Ben Kilgore

Work History

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  Rigging Supervisor

  Magic Leap

  March 2019 - March 2028

  Wellington, New Zealand
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  Character Supervisor

  Blacksmith

  July 2018 - November 2018

  New York, New York, United States
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  Lead Creature TD

  Wētā FX

  January 2011 - January 2018

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Senior Rigger

  Psyop/MassMarket

  March 2011 - March 2011

  Venice, CA

• Character Supervisor

  FuriousFX

  November 2008 - November 2010

  Burbank, CA

  I was brought into this studio to create (from scratch) a team, pipeline, and workflow for the delivery of about 15 characters and 100 shots--including modeling, fur, rigging, texturing, and animation. I supervised up to 20 artists, and stayed on afterwards in a supervising TD role.
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  Senior Character TD

  Blue Sky Studios

  November 2003 - November 2007

  White Plains, NY

  I started at Blue Sky not having ever opened Maya, and left after leading character work on Horton Hears a Who and then Ice Age 3.

• Rigging TD

  Loyal Kaspar

  June 2006 - June 2006

  New York, NY

• CG Supervisor

  Demiurge Unit

  March 2005 - April 2005

  New York, NY

  For a client in the lighting industry, I created a series of animated visualizations of LED installations on vehicles and buildings. Included previs, modeling, texturing, lighting,

• Technical Director

  So! Animation

  June 2004 - December 2004

  New York, NY

  Technical direction, leading small CG teams on quick projects, mostly promos for A+E and

• 3D Generalist

  UVPHACTORY

  January 2004 - March 2004

  New York, NY

• Animator

  Soho Digital

  June 2003 - November 2003

  New York, NY