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Mike Elizalde(I)

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81st Academy Awards
Mike Elizalde first became interested in monsters and creature effects as a young child watching films like Universal Studios' Frankenstein and Dracula. Armed with these early inspirations, he put together a portfolio of original makeup designs and, in 1987, joined the world of creature and makeup effects. Mike quickly established his career as a makeup effects designer, sculptor, and as one of the top animatronics engineers in his field.

In 1994, Mike and his wife Mary established Spectral Motion, Inc. as a means to serve the film, television, and theme-park industries independently. Their company is now a recognized world leader in makeup and creature effects design, and boasts global installations in major theme-park venues. Mike and his team were nominated for an Academy Award® for their work on Hellboy II: The Golden Army, for which the team also received their second Saturn Award nomination, and first award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

Memberships include: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, IATSE Local 706, and The Academy of Magical Arts/Magic Castle.
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Known for

    Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Special Effects(Spectral Motion)
    Brian Steele and Maxwell Jenkins in Perdus dans l'espace (2018)
    Perdus dans l'espace
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Special Effects(Spectral Motion)
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Special Effects



    • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
      The Orville
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Isaac suit fabrication: Spectral Motion
      • 2022
    • Annabelle Wallis in Malignant (2021)
      Malignant
      6.2
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
      • 2021
    • Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski in The Tomorrow War (2021)
      The Tomorrow War
      6.6
      • practical creature effects
      • 2021
    • Ron Perlman and Manuel Vega in The Caddy (2021)
      The Caddy
      4.8
      Short
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2021
    • Song Kang in Sweet Home (2020)
      Sweet Home
      7.2
      TV Series
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion Inc
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
      • 2020
    • Jason Momoa in Aquaman (2018)
      Aquaman
      6.8
      • prop fabrication
      • 2018
    • Sam Elliott, Ron Livingston, Rizwan Manji, Larry Miller, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Aidan Turner in The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
      The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
      5.7
      • creature effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Brian Steele and Maxwell Jenkins in Perdus dans l'espace (2018)
      Perdus dans l'espace
      7.3
      TV Series
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
      • 2018–2021
    • Run for Your Life
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • creature effects designer: Spectral Motion
      • 2018
    • Joel Kinnaman in Altered Carbon (2018)
      Altered Carbon
      7.9
      TV Series
      • design consultant: Spectral Motion
      • 2018
    • Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in Bright (2017)
      Bright
      6.3
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
      • 2017
    • Doug Jones in Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016)
      Gehenna: Where Death Lives
      4.9
      • creature effects supervisor
      • 2016
    • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
      • puppeteer: Spectral Motion
      • 2016
    • Carter Jenkins, Shelby Young, Chloe Bridges, Mitch Hewer, and Taylor Murphy in Nightlight (2015)
      Nightlight
      4.4
      • creature effects designer: Spectral Motion
      • 2015
    • Legend (2015)
      Legend
      3.5
      • makeup effects supervisor
      • 2015

    Makeup Department



    • Bob l'éponge le film: à la recherche de Squarepants
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
      • In Production
      • 2025
    • Untitled Border Town Thriller
      • creature effects: makeup effects
      • Pre-production



