Ben Campanaro

Work History

• Senior Compositor

  NDA

  January 2023 - April 2025
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  Image Finaling Artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  December 2020 - August 2022

  Glendale, CA
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  Senior Compositor

  Method Studios

  November 2020 - December 2020

  Santa Monica, California, US
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  Senior Compositor

  Method Studios

  September 2020 - October 2020

  Santa Monica, California, US
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  Senior Compositor

  Double Negative

  February 2019 - June 2019

  Los Angeles, CA

  
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  In-House Compositor

  Lucasfilm

  August 2022 - January 2023

  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

  
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  Digital FX Supervisor / Compositing Supervisor / Senior Compositor

  FuseFX

  November 2015 - July 2018

  Burbank and Van Nuys

  Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
  Scorpion
  The Tick (2017)
  Dairy Queen Blizzard / Shark Week 30th Anniversary (commercial)
  Underground
  Future Man
  Patriot
  American Crime Story
  Goliath
  Zoo
  Mayans M.C.
  Preacher
  Castle Rock
  S.W.A.T. (2018)
  Station 19
  The Brave
  American Horror Story
  The Get Down
  Mom
  Superior Donuts
  Rush Hour
  Bones
  Empire
  Criminal Minds
  Queen of the South
  Mad Dogs
  Rosewood
  Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
  Shots Fired
  Outsiders
  Good Behavior
  Bull
  Presence (pilot)
  Mars Project (pilot)
  For Love (pilot)

  
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  VFX Supervisor / Compositing Supervisor

  Origin Digital Studios

  March 2014 - November 2015

  Burbank

  The Walking Dead
  True Detective
  Limitless
  Sleepy Hollow
  Agent X
  Scorpion
  South of Hell
  What Would Trejo Do? (pilot)
  Hieroglyph (pilot)
  Babylon Fields (pilot)
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  On-Set Visual Effects Assistant

  Scorpion

  March 2014 - March 2014

  Los Angeles
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  Contributing Writer

  Post Magazine

  May 2010 - November 2013

  Hollywood, Studio City, Culver City, Anaheim, Toky

  Events: VES Production Summit, VES Awards, ASC Awards, SIGGRAPH, InterBEE...
  Products: Adobe AfterFX CS 5.0, CS 5.5, HP Dreamcolor Display, HP Z800 Workstation, Canon DP-V3010 Display...
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  Compositing Supervisor / Lead Compositor

  Pixomondo

  January 2011 - May 2013

  Burbank

  Spring Breakers
  Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol
  The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Hunger Games
  Beautiful Creatures
  To Have and to Hold
  Hitting the Cycle
  
  Sleepy Hollow
  Da Vinci's Demons
  Time Warner Cable / HBO's Game of Thrones - "Dragon" (commercial)
  Terra Nova
  Mockingbird Lane
  The Mindy Project
  Devious Maids
  Go On
  Community
  Fringe
  Red Widow
  Grimm
  Game of Thrones
  Revolution
  Perception
  Hawaii Five-O
  No Ordinary Family
  Free Agents
  Outsourced
  Kickin' It
  Pair of Kings
  Exit Strategy (pilot)
  Last Man Standing (pilot)
  Midnight Sun (pilot)

  

  
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  Lead Compositor

  Eden FX

  August 2007 - December 2010

  Hollywood and Santa Monica

  The Social Network
  Nim's Island
  Get Smart

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Project Manager / Digital Artist

  Mechnology

  March 2005 - August 2007

  Hollywood and Burbank

  You Kill Me
  The Last Word
  National Lampoon's Bag Boy
  Bonneville
  Even Money
  The Initiation of Sarah
  Beautiful Ohio
  Santa's Slay
  Winter Passing
  The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
  One Day Like Rain
  Still Green
  Purvis of Overtown
  The Peach Farm: The Veil
  The House of the Dead 2
  Mirror Wars: Reflection One
  
  Charmed
  Without A Trace
  Veronica Mars
  One Tree Hill
  Boston Legal
  IQ-145
  2006 NBA Finals - "Legacy of Champions"
  Red Rock Pictures - Production Logo
  The Fray - "How to Save a Life" (video)
  Halley's Comet (pilot)
  American Crew - "Crew Fu" (commercial)
  Cinema Paraí

• On-Set Visual Effects Assistant

  "Charmed"

  August 2005 - April 2006

  Paramount Studios Hollywood

  - Helped the VFX Supervisor oversee plate photography and completion of nearly 1,000 shots
  - Wrote VFX Breakdowns and attended production meetings
  - Provided backup VFX Supervision on-set