Peter
& Harrison Ellenshaw...
As a visual effects designer and filmmaker, Harrison Ellenshaw's work
can be seen in such films as STAR WARS, TRON, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK,
CAPTAIN EO, DICK TRACY, and many others. He has also had a successful
career as an artist with one-man shows of his paintings in London, New
York, and San Francisco.
Peter Ellenshaw has received five Academy Award®
nominations, winning the Oscar® for his stunning recreation of Edwardian
London in the Walt Disney's classic, Mary Poppins. Throughout the years,
Ellenshaw has sought to capture the drama and emotions of many different
scenes. His work is represented in both public and private collections
worldwide. He has received numerous honors and retrospectives including
those by the American Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art in New
York, the Film Institute of Chicago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, the R.W. Norton Art Museum in Shreveport, Louisiana and
has been bestowed the illustrious title of "Disney Legend."
In their first creative collaboration since Disney's,
"The Black Hole" (1979), Peter & Harrison Ellenshaw have
come together to create "We can Fly". Their first in a series
of collaborative works celebrates the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney's,
"Peter Pan".
Their next piece will be "20,000 Leagues Under
the Sea," which according to Harrison, "was my introduction
to Hollywood, at least to the Disney style of epic movie making. This
was an exciting time, seeing my father involved in one of Walt Disney's
most successful live action films." |
