Ellen Wong is a highly respected and experienced Makeup Artist providing her artistic talents to the entertainment industry for over 20 years.
Feature film credits include special fx makeup for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST, makeup for GARFIELD and tattoo artistry for CON AIR.
Ellen was the Makeup Department Supervisor for ENEMY OF THE STATE, THE FAN, GET SHORTY, CRIMSON TIDE, TRUE ROMANCE, LAST BOY SCOUT, DAYS OF THUNDER, REVENGE and 2 short films THE HIRE: BEAT THE DEVIL and AGENT ORANGE.
Personal makeup design for Radha Mitchell in MAN ON FIRE, Dennis Quaid in WILDER NAPALM, Brigitte Nielsen in BEVERLY HILLS COP 2 and Gene Hackman in HEARTBREAKERS, THE REPLACEMENTS, TWILIGHT and THE CHAMBER.
Ellen has a long standing working relationaship with director Tony Scott since 1980 collaborating on feature films, shorts and television commercials. Ellen has over 100 television commercials to her credit many of which won CLIO Awards. She worked with Adrian Lyne on the memorable Night Belongs to Michelob campaign and the provocative Jovan Musk’s What is Sexy CLIO Award winning ad. Most recently, Ellen worked on a series of commercials for Kansas University Medical Center starring Tom Skerritt directed by 5 time Oscar® nominated director Caleb Deschanel.
Ellen works with some of the industries best known actors and musicians including Patrica Arquette, Ellen Barkin, Jack Black, Halle Berry, Marlon Brando, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Costner, Tom Crusie, Danny Devito, Gene Hackman, Nicole Kidman, Val Kilmer, Paul McCartney, Radha Mitchell, Viggo Mortensen, Gary Oldman, Al Pacino, Brad Pitt, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Quinn, Ving Rhames, Frank Sinatra, Madeleine Stowe, Jon Voight and Steve Winwood to name a few.
Ellen believes in giving back to the community. She donated her time and talent to 2 benefit productions of Eve Ensler’s THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES benefitting Sojourn Services for Battered Women and their Children.
