Neill Gorton (born 6 September 1969) is an English

special effect Special effects (often abbreviated as F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the fictional events in a story or virtual world. ...

s artist, visual effects specialist and

make-up artist A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and Prosthetic makeup, prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other simil ...

specialised in

animatronics An animatronic is a puppet controlled electronically to move in a fluent way. Animatronics are the modern adaptation of the automaton and are often used for the portrayal of characters in films, video games and in theme park attractions. Anim ...

and

prosthetics In medicine, a prosthesis (: prostheses; from ), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (congenital disorder). Prosthe ...

.Mini biography
on http://www.make-up-artist-show.com He is known for his work on films like ''

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'' (1998) and ''

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'' (2006) and the series ''

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'' (2005).

Career

Gorton entered the film industry already at the age of 17. Early on, he started to work for Hollywood film productions in co-operation with directors like

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and actors such as

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and

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. He is responsible for the design of most ''Doctor Who'' villains and monsters, including the modern update of

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. He won the

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four times with six nominations and won the

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two times with five nominations. He was nominated one time for the OFTA awards. Gorton and Rob Mayor are the directors of the company Millennium FX, which is focused on cutting edge prosthetics, animatronics, and special make-up FX. He is also the director of Gorton Studio, which offers courses for trainees up to professionals in screen prosthetics. He is also a visiting professor at the

University of Bolton The University of Greater Manchester (legally: The University of Bolton Higher Education Corporation) is a public university in Bolton, Greater Manchester in England. The university is commonly referred to as a 'post-92' institution, which is a ...

Filmography

Film

*'' The Unholy'' (1988) *''

The Lair of the White Worm ''The Lair of the White Worm'' is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 – the year before Stoker's death – with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is bas ...

'' (1988) *'' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'' (1988) *''

Nightbreed ''Nightbreed'' is a 1990 American dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella ''Cabal''. It stars Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Hugh Quarshie, and Doug Bradley. The film ...

'' (1990) *''Revenge of Billy the Kid'' (1992) *'' Funny Man'' (1994) *''

Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology Comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977). He is the magazi ...

'' (1995) *''

'' (1998) *''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...

'' (1999) *'' The Calling'' (2000) *''

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'' (2000) *'' Les âmes fortes'' (2001) *''

The Last Minute ''The Last Minute'' is a 2001 British-American urban gothic film, written and directed by Stephen Norrington Stephen Norrington (born 1964) is an English special effects artist and retired film director known for his work in the horror and ...

'' (2001) *''

From Hell ''From Hell'' is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1998. The full collection was published in 1999 by Top Shelf Productions. Set during the Whitechapel murders of ...

'' (2001) *'' Cruise of the Gods'' (2002) *''

24 Hour Party People ''24 Hour Party People'' is a 2002 British biographical comedy drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Wint ...

'' (2002) *'' Close Your Eyes'' (2002) *''

This Little Life ''This Little Life'' is a 2003 TV film drama starring Kate Ashfield, Peter Mullan and Linda Bassett. The story follows the life of a married couple following the premature birth of their son. The film was produced by Stewart Mackinnon ( He ...

'' (2003) *'' Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'' (2003) *''The Actors'' (2003) *''

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (''LoEG'') is a multi-genre, cross-over comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. The comic book spans four volumes, an original graphic novel, and ...

'' (2003) *'' The Order'' (2003) *''

Five Children and It ''Five Children and It'' is a fantasy children's novel by English people, English author E. Nesbit. It was originally published in 1902 in the ''Strand Magazine'' under the general title ''The Psammead, or the Gifts'', with a segment appearing ...

'' (2004) *''

Enduring Love ''Enduring Love'' is a 1997 novel by British writer Ian McEwan. The plot concerns two strangers who become perilously entangled after witnessing a deadly accident. Summary On a beautiful and cloudless day, a middle-aged couple celebrate their ...

'' (2004) *''Gender Swap'' (Documentary, 2004)) *''

Rubber Johnny ''Rubber Johnny'' is a 2005 British experimental short film/music video written, directed, and produced by Chris Cunningham. It features music by Aphex Twin. Plot The film, entirely presented in infrared vision, begins with an out-of-focus cl ...

