Nick Maley

Maley became interested in film at an early age. His father was an actor and he watched makeup artists back stage while growing up. In his earlier years, he worked on school plays where he did the makeup for the actors.[1]

Some of Maley's earliest work includes the 1970 version of Julius Caesar with Charlton Heston. He later met Stuart Freeborn who hired Maley for the original Star Wars film, helping make Yoda's head, hands, and feet.[1] Maley also worked with Freeborn and others on various creatures that made up the Cantina scene for the film.[3] He also worked on The Empire Strikes Back, which he described as his favorite movie to work on.[1] He is also a writer, creating the screenplay for the 1981 film Inseminoid. He created the script in four days along with his wife Gloria, also supplying the makeup for the characters in the film.[4]

Maley is originally from London but moved to Sint Maarten in 2007 with his wife Gloria, and opening the Planet Paradise movie exhibit.[3] The exhibit features versions of various Star Wars characters and other memorabilia from his work in the film industry.[1] He is also an artist and painter whose works have been featured across 18 different countries in museums and galleries.[5]

Maley was honored by Lucasfilm in 2016.[6] The same year he also rebuilt a replica Yoda using the same principles as the original.[7]

• Nick Maley at IMDb