{{Short description|American painter}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Harrison Ellenshaw | birth_name = Peter Samuel Ellenshaw | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|7|20}} | birth_place = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]] | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = [[Visual effects]] | years_active = 1974–present | father = [[Peter Ellenshaw]] }}
'''Harrison Ellenshaw''' (born '''Peter Samuel Ellenshaw''', July 20, 1945, in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]) is an American [[matte painting|matte painter]], following his British father [[Peter Ellenshaw]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Harrison Ellenshaw |url=https://www.RogerYostGallery.com/fine-art/harrison-ellenshaw/harrison-ellenshaw.htm |website=www.RogerYostGallery.com}}</ref> He started his career at [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]]. He later joined [[George Lucas]]'s effects studio [[Industrial Light and Magic]] (ILM), where he produced many of the matte [[visual effects]] backgrounds for the films ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977) and ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980). He then returned to Disney and worked on the 1979 film ''[[The Black Hole (film)|The Black Hole]]'', for which he and his father were nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for their work. He also worked on ''[[The Watcher in the Woods (1980 film)|The Watcher in the Woods]]'' (1980), and ''[[Tron]]'' (1982), for which he was Visual Effects Supervisor, and ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' (1990). He eventually headed Disney Studio's effects department, [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Visual Effects]] (BVVE).
Harrison Ellenshaw is now pursuing his passion for fine art painting. His son Michael Ellenshaw has directed a short film while his sister Lynda Thompson is also a visual effects artist.
== Selected filmography == * [[The Man Who Fell to Earth|''The Man Who Fell To Earth'']] (1976), special photographic effects - credited as P.S. Ellenshaw * ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977), matte artist * ''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)|The Black Hole]]'' (1979), matte artist and effects (Academy Award nominee for visual effects) * ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980), matte artist * ''[[Tron]]'' (1982), visual effects supervisor and associate producer * ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]'' (1987), visual effects supervisor and second unit director * ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' (1990), matte artist * ''[[Prop Culture]]'' (2020), himself, Episode: "Tron"
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== External links== * [http://www.ellenshaw.com Ellenshaw.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722232553/http://ellenshaw.com/ |date=2023-07-22 }}, official biography website * {{IMDb name|id=0254001}} * [https://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2013/03/harrison-ellenshaw-reveals-allalmost.html Interview with Harrison Ellenshaw] on the ''[http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com Matte Shot - A Tribute to Golden Era Special FX]'' blog
{{Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award}}
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