Ben McEwan

Ben McEwan

Senior Digital Compositor / 14 yrs

Vancouver, Canada

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Lead Digital Artist

Foroige: The Movie (2023)

Lead Artist

The School for Good and Evil (2022)

Digital Artist Supervisor

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

Compositing Supervisor

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Compositing Supervisor

The Old Guard (2020)

Compositing Department Supervisor

Snowpiercer (2020)

Lead Compositor

The Mandalorian (2019)

Compositing Supervisor

Night Hunter (2019)

Lead Compositor

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

Lead Compositor

Cliffs of Freedom (2019)

Senior Compositor

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Compositor

O.I. (2018)

Lead Compositor

Meg (2018)

Visual Effects Artist

Invaders (2018)

Compositing Supervisor

Skyscraper (2018)

Lead Compositor

Game Over, Man! (2018)

Lead Compositor

The Gifted (2017)

Senior Compositor

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Senior Compositor

Zygote (2017)

Visual Effects

Firebase (2017)

Senior Compositor

Rakka (2017)

Digital Compositor

Star Wars: Threads of Destiny (2014)

Digital Compositor

Memories (2013)

Visual Effects

The Sith and the Jedi (2012)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Allegory of Aron Godfrey (2011)

Visual Effects

Lisa (2009)

Digital Effects Artist

Through a Dark Wood (2009)

Visual Effects

Twist of Fate (2008)

Visual Effects Artist

Swear Jar

Senior Compositor

Doctor Strange (2016)

Senior Compositor

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

Senior Compositor

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Compositor

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Compositor

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Compositor

Jurassic World (2015)

Compositor

Child 44 (2015)

Compositor

Chappie (2015)

Compositor

The Maze Runner (2014)

Compositor

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Compositor

Gravity (2016)

Compositor

The Wolverine (2013)

Compositor

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Compositor

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

Compositor

Prometheus (2012)

Roto / Paint artist

The Hunger Games (2012)

Roto / Paint artist & Comp Support

Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Roto / Paint artist

Red Tails (2012)

Work History
  • Lead Compositor

    Umedia

    August 2017 - February 2018
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Responsible for lookdev on all sequences. Built gizmos & python scripts to streamline efficiency, and provided support & mentorship for the compositing team. Helped bidding process on upcoming shows.

    Projects include:
    - The Meg
    - Cliffs of Freedom
    - The Gifted (11 episodes)
    - Game Over, Man!

  • VFX Mentor

    Vancouver Film School

    October 2018 - December 2019
    Vancouver, Canada Area
  • Part-Time Instructor

    Langara Centre for Entertainment Arts

    January 2021 - April 2021
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Compositing Supervisor

    Image Engine

    November 2019 - Present
    Vancouver, Canada Area
  • Compositing Department Supervisor

    Image Engine

    June 2021 - Present
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Head of the Comp Department, guiding the operation and improvement of the compositing team by defining the overall vision for current and future processes, and setting and maintaining department standards.

  • Lead Compositor

    Image Engine

    June 2018 - November 2019
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Compositing Supervisor

    Umedia

    February 2018 - May 2018
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    Responsible for managing Compositing team's workloads, schedules & expectations, providing support to artists when needed to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality, technically sound final shots.

    Worked closely with Production to manage team's schedules & make sure artists' were always clear on what was expected of them, and had everything they needed at all times. Also heavily involved in client calls alongside the VFX Supervisor, and helped guide our clients to the most cost-effective final shot that satisfies their creative requirements. Helped Production bid upcoming shows with aggressive yet realistic targets.

    Continued spending time with R&D team alongside the VFX Supervisor to perpetually update & improve the facility's pipeline. This involved implementing more-efficient IO scripts for the ingestion and delivery of shots, improving & unifying Umedia's colour management workflow, as well as constantly adapting the pipeline to the changing needs of each show.

    Projects Include:
    - Skyscraper
    - Nomis

  • Senior Compositor

    Oats Studios

    October 2016 - June 2017

    Part of a small VFX team working with Neill Blomkamp on content not for traditional theatrical distribution.

  • Senior Compositor

    Industrial Light & Magic

    December 2015 - September 2016

    - Captain America: Civil War
    - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

  • Double Negative

    July 2015 - December 2015
  • Compositor

    Image Engine

    March 2014 - June 2015

    - Jurassic World
    - Straight Outta Compton
    - Chappie
    - Child 44
    - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    - Pennzoil "Airlift Drift" TVC

  • Compositor

    Method Studios

    January 2014 - March 2014
    Vancouver, Canada Area

    - Pele
    - Maze Runner

  • Compositor

    Rising Sun Pictures

    October 2011 - August 2013


    - The Hunger Games (Roto/Paint)
    - Prometheus (Stereo)
    - Gravity (Stereo)
    - The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
    - The Great Gastby (Stereo)
    - The Wolverine

  • Compositor

    Fin Design + Effects

    September 2011 - September 2011

    - Toyota TVC: "Innovation You Can Trust"
    - Commonwealth Bank TVC: "Centenary"

  • Compositor

    Rotor Studios

    August 2011 - August 2011
    Sydney


    - Toyota TVC Campaign: "Toyota Means Business"

  • Roto/Paint Artist

    Rising Sun Pictures

    July 2011 - August 2011
    Adelaide, Australia


    - Red Tails

  • Roto + Comp Support

    Animal Logic

    March 2011 - June 2011


    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    Hyundai TVC: "ix35 Every Side"

  • Compositor

    Eye Candy Animation

    July 2010 - August 2010

    - In-flight entertainment package for QANTAS

  • Compositor

    That's a Wrap Productions

    September 2008 - February 2010

    Resistance (TV Pilot)

Education
  • fxPhd

    January 2009 - January 2011
  • The Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE)

    July 2008 - October 2008