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Ben O'Brien(III)

  • Visual Effects
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Ben O'Brien has over 25 years experience in the film and television industry. Joining Industrial Light & Magic in 2004 as a Flame Artist in the Saber Department he moved on to becoming a Sequence Lead and is now a Compositing Supervisor . Working on franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel, and Transformers.

Ben has won multiple awards and been nominated numerous times for his work on Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness, Transformers, Noah , The Irishman and recently The Creator.

Prior to ILM Ben worked as a Flame Artist in a post production house Omnilab in Sydney, Australia working with Advertising Agencies and Directors on commercials.

Ben's education is in Fine Arts and Graphic Design which he studied at Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE which he studied from 1995 to 1998.

Ben lives in the Bay Area in Northern California with his family.
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      • 3 wins & 7 nominations total

    Known for

    Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    6.2
    • Visual Effects(Industrial Light & Magic)
    • 2011
    Battleship (2012)
    Battleship
    5.8
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2012
    John David Washington and Madeleine Yuna Voyles in The Creator (2023)
    The Creator
    6.7
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2023
    Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Megan Fox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    6.0
    • Visual Effects
    • 2009

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    Visual Effects



    • Flowervale Street
      • compositing supervisor: ILM
      • Post-production
      • 2026
    • Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
      • Compositing Supervisor: visual effects
      • Post-production
      • 2026



    • Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Twisters (2024)
      Twisters
      6.5
      • compositing supervisor: ILM
      • 2024
    • John David Washington and Madeleine Yuna Voyles in The Creator (2023)
      The Creator
      6.7
      • compositing supervisor: ILM
      • 2023
    • Danny DeVito, Owen Wilson, Mike Benitez, Rosario Dawson, Chase Dillon, Tiffany Haddish, and LaKeith Stanfield in Haunted Mansion (2023)
      Haunted Mansion
      6.0
      • compositing supervisor: ILM
      • 2023
    • Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Ethann Isidore, Boyd Holbrook, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Shaunette Renée Wilson in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
      Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
      6.5
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2023
    • Hugh Grant, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Daisy Head, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, and Justice Smith in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
      Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
      7.2
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2023
    • Ewan McGregor, James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen, and Dmitrious Bistrevsky in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
      Obi-Wan Kenobi
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • compositing supervisor
      • 2022
    • Ming-Na Wen and Temuera Morrison in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
      The Book of Boba Fett
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • visual effects artist
      • 2022
    • Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman, Gabriel Iglesias, Fred Tatasciore, Eric Bauza, LeBron James, and Zendaya in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
      Space Jam: A New Legacy
      4.5
      • digital artist supervisor: ILM
      • 2021
    • Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
      Black Widow
      6.6
      • visual effects artist
      • 2021
    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
      Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
      6.4
      • digital compositor
      • 2019
    • Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)
      The Irishman
      7.8
      • visual effects
      • 2019
    • John Cena, Hailee Steinfeld, and Dylan O'Brien in Bumblebee (2018)
      Bumblebee
      6.7
      • digital compositor
      • 2018
    • Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place (2018)
      A Quiet Place
      7.5
      • digital compositor
      • 2018
    • Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, Storm Reid, Levi Miller, and Deric McCabe in A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
      A Wrinkle in Time
      4.2
      • digital compositor
      • 2018
    • Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
      Thor: Ragnarok
      7.9
      • compositing supervisor: ILM
      • 2017

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