
1988
BeetlejuiceMakeup Artist
7.4
1987
The Lost BoysMakeup Artist
7.1
1986
Radioactive DreamsMakeup Designer
5.3
1982
Slapstick of Another KindSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
3.1
1982
Money on the SideMakeup Artist
4.4
1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood BowlMakeup Artist
7.4
1982
The Sword and the SorcererMakeup Department Head
5.5
1981
The Incredible Shrinking WomanMakeup Artist
5.4
1980
Nine to FiveMakeup Artist
7.0
1980
The Day Time EndedMakeup Artist
3.7
1979
Star Trek: The Motion PictureMakeup Artist
6.5
1979
The DarkMakeup Artist
4.6
1979
Tourist TrapMakeup Artist
6.1
1978
Shoot the Sun DownMakeup Artist
5.1
1978
LaserblastMakeup Artist
3.4
1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverMakeup Artist
5.1
1977
Kingdom of the SpidersMakeup Artist
5.6
1977
CinderellaHairstylist
5.5
1977
CinderellaMakeup Artist
5.5
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