'' (Short film, 2005) *''

Sahara The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

'' (2005) *''The Walk'' (2005) *''

'' (2006) *''

Longford Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It had a population of 10,952 at the 2022 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meeting of ...

'' (2006) *'' Severance'' (2006) *''Wishbaby'' (2007) *''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a Sapience, sapient Frankenstein's monster, crea ...

'' (2007) *'' Flawless'' (2007) *''

Becoming Jane ''Becoming Jane'' is a 2007 biographical romantic drama film directed by Julian Jarrold. It depicts the early life of the British author Jane Austen and her lasting love for Thomas Langlois Lefroy. American actress Anne Hathaway stars as the ...

'' (2007) *''

Phoo Action ''Phoo Action'' is a BBC Three 60 minute TV pilot, one of six drama pilots that were transmitted in early 2008, and was first broadcast on 12 February 2008 at 21:00 UTC. ''Phoo Action'' is based on the Jamie Hewlett-created comic strip ''Get the ...

'' (2008) *''

Inkheart ''Inkheart'' () is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and is the first book of the ''Inkheart'' series, with '' Inkspell'' (2005) and '' Inkdeath'' (2007) succeeding it. The novel became one of the finalists of 2004 BookSense ...

'' (2008) *''

The Brothers Bloom ''The Brothers Bloom'' is a 2008 American caper comedy-drama film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The film stars Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, and Robbie Coltrane. The film went into wide relea ...

'' (2008) *'' The Oxford Murders'' (2008) *'' The Color of Magic'' (2008) *'' Vampire Killers'' (2009) *''Cha'mone Mo'Fo'Selecta! A Tribute to Michael Jackson'' (2009) *''

The Fattest Man in Britain ''The Fattest Man in Britain'' is a comedy-drama written by Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope, and directed by David Blair, which aired on ITV on 20 December 2009. It starred Timothy Spall, wearing a fat suit for the title role, Bobby Ball, Aisl ...

'' (2009) *'' The Wolfman'' (2010) *''Dead Cert'' (2010) *''

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'' (2011) *'' The Girl'' (2012) *''

Chernobyl Diaries ''Chernobyl Diaries'' is a 2012 American horror thriller film co-written and produced by Oren Peli and directed by Brad Parker, in his directorial debut. The film stars Jonathan Sadowski, Jesse McCartney, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, ...

'' (2012) *''

Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 ''Yamla Pagla Deewana 2'' (; ) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Sangeeth Sivan. It is a sequel to the 2011 film, '' Yamla Pagla Deewana'' and the second installment of the ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' film series. It ...

'' (2013) *'' One Direction: This Is Us'' (Documentary, 2013) *''Les Dawson: An Audience with That Never Was'' (Documentary, 2013) *''

The Harry Hill Movie ''The Harry Hill Movie'' is a 2013 British musical comedy film, directed by Steve Bendelack and starring Harry Hill. It was written by Hill along with Jon Foster and James Lamont. It revolves around a fictional version of Harry Hill's adventu ...

'' (2013) *''Frankenstein'' (2015)

Television

*''

Space Precinct ''Space Precinct'' is a British television series that was first broadcast by syndication in the United States between 1994 and 1995. In the UK, it was first shown on channel Sky One between March and August 1995, and later BBC Two from Septem ...

'' (1994) *''

The 10th Kingdom ''The 10th Kingdom'' is an American fairytale fantasy miniseries written by Simon Moore and produced by Britain's Carnival Films, Germany's Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen, and the American's Hallmark Entertainment. It depicts the adventures of a ...

'' (5 episodes, 2000) *''

Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible ''Dr Terrible's House of Horrible'' is a satirical British comedy horror anthology series created by Graham Duff, who co-wrote the series with Steve Coogan. BBC Two broadcast the series in 2001. The title parodies Amicus Productions' anthology fi ...

'' (2 episodes, 2001) *'' The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells'' (2001) *''

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' (referred to simply as ''Saturday Night Takeaway'', ''Takeaway'' or ''SNT'') is a British television variety show, presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), ...

