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.
Academy Awards
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
British Academy Film Awards
Best Makeup and Hair
Known For
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003)
Makeup Department Head
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
(2011)
Makeup Department Head
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
Makeup Artist
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(2006)
Makeup Department Head
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(2014)
Makeup Artist
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(2007)
Makeup Department Head
The Amazing Spider-Man
(2012)
Makeup Department Head
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(2014)
Makeup Department Head
Constantine
(2005)
Makeup Department Head
Matilda
(1996)
Makeup Department Head and Key Makeup Artist
Beetlejuice
(1988)
Makeup Artist
Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
Makeup Department Head
Batman Returns
(1992)
Makeup Artist and Makeup Supervisor
Gattaca
(1997)
Makeup Supervisor
Batman Forever
(1995)
Makeup Artist
John Carter
(2012)
Makeup Department Head
Full Filmography
Costume & Make-Up
Kingdom of the Spiders
(1977)
Makeup Artist
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
(1977)
Makeup Artist
Cinderella
(1977)
Hairstylist and Makeup Artist
Laserblast
(1978)
Makeup Artist
Shoot the Sun Down
(1978)
Makeup Artist
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(1979)
Makeup Artist
Tourist Trap
(1979)
Makeup Artist
The Dark
(1979)
Makeup Artist
Nine to Five
(1980)
Makeup Artist
The Day Time Ended
(1980)
Makeup Artist
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
(1981)
Makeup Artist
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
(1982)
Makeup Artist
The Sword and the Sorcerer
(1982)
Makeup Department Head
Money on the Side
(1982)
Makeup Artist
Radioactive Dreams
(1986)
Makeup Designer
The Lost Boys
(1987)
Makeup Artist
Beetlejuice
(1988)
Makeup Artist
Cocoon: The Return
(1988)
Makeup Artist
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
(1988)
Makeup & Hair
Big Top Pee-wee
(1988)
Makeup Artist
Edward Scissorhands
(1990)
Makeup Department Head
Flatliners
(1990)
Makeup Artist
Hook
(1991)
Makeup Artist
Curly Sue
(1991)
Makeup Artist
Batman Returns
(1992)
Makeup Artist and Makeup Supervisor
Hoffa
(1992)
Makeup Department Head
Mrs. Doubtfire
(1993)
Key Makeup Artist
Rising Sun
(1993)
Makeup Supervisor
Ed Wood
(1994)
Makeup Artist
Junior
(1994)
Makeup Artist
Cobb
(1994)
Makeup Artist
Batman Forever
(1995)
Makeup Artist
Mars Attacks!
(1996)
Makeup Artist
Matilda
(1996)
Makeup Department Head and Key Makeup Artist
Batman & Robin
(1997)
Makeup Artist
Amistad
(1997)
Makeup Department Head
Gattaca
(1997)
Makeup Supervisor
Galaxy Quest
(1999)
Makeup Department Head
Stigmata
(1999)
Makeup Department Head
Man on the Moon
(1999)
Makeup Department Head
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(2000)
Makeup Artist
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(2001)
Key Makeup Artist
Blow
(2001)
Makeup Artist
Austin Powers in Goldmember
(2002)
Makeup Artist
Death to Smoochy
(2002)
Makeup Supervisor and Makeup Designer
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003)
Makeup Department Head
The Chronicles of Riddick
(2004)
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Constantine
(2005)
Makeup Department Head
The Weather Man
(2005)
Makeup Department Head
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(2006)
Makeup Department Head
Eragon
(2006)
Makeup Artist
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(2007)
Makeup Department Head
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007)
Makeup Artist and Hairstylist
The Love Guru
(2008)
Makeup Designer
The Soloist
(2009)
Makeup Department Head
I Love You Phillip Morris
(2010)
Makeup Department Head
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
(2011)
Makeup Department Head
Priest
(2011)
Makeup Department Head
Trespass
(2011)
Makeup Department Head
The Amazing Spider-Man
(2012)
Makeup Department Head
John Carter
(2012)
Makeup Department Head
The Hunger Games
(2012)
Makeup Department Head
The Host
(2013)
Makeup Department Head
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(2013)
Makeup Department Head
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(2014)
Makeup Artist
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
Makeup Artist
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(2014)
Makeup Department Head
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
(2015)
Makeup Department Head and Makeup Designer
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
(2016)
Makeup Department Head
LBJ
(2017)
Makeup Department Head
A Star Is Born
(2018)
Makeup Department Head
Welcome to Marwen
(2018)
Makeup Department Head
The Highwaymen
(2019)
Makeup Department Head
Acting
Batman Forever
(1995)
Woman using NygmaTech Box (uncredited)
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003)
Self
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
(2005)
Herself
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
(2012)
Self - Makeup Department Head
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self - Interviewee
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
(2015)
Self - Makeup Department Head
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
(2019)
Herself
Crew