Background
Ellenshaw, Harrison was born on July 20, 1945 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Peter and Bobbie (Palmer) Ellenshaw.
Ellenshaw, Harrison was born on July 20, 1945 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Peter and Bobbie (Palmer) Ellenshaw.
Bachelor in Psychology, Whittier College, 1967.
Special effects photographer The Man Who Fell to Earth British-Lion Films, Ltd., 1976. Matte artist Star Wars Lucasfilm, Ltd./Fox, 1977, supervising matte artist The Empire Strikes Back, 1980. Matte artist Pete's Dragon Walt Disney Productions, 1977, matte effects artist The Black Hole, 1979, final sequence designer The Watcher in the Woods, 1981.
Matte artist Big Wednesday A-Team Prodns./Warner Brothers, 1978. Visual effects supervisor, associate producer Tron Lisberger-Kushner Prodns./Disney, 1982. Visual effects consultant Something Wicked This Way Comes Bryna Company Prodns./Disney, 1983.
Visual effects supervisor Captain Eo Lucasfilm, Ltd./Disney, 1986. 2d unit director, visual effects supervisor Superman IV Warner Brothers/London Cannon Films, 1987. Director Dead Silence, 1988, Creative Differences, 1988.
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1967-1970. Member Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Academy award nomination 1979).
Married Christine Wallace, February 10, 1968. Children: Michael Christopher, Hilary Annual.