John Benson

John Benson

Senior Stereographer / 16 yrs

Paris, France

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Work History
  • Stereographer

    Mac Guff

    2009 - Present
  • Stereographer

    Illumination Entertainment

    January 2009 - July 2017

    Stereographer for Universal's "Despicable Me", and upcoming projects

  • CG Supervisor

    Laika

    February 2006 - May 2009

    CG Supervisor and stereo pipeline designer/engineer for "Coraline"

  • Compositor

    Wētā FX

    2005 - 2006

    Compositor for "King Kong"

  • Compositor

    ESC Entertainment

    2003 - 2004

    Compositor on Matrix Revolutions, Ladykillers and Constantine

  • CG Manager

    Will Vinton Studios

    2001 - 2002
  • Head of Computer Graphics, Commercials

    Industrial Light & Magic

    1995 - 2000
  • VFX Supervisor, CG Manager

    Colossal Pictures

    1992 - 1995
  • Motion Control Camera Operator

    Little Caesar

    1990 - 1992
  • Motion Control Camera Operator

    R/Greenberg Associates

    1989 - 1990
  • Motion Control Camera Operator

    Broadcast Arts

    1986 - 1990
  • Illumination Mac Guff

    ? - Present
Education
  • New York University

    1984 - 1986
  • A.J. Dimond High

    1978 - 1981