Ben Folkman

Ben Folkman

Lead previs animator / 23 yrs

Wellington, New Zealand

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Senior Animator

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Senior Animator

Glass Onion (2022)

Senior Animator

Emancipation (2022)

Lead Animator

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Lead Previs Animator

Invasion (2021)

Senior Animator

Shang-Chi (2021)

Animator

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Animator

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Senior Animator

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

Lead Previs Animator

The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)

Animator

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Lead Previs Animator

Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Lead Previs Animator

Mortal Engines (2018)

Lead Previs Animator

Animal World (2018)

Animator

Rampage (2018)

Animator

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Previs Animator

The BFG (2016)

Animator

Furious 7 (2015)

Previs Animator

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

Animation Department

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Animator

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014)

Previs Animator

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Previsualization Animator

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Previs Animator

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Previs Animator

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Visual Effects

Game of Thrones (2011)

Previs

Happy Feet Two (2011)

Visual Effects Artist

Storage (2009)

Lead Animator

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007)

On Set VFX Supervision

Feed (2006)

Animator

George of the Jungle 2 (2003)

Work History

  • Previs Animator / Animator

    Wētā FX

    August 2010 - Present

    Previs Animator (in production):

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
    The Hobbit: There and Back Again


    Previs Animator (completed):

    The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey


    Animator (completed):

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    Iron Man 3

  • Previs Artist

    Dr. D Studios

    May 2010 - August 2010

    Happy Feet 2

  • 3D Artist

    Fuel VFX

    2010 - May 2010

  • Head of 3D

    Cutting Edge

    October 2003 - February 2010

    Senior 3D Animator (2004-2005)
    Head of 3D (2005-2010)

  • Lead Animator / Supervisor

    Cinevision VFX

    2006 - 2007

  • 3D Animator

    Beeps

    September 2001 - October 2003
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Education

  • Queensland University of Technology

    1998 - 2000