Creative Director. VFX Supervisor. Director
Ben West is an award-winning Creative Director and Visual effects Supervisor at Framestore in Los Angeles. He started his career as an Architect before bringing his creative and technical skills to the entertainment industry as a Visual Effects Supervisor for Film, Episodic Television and Commercials. Expanding his knowledge of film-making and visual effects Ben earned a Masters in Directing, he was a lecturer at UCLA and SciArc for Fiction and Entertainment and a Director with Radical Media. His award winning work, encompasses hundreds of commercials, film, television, architecture, rides, virtual production and immersive projects, working with clients at Disney, Marvel, Universal, Netflix, Meta and Apple.
Ben’s recent work includes Disney and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Mission: BREAKOUT and Comcast’s Universal Sphere collaborating with Steven Spielberg, nominated for a Visual Effects Society award in 2020.
Awards
SHORT
OF THE
WEEK
BEST
OF STASH
2015
VES
nomination
2020
Ben West released his phenomenal buddy-film sushi comedy “FUGU & TAKO” exploring the perils and unexpected perks of eating live puffer fish.
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A film we’ve had our eyes on for sometime here at Short of the Week HQ – this film’s compact run-time and comical premise makes it an ideal fit for the world of online video.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
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