Michelle Moen was a Matte Artist working on Ghostbusters.
Career[]
Michelle Moen was background painter on the "Taarna" segment of "Heavy Metal," a matte artist on many films including "Blade Runner," "Masters of the Universe," "The Monster Squad," "Dick Tracy," "Mars Attacks!," "Superman Returns," "I Am Legend" and "Watchmen". She supervised on "Alien 3," "Batman Returns," "Species," "Multiplicity," and more recently worked as an illustrator on "The Wolverine," "Edge of Tomorrow," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," and "Tomorrowland." Richard Edlund regards Moen as one of the best, if not the top, matte painters in the business. [1]
Ghostbusters[]
Michelle Moen used photos of the actual building used for 550 Central Park West and concept art as guide when she prepared matte paintings of the rooftop. [2]
Trivia[]
- Bill Murray visited Boss Films during production on the first movie. One morning, he went up to the matte room and stood behind Michele Moen as she painted and pretended to slip and fall into her painting, while holding a large coffee.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Richard Edlund (1999). Ghostbusters (1984) "SFX Team Featurette" (1999) (DVD ts. 07:10-07:18). Columbia Pictures. Richard Edlund says: "As a matte painter, Michelle is probably one of, if not the top, matte painter in the business today, in my opinion."
- ↑ Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 107 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. Paragraph reads: "Using photos and conceptual illustrations for guidance, assistant matte artist Michelle Moen roughs out one of the rooftop matte paintings. In all, more that forty such paintings were employed in the film."
- ↑ Bueno, Claire (2024). Cleanin' Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters. A Cast and Crew's Memoir of Ghostbusters, p. 552. Premiere Publishing, Devon England, ISBN 9781836903437. Michele Moen says: "Bill Murray came upstairs to the matte room and stood behind me as I painted and he pretended to slip and fall into my painting, holding a large coffee."
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