Ben Kilgore

Ben Kilgore

For all your creature needs.

Supervisor Creature Supervisor / 21 yrs

Wellington, New Zealand

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Creature Supervisor

Lovecraft Country (2020)

Senior Creature Technical Director

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Creature Technical Director

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Character Supervisor

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)

Visual Effects Artist

5 Days of War (2011)

Visual Effects Artist

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)

Creatures Lead

Rampage (2018)

Creatures Lead

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Creatures Lead

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Senior Creature TD

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Senior Creature TD

The BFG (2016)

Senior Creature TD

Prometheus (2012)

Senior Creature TD

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Senior Creature TD

Man of Steel (2013)

Senior Creature TD

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Senior Creature TD

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Creature TD

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Creatures Lead

Fantastic Four (2015)

Creatures Lead

Krampus (2015)

Senior Character Technical Director

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Senior Character TD

Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Rigger

Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

CG Artist

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Character Supervisor

Furry Vengeance (2010)

I'm a creatures guy with experience on all types of projects, many of them award winning. Skills extend to programming, modeling, animation, and generalist CG work. Happing supervising large groups or delivering the bulk of a project on my own.
Work History

  • Rigging Supervisor

    Magic Leap

    March 2019 - March 2028
    Wellington, New Zealand

  • Character Supervisor

    Blacksmith

    July 2018 - November 2018
    New York, New York, United States

  • 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.

  • 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
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Education

  • Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

    State University of New York Empire State College

    ? - ?

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation and Interactive Media

    Fashion Institute of Technology

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