    • Alejandro Speitzer in Cóyotl: Héroe y Bestia (2025)
      Cóyotl: Héroe y Bestia
      5.3
      TV Series
      • creature effects (2022)
      • 2025
    • Ronald Binion in Imaginary (2024)
      Imaginary
      4.7
      • special effects makeup designer
      • 2024
    • Justice Smith in I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
      I Saw the TV Glow
      5.8
      • creature effects designer
      • 2024
    • Jason Momoa in Aquaman et le Royaume perdu (2023)
      Aquaman et le Royaume perdu
      5.6
      • creature effects
      • 2023
    • Malibu Horror Story (2023)
      Malibu Horror Story
      4.6
      • special effects makeup designer
      • 2023
    • Le Cabinet de curiosités de Guillermo del Toro (2022)
      Le Cabinet de curiosités de Guillermo del Toro
      7.0
      TV Series
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
      • 2022
    • Jermaine Fowler, Sinqua Walls, Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, and Grace Byers in The Blackening (2022)
      The Blackening
      6.0
      • special effects head makeup
      • 2022
    • Le Tournoi d'Everrealm (2022)
      Le Tournoi d'Everrealm
      3.9
      TV Series
      • prosthetics designer
      • 2022
    • Stefanie Scott, Sofia Bryant, and Misha Osherovich in The Girl in the Woods (2021)
      The Girl in the Woods
      5.6
      TV Series
      • creature effects (2021)
      • 2021
    • Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Ira Heiden, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Josh Gad, Shelby Young, Sarah Natochenny, Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Celeste O'Connor in S.O.S. fantômes: L'héritage (2021)
      S.O.S. fantômes: L'héritage
      7.0
      • additional animatronics: Spectral Motion
      • 2021
    • The Empty Man (2020)
      The Empty Man
      6.2
      • makeup effects designer
      • 2020
    • Mark Steger in Scary Stories (2019)
      Scary Stories
      6.2
      • creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
      • 2019
    • Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
      Velvet Buzzsaw
      5.7
      • special makeup and creature effects creator
      • 2019
    • Sam Elliott, Ron Livingston, Rizwan Manji, Larry Miller, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Aidan Turner in The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
      The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
      5.7
      • creature and makeup effects designer: Spectral Motion
      • 2018
    • Kenneth Branagh, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Paul Bettany, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, Keith Splinter Davis, Peter Dinklage, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Florence Kasumba, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Tim McAdams, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Heck, Carlos Guity, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Jeremy Sample, Precious Jenkins, Karen Gillan, Dominique Elijah Smith, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tiffany Espensen, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Matthew Zuk, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Blair Jasin, Femi Olagoke, Ethan Dizon, Michael Pierino Miller, Taraja Ramsess, Jénel Stevens, Michael Anthony Rogers, Gee Alexander, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Letitia Wright, James Sterling, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Isabella Amara, Ryan Robertson, Kevin D Wilson, Daniel Graham, Joseph Singletary, Michael James Shaw, David Dman Escobar, Solomon Glave, Kevin Montgomery, Rabon Hutcherson, Carrie Coon, Gayles Martavius, Kirk A. Jenkins, Tanya Wheelock, Andrew S. McMillan, Marcus Lewis, Donny Carrington, Gary Peebles, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Tye Claybrook Jr., Khalil' La'Marr Pickett, Marie Mouroum, Jazzy Ellis, Marija Juliette Abney, Phedra Syndelle, Winston Duke, Antjuan Rhames, Jefferson Lewis, Jared Moser, Zola Williams, Dawit Gulilat, Denisha Gillespie, Harrison Osterfield, James Siderits, Brandon M. Shaw, Hamid-Reza Benjamin Thompson, Chris Moore, Ariana Greenblatt, Annie Pisapia, Matthew Christensen, Simeon Freeman, Branden Arnold, Michael David Yuhl, Daniela Gaskie, Jamel D. Chambers, John Gettier, Sergio Briones, Nathaniel Perry, Jacob Batalon, Matthew Excel Simmons, Lucie Carroll, Bobby James, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Olaniyan Thurmon, Edward Parker, Cecil M. Henry, Cory Dunson, Bruce Anthony Shepperson, Perla Middleton, Laurel O Wagner, Jachin Myers, Elgin Lee, Demetri Landell, Tony Dupar, Shawn South, Mallory Kidwell, Devin Koehler, Chase Ledgerwood, Jomahl Gildersleve, Frank David Monroe, Granger Summerset II, Austin Rospert, Lady Cardinal, Luke Maher, Laura Miller, Joe Maitland, Dylan Gajai, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
      Avengers: Infinity War
      8.4
      • makeup effects consultant: Vision
      • 2018

    Additional Crew



    • Annabelle Wallis in Malignant (2021)
      Malignant
      6.2
      • puppeteer
      • 2021
    • Robot Combat League (2013)
      Robot Combat League
      4.9
      TV Series
      • owner, Spectral Motion, inc.
      • 2013
    • World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles (2011)
      World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles
      5.7
      • design consultant
      • 2011
    • Hellboy (2004)
      Hellboy
      6.9
      • puppeteer
      • 2004
    • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black 2 (2002)
      Men in Black 2
      6.2
      • puppeteer
      • 2002
    • Wesley Snipes in Blade II (2002)
      Blade II
      6.7
      • lead puppeteer
      • 2002
    • Jude Law and Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Intelligence artificielle (2001)
      A.I. Intelligence artificielle
      7.2
      • puppeteer (uncredited)
      • 2001
    • John Alexander in Mon ami Joe (1998)
      Mon ami Joe
      5.7
      • puppeteer
      • 1998
    • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
      Men in Black
      7.3
      • puppeteer
      • 1997
    • Eddie Murphy in Le Professeur foldingue (1996)
      Le Professeur foldingue
      5.7
      • puppeteer
      • 1996
    • Natasha Henstridge in La Mutante (1995)
      La Mutante
      5.9
      • puppeteer (as Winston Mike Elizade)
      • 1995
    • Batman Forever (1995)
      Batman Forever
      5.4
      • puppeteer (uncredited)
      • 1995
    • Tim Allen in Super Noël (1994)
      Super Noël
      6.6
      • lead puppeteer (uncredited)
      • 1994
    • John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins in Super Mario Bros. (1993)
      Super Mario Bros.
      4.2
      • puppeteer
      • 1993
    • Les contes de la crypte (1989)
      Les contes de la crypte
      8.0
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 1991–1992

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      • Mike Elizade
    • Born
      • 1960
      • Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
    • Spouse
      • Mary ElizaldeMay 23, 1992 - present (2 children)
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      • 1 Article

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