Harrison Ellenshaw

Peter S. "P.S." Ellenshaw, also known as Harrison Ellenshaw is a matte painter who worked as matte artist in A New Hope (1977) and as matte painting supervisor in The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Ellenshaw's work in the first movie was first recognized in Star Wars Official Poster Monthly #13, with the article P.S. Ellenshaw and the Magic of Matte, by Dr. M.F. Marten, published in October 1978.

Ellenshaw's work was again recognized in a Star Wars publication with Bantam Spectra's The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (1995), with text by Kevin J. Anderson and illustrations of different authors from the original trilogy (including Ralph McQuarrie and Nilo Rodis-Jamero).

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