'' (2002) *''

Strange Strange may refer to: Fiction * Strange (comic book), a comic book limited series by Marvel Comics * Strange (Marvel Comics), one of a pair of Marvel Comics characters known as The Strangers * Adam Strange, a DC Comics superhero * The title c ...

'' (2003) *''

Little Britain Little Britain may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little Britain'' (TV series), a British radio and then television series ** '' Little Britain USA'', an American spin-off * "Little Britain", a song by Dreadzone from the 1995 album ''Second ...

'' (14 episodes, 2003–2004) *''

Silent Witness ''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC that focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. The series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squa ...

'' (12 episodes, 2003–2004) *''Messiah: The Promise'' (2004) *''

Hex Hex usually refers to: * A curse or supposed real and potentially supernaturally realized malicious wish * Hexadecimal, a base-16 number system often used in computer nomenclature Hex, HEX, or The Hex may also refer to: Magic * Hex sign, a b ...

'' (3 episodes, 2005) *''

Help Help may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * Help (2010 film), ''Help'' (2010 film), a Bollywood horror film * Help (2021 theatrical film), ''Help'' (2021 theatrical film), a British psychological thriller film * Help (2021 TV ...

'' (2005) *'' The Virgin Queen'' (6 episodes, 2005) *''

Bodies Bodies may refer to: Literature * ''Bodies'' (comics), a 2014–2015 Vertigo Comics detective fiction series * ''Bodies'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Jed Mercurio * ''Bodies'', a 1977 play by James Saunders * ''Bodies'', a 2009 book by Susie Orba ...

'' (1 episode, 2005) *''

'' (2006–2018, 2023–present) *''

Jackanory ''Jackanory'' was a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in Reading (activity), reading. The programme was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the ...

'' (1 episode, 2006) *''

The Sarah Jane Adventures ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC s ...

'' (35 episodes, 2007–2009) *''

Jekyll Jekyll may refer to: Entertainment Film * ''The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll'', a 1960 horror film * '' Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo'', a 1972 Spanish horror film * ''Jekyll'' (2007 film), a 2007 horror film Television * ''Jekyll'' (TV series), a 20 ...

'' (6 episodes, 2007) *'' Being Human'' (14 episodes, 2008–2010) *''

Torchwood ''Torchwood'' is a British-American science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect i ...

'' (8 episodes, 2009) *''

Any Human Heart (TV series) ''Any Human Heart'' is a British drama television serial, based on the 2002 novel of the same name by William Boyd. It was announced in April 2010, and was broadcast on Channel 4 from 21 November to 12 December 2010, consisting of four episodes ...

'' (4 episodes, 2010) *''

Bellamy's People ''Bellamy's People'', also known as ''Bellamy's People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'', is a British comedy show first broadcast on BBC Two as an eight-episode series. The show is a spin-off from the BBC Radio 4 show ...

'' (8 episodes, 2010) *'' Wizards vs. Aliens'' (18 episodes, 2012–2014) *''

Fool Britannia ''Fool Britannia'' is a hidden camera sketch series which aired from 1 September 2012 to 9 November 2013 on ITV, and stars Dom Joly as he surprises members of the public with pranks. The first series aired for eight episodes. The second seri ...

'' (6 episodes, 2013) *''Spotless'' (1 episode, 2014) *''

The Smoke The Smoke were an English psychedelic pop group from York. They consisted of Mick Rowley (Lead vocalist, lead Singing, vocals), Mal Luker (lead instrument, lead guitar), John "Zeke" Lund (Bass guitar, bass) and Geoff Gill (Drum kit, drums a ...

'' (1 episode, 2014) *''Ludus'' (1 episode, 2014) *''My Wild Affair: Aisha'' (1 episode, 2014)

Awards

British Academy Film Awards

BAFTA Awards, Wales

Royal Television Society, UK

Online Film and Television Association

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorton, Neill 1969 births Living people British make-up artists Film people from Liverpool Academics of the University of Greater Manchester