Benn Garnish

Work History

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  oxford vr

  ? - September 2021
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  Head of VR Development

  oxford vr

  June 2019 - December 2020

  Building cutting edge immersive treatments for mental health conditions for an Oxford university start up. Leading animators, artists, programmers to build best in class VR products using the latest technologies.
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  Lead Animator

  oxford vr

  December 2018 - May 2019

  London

  Setting up an animation and mocap pipeline built for maya to unity with the focus on VR for final delivery.
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  Senior Shot Creator

  The Third Floor

  August 2016 - September 2018

  Wonder women
  Paddington 2
  Fantastic beasts 2
  SpiderMan: Far from home

  
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  Animator

  MPC

  May 2016 - August 2016

  Passengers

  
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  Character Animator

  Cinesite

  May 2015 - April 2016

  Working on Charming
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  Animator

  Cinesite

  May 2014 - May 2015

  Antman
  Hercules
  Commercial
  Kingsman
  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

  

  

  
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  Animator

  Double Negative

  May 2013 - March 2014

  London, united kingdom

  Jupiter Ascending
  Death in Paradise
  Transcendence
  Thor: The Dark World (2013)

  

  

  
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  Animator

  Double Negative

  January 2013 - April 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Fast and the Furious 6
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  Animator

  Vine Post Production

  June 2012 - January 2013

  London, United Kingdom

  Merlin series 5
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  Animator

  Kazoo Creative

  April 2012 - May 2012

  London, United Kingdom

  Animation on a game cinematic
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  Animator

  MPC

  February 2012 - March 2012

  London

  Keyframe animation for Ribena commercial working on the lead Ribena character, woodpecker and the fish.
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  Animator

  Relentless Software

  November 2011 - February 2012

  Brighton

  Keyframe animator working on AR games for the kinect console.
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  Guest Lecture

  University of Hertfordshire

  October 2011 - October 2011

  Hatfield, UK

  A guest lecture talking about my experiences from University to my current role as an Animator in the VFX industry.

• Animator

  RJDM Animations

  October 2011 - October 2011

  Northampton, United Kingdom

  Cinemtic animations for the Disney Land Adventures Kinect Game.
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  Animator

  Cinesite

  August 2009 - October 2011

  London, United Kingdom

  John Carter Due for Release in 2012
  
  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, animated the CG Doe running around Dumbledore's office when Snape produces the Patronus Charm
  
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, animated CG eels across a range of sequences, which then got passed to the effects team to create the "deadly Mist". Digital double replacement for the "White Witch" and responsible for animated hair simulations.
  
  Marmaduke: 2010, Lip-sync animation across multiple characters.
  
  Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, animated CG whips and daggers.

  

  

  

  

  
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  Animator

  Frontier Developments

  September 2008 - July 2009

  LostWinds Chapter 2: Winter of the Melodias, animated cycles and a cut scene for in game production.
  
  Kinectimals: A Microsoft project. Pre-production tests, not responsible for production animation.
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  Animator

  Double Negative

  March 2008 - May 2008

  Hellboy II: The Golden Army, animated digital double tail and fist replacement on Hell Boy. Animated pixies using an existing cycle and changing that cycle to fit the shots needs. Animation on Golden Army where they are shutting down again working from an existing cycle.

  
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  Animator

  MPC

  December 2007 - March 2008

  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, animation on several hybrid human/creatures such as Minatours and creatures like tigers, dogs, and a bear.

  
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  Animator

  Framestore

  June 2007 - December 2007

  Primeval: Series 2, animated a variety of pre-historic creatures like the Raptors, the Sabre-toothed tiger and a pre-historic Mer Creature.
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  Runner

  Framestore

  July 2006 - June 2007

  The Tale Of Despereaux