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Ben Folkman

  • Visual Effects
  • Animation Department
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Ben Folkman is known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
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    Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
    Alita: Battle Angel
    7.3
    • Visual Effects(Weta Digital)
    • 2019
    Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    • Animation Department(Weta Digital)
    • 2014
    Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, and Maria Bakalova in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    7.9
    • Animation Department(as Benjaman Folkman, Weta FX)
    • 2023
    Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
    Mortal Engines
    6.1
    • Visual Effects(Weta Digital)
    • 2018

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    Visual Effects

    • Aileen Wu in Alien: Romulus (2024)
      Alien: Romulus
      7.1
      • motion: Weta FX (as Benjaman Folkman)
      • 2024
    • Invasion (2021)
      Invasion
      6.2
      TV Series
      • lead previs animator
      • 2021
    • Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
      The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
      6.0
      • lead previs animator
      • 2020
    • Game of Thrones (2011)
      Game of Thrones
      9.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects: Weta Digital (as Benjaman Folkman)
      • 2019
    • Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
      Alita: Battle Angel
      7.3
      • lead previs animator: Weta Digital
      • 2019
    • Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
      Mortal Engines
      6.1
      • lead previs animator: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • Yifeng Li in Animal World (2018)
      Animal World
      6.4
      • lead previs animator: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
      The BFG
      6.3
      • previsualization animator: weta digital
      • 2016
    • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, and Paul Bettany in Iron Man 3 (2013)
      Iron Man 3
      7.1
      • digital effects crew: Weta Digital (as Benjaman Folkman)
      • 2013
    • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
      The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
      7.8
      • animator: Weta FX
      • senior previs artist: Weta FX (as Benjaman Folkman, uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Robert Mammone, Damien Garvey, Saskia Burmeister, and Matthew Scully in Storage (2009)
      Storage
      5.6
      • visual effects artist: Cutting Edge
      • 2009
    • Feed (2005)
      Feed
      5.3
      • on set vfx supervision: Cutting Edge
      • 2005
    • Human Senses (2003)
      Human Senses
      8.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects artist: Beeps (2003)
      • 2003
    • Robert Winston in Human Instinct (2002)
      Human Instinct
      8.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects artist: BEEPS
      • 2002
    • Real Wizards: The Search for Harry's Ancestors (2001)
      Real Wizards: The Search for Harry's Ancestors
      TV Movie
      • visual effects artist: BEEPS
      • 2001

    Animation Department

    • Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, and Maria Bakalova in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
      Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
      7.9
      • senior animator: Weta FX (as Benjaman Folkman)
      • 2023
    • Will Smith in Emancipation (2022)
      Emancipation
      6.3
      • senior animator: weta fx (as Benjaman Folkman)
      • 2022
    • Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Daniel Craig, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe, Madelyn Cline, and Jessica Henwick in Glass Onion (2022)
      Glass Onion
      7.1
      • senior animator: weta fx (as Benjaman Folkman)
      • 2022
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
      Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
      6.9
      • lead animator
      • 2022
    • Tim Roth, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Benedict Wong, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
      Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
      7.3
      • senior animator
      • 2021
    • Sylvester Stallone, Steve Agee, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Margot Robbie, and Daniela Melchior in The Suicide Squad (2021)
      The Suicide Squad
      7.2
      • animator: Weta Digital
      • 2021
    • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
      Godzilla vs. Kong
      6.3
      • lead animator: Weta Digital
      • 2021
    • Daniel Brühl, Wyatt Russell, Emily VanCamp, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, and Erin Kellyman in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
      The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • senior animator: weta digital (as Benjaman Folkman)
      • 2021
    • Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Natalie Portman, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Redford, Rene Russo, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Linda Cardellini, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Matthew Berry, Russell Bobbitt, Taika Waititi, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, James D'Arcy, Chris Evans, Jon Favreau, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Patrick Gorman, Frank Grillo, Sean Gunn, Maximiliano