Ben Snow
- Narrabundah College
- University of Canberra
Ben Snow is a special effects artist who has been nominated four times at the Academy Awards. He works at Industrial Light & Magic.
Early life
Snow grew up in Australia, where he attended Narrabundah College and the University of Canberra.[1] His university degree, which he completed in 1986, was a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Studies.[2]
Oscar history
All 4 films were in the category of Best Visual Effects
- 74th Academy Awards-Nominated for Pearl Harbor. Nomination shared with Eric Brevig, John Frazier and Ed Hirsh. Lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.[3]
- 75th Academy Awards-Nominated for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Nomination shared with Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman and John Knoll. Lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.[4]
- 81st Academy Awards-Nominated for Iron Man. Nomination shared with Shane Mahan, John Nelson and Dan Sudick. Lost to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.[5]
- 83rd Academy Awards-Nominated for Iron Man 2. Nomination shared with Janek Sirrs, Dan Sudick and Ged Wright. Lost to Inception.[6]
Filmography
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Noah (2014)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Terminator Salvation (2009)
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (2007)
- King Kong (2005)
- Van Helsing (2004)
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- The Mummy (1999)
- Deep Impact (1998)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Twister (1996)
- Casper (1995)
- Star Trek Generations (1994)
References
- ^ "Celebrating the Achievements of our Past Students". ACT Government. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Ben is a four time Academy Award Nominee (Best Visual Effects)". University of Canberra. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
External links
- Ben Snow at IMDb
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- Marcel Vercoutere (1972)
- Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973)
- Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75)
- L. B. Abbott (1976)
- John Dykstra and John Stears (1977)
- Colin Chilvers (1978)
- Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, and Richard Yuricich (1979)
- Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980)
- Richard Edlund (1981)
- Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982)
- Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston (1983)
- Chris Walas (1984)
- Kevin Pike (1985)
- Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986)
- Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre (1987)
- George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams (1988)
- Ken Ralston (1989/90)
- Stan Winston (1991)
- Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993)
- John Bruno (1994)
- Stan Parks (1995)
- Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996)
- Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)
- Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998)
- Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999)
- Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000)
- Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001)
- Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003)
- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004)
- Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005)
- John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006)
- Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007)
- Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008)
- Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
- Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010)
- Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011)
- Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012)
- Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013)
- Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014)
- Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015)
- John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould (2016)
- Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick (2017)
- Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (2018/19)
- Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)
- John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, and Mike Meinardus (2021/22)
- Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (2022/23)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
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