Ben Cowell-Thomas

Work History

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  October 2017 - Present

  DFX Supervisor

  Double Negative

  
  
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  January 2017 - December 2017

  Sequence Supervisor

  Double Negative
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  April 2016 - February 2017

  3D Generalist

  Double Negative

  
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  August 2014 - May 2015

  CG / VFX Supervisor

  Nexus Productions
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  February 2014 - April 2014

  Visiting Lecturer

  National Film & Television School

  Teaching Computer Graphics to the students of the Games Design course at the NFTS.
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  March 2012 - September 2013

  VFX Supervisor

  Prime Focus World

  I was recruited to head up the Commercials VFX Studio in Mumbai, India. My focus was on building relationships with production companies and directors, strengthening the talent in the VFX studio and supervising projects.
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  August 2005 - March 2012

  Head of Studio

  Nexus Productions

  I grew the 3D department from a small studio to a 70+ seat facility able to handle VFX, stop motion, live action and animation with a proprietary character pipeline.
  
  As Head of Studio I oversaw all creative and technical aspects of pitches and projects, whilst guiding pipeline development, R&D projects and IT infrastructure and managing the hiring and career development of permanent staff members and freelancers.
  
  I was also CG / VFX Supervisor on many award winning projects for Honda, Sony, Intel and Coca Cola.
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  December 2003 - August 2005

  Senior 3D artist

  Condor Post

  I returned to the UK and worked as a CG / VFX artist at Condor, often liaising between London and Amsterdam studios on key projects.
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  October 2000 - December 2003

  3D artist

  Ambience Entertainment

  I led projects such as re-branding Channel Nine and Attik’s Toyota Scion campaign. I also took time out to co-create the multi award winning ‘Show & Tell’ animated short.
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  January 1998 - October 2000

  Lecturer in 3D animation and visual effects.

  Temasek Polytechnic

  Recruited by the Polytechnic to design and teach the 3D animation course at Temasek.
  During my time in Singapore I was also programming director for the Singapore Animation Festival, inviting distinguished animators and film makers from around the world.