About

LIFECAST has a new address, at ELSTREE STUDIOS.

 John Schoonraad started his career at Elstree more than 30 years ago, and now, with his two sons, Tristan & Robin, he has returned to open this new workshop. John is both Managing Director and Creative Designer at this fully functional workshop, which is now available to supply all services for large feature films, or low budget independents. 

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Below is a selection of well known celebs who we’ve had the good fortune to lifecast.

A little bit of background

Some of John’s earliest films took place at Elstree Studios, such as The Dark Crystal and Return to Oz. Now, some thirty years later, he has been able to realize his dream of running a workshop in the studios, dedicated to the career he so loves.

His two eldest sons Tristan and Robin have both followed in their Dad’s footsteps, and both have held H.O.D. status on various features. Tristan spent some months developing some groundbreaking moulding techniques for Weta in New Zealand, and Robin has been a key figure in the moulding of many of the creatures for several of the Harry Potter movies. With John’s youngest, 14yr old Max leaving school in a few years and Robin’s boys Logan and Kai,  a fair bit younger, this business could run and run!

A Anastacia POP VIDEO Head cast
  Armund Asante THE ODYSSEY “Odyseus”
  Adrian Edmunson GUEST HOUSE PARADISIO “Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba”
  Aubrey Morris LIFEFORCE “Sir Percy Heseltine”
  Adam Goldburg SAVING PRIVATE RYAN “Private Stanley Mellish”
  Angelica Huston THE WITCHES “Ms Eva Ernst”(Gnd High Witch)
  Ailsa Berk THE BEAR “Bear Performer”
  Annan Bunner 18 TO 80 (Thailand)  
  Ana Panayotova THE ABANDONNED “Bearded Patriarch’s daughter
B Bjork 3 POP VIDEOS  
  Brendan Sexton 3rd BLACKHAWK DOWN “Pfc.R.(Alphabet)Kowaleski”
  Ben Foster BLACKHAWK DOWN  
  Brian Cox TROY “Agamemnon”
  Bob Hoskins WIND IN THE WILLOWS BBC “Badger”
  Bill Malin LIFEFORCE “2nd Vampire”
  Brendan Gleeson TROY “Menelaus”
  Bruce Payne HIGHLANDER 4 Jacob Kel
  Bryan Pringle STORYTELLER ep.1 “The Cook”
  Ben Pulen PRINCE VALIANT “Prince Arn”
C Clancey Brown HIGHLANDER 1 “The Kurgon”
  Charlie Hofheimer BLACKHAWK DOWN “Cpl.James Smith”
  Colin Farrel ALEXANDER “Alexander”
  Chris Jagger LIFEFORCE “First Vampire”
  Celia Imre GORMENGHAST “Lady Gertrude”
  Christopher Lambert HIGHLANDER 1& 2 “Nash”
  Charlotte Rampling GREAT EXPECTATIONS “Miss Haversham”
  Charlene Spatteri POP VIDEO  
  Connor McCloud HIGHLANDER 1, 2 & 4 “Nash”
  Corey Johnson SAVING PRIVATE RYAN “Radio Man”
D Danny Hooch BLACKHAWK DOWN “Sgt.Dominic Pillar”
  Djimon Hounsou FOUR FEATHERS “Abou Fatmar”
  Donie Yen HIGHLANDER 4 “Jinke”
  Damon Dash HIGHLANDER 4 “Carlos”
  David Yip HIGHLANDER 4 “Kip”
  Douglas James BOND “James Bond Double”
  David Foreman   Stuntman and Performer
  Doug Bradley NIGHTBREED “Dirk Lylesberg”
E Eric Bana TROY “Hector”
  Ewan McGregor BLACKHAWK DOWN “John Grimes”
  Edward Fox PRINCE VALIANT “King Arthur”
  Frank Finlay LIFEFORCE “Dr Hans Fallade”
  Freddy Jones NEVER ENDING STORY 3 “Koriender the librarian”
  Frederick Warder STORYTELLER Giant & Troll”
  Fiona Shaw BUTCHERS BOY “Mrs Nugent”
G Giovanni Ribisi SAVING PRIVATE RYAN “Medic Erwin Wade”
  Gary Oldman LOST IN SPACE “Dr. Smith”
  Gregory Sporleder BLACKHAWK DOWN “Sgt.Scott Galentine”
H Hugh Quarshie HIGHLANDER 1 “Sunda Kastagir”
I Ian Paul Cassidy HIGHLANDER 4 ‘Cracker Bob”
  Ian White PREDATOR vs ALIEN “Predator & Scar”
J Jeremy Piven BLACKHAWK DOWN “Cwo.Cliff(Elvis) Walcott”
  Jason Hildbrandt BLACKHAWK DOWN “Cwo.Dan Jollata”
  John Keegan LIFEFORCE  
  John Goodman THE BORROWERS “Ocious C.Potter”
  Jason Isaacs EVENT HORIZON “DJ”
  Johnny Lee Miller PLUNKETT & MACLEAN “Maclean”
  Joaquim Phoenix GLADIATOR “Commodus”
  Joely Richardson EVENT HORIZON Lt.Starck”
  Justin Hawkins/ Darkness AWARD WINNING VIDEO ” 1 way ticket to Hell & Back”
  Jennifer Stout GLADIATOR (film) “Rebel”(TV Gladiator)
  Jane Omorogbi GLADIATOR (film) “Rio”(TV Gladiator)
K Kate Ashfield BEYOND BORDERS “Kat”
  Kenneth Branagh MATHEW MUNGLE’s Old age makeup
  Kim Coates BLACKHAWK DOWN “Msgt.Tim(Griz) Martin”
  Karim Doukkali FOUR FEATHERS “Egyptian orderly”
  Kris Marshall FOUR FEATHERS “Castleton”
  Kathleen Quinlan EVENT HORIZON ‘Peters” (Med technician)
  Kristin Scott Thomas ENGLISH PATIENT “Katherine Clifton”
  Kristin Scott Thomas RICHARD 3rd “Lady Anne”
  Karl Wallanger WORLD PARTY Album cover
  Kate Winslet QUILLS “Madeleine le Clerk”
  Kate Winslet JUDE “Sue Bridehead”
  Kirk Acevedo BAND OF BROTHERS “Joseph Toye”
  Karel Roden THE ABANDONED “Nicolai”
L Lee ingleby WIND IN THE WILLOWS “Mole”
  Laurence Fishburne LOST IN SPACE “Capt.Miller”
  Lenny Henry TV  
  Liberty X (Kevin) POP VIDEO  
  Lisa Barbuscia HIGHLANDER 4 “Kate McCloud/ Faith”
  Lionel Blair TV COMMERCIAL  
  Leigh Francis BO SELECTA (TV) Impersonator
M Matt le Blanc LOST IN SPACE “Major Don West”
  Mathew Marsden BLACKHAWK DOWN “Spec.Dale Sizemore”
  Mat Lucas WIND IN THE WILLOWS BBC “Toad”
  Mark Gattis WIND IN THE WILLOWS BBC “Ratty”
  Matilda May LIFEFORCE “Space Girl”
  Matt Frewer MAX HEADROOM (TV) “Max Headroom’
  Michael Sheen FOUR FEATHERS “Trench”
  Mark Tonderai FOUR FEATHERS “Egyptian ordrly”
  Melinda Clarke KILLER TONGUE  
  Michael Fastbender POP VIDEO  
  Mark Warren BAND OF BROTHERS “Private. Albert Blythe”
  Michael Cudlitz BAND OF BROTHERS “Sgt. Denver Bull Randalman”
  Mai Zetterling THE WITCHES “Helga Eveshim”
  Mark Speight COMMERCIAL “Ruffles”
  Mark Wingett THE BILL (TV) “Sgt.D.C.Carver”
  Mike Binder THE UPSIDE OF ANGER “Adam Shep Goodman”
N Nicolaj Coster Waldau BLACKHAWK DOWN “Msgt.Gary Gordon”
  Noah Emmerich BEYOND BORDERS “Elliot Houser”
  Nicholas Ball LIFE FORCE “Derebridge”
  Nancy Paul LIFE FORCE “Ellen Donaldson”
  Nitin Sawhney 2nd SKIN AND BEYOND SKIN Album covers
O Orlando Bloom BLACKHAWK DOWN “Tod Blackburn”
  Orlando Bloom TROY “Paris”
P Patrick Stewart A CHRISTMAS CAROL “Ebenezer Scrooge”
  Pauline Richards GLADIATOR (film) “Rocket” (TV Gladiator)
  Peter Elliot   Ape costume
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R Ron Eldard BLACKHAWK DOWN “Cwo.Michael Durant”
  Russell Crowe GLADIATOR “Maximus”
  Rupert Everett TO KILL A KING “King Charles 1st”
  Rose English THE WITCHES “Dora”
  Rik Mayall GUEST HOUSE PARADISIO “Richard Twat”
  Rhona Mitre TOMB RAIDER Computer game
  Robbie Williams ROCK DJ Pop video
  Roland Orzabil COLD (Tears for Fears) Pop video
  Robert John Burke DUST DEVIL As “Robert Burke”
S Simon Pegg GUEST HOUSE PARADISIO “Mr.Nice”
  Steve Ralsback LIFE FORCE “Cnl. Tom Carlson”
  Sean Patrick Flannery LOST IN SPACE  
  Sam Neill EVENT HORIZON “Dr.William Weir”
  Sean Pertwee EVENT HORIZON “Smith”
  Sarah Stockbridge GLAM METAL DETECTIVES  
  Stephen Moyer PRINCE VALIANT “Prince Valiant”
T Thomas Arana GLADIATOR “Quintis”
  Tom Sizemoor BLACKHAWK DOWN “Ltcol.Danny McKnight”
  Tom Sizemoor SAVING PRIVATE RYAN “Sgt. Mike Horvath”
  Tom Hardy BLACKHAWK DOWN “Spec.Lance Twombly”
  Tom Hanks SAVING PRIVATE RYAN “Capt.John.H.Miller”
  Tony Robinson NEVERENDING STORY 3 “Engywook”
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V Vincent Cassel GUESTHOUSE PARADISIO “Gino Bolognese”
  Vin Diesel    
W Wes Bentley Four Feathers “Jack Durance”
  Warwick Davis ADVENTURES of PINOCHIO “Dwarfe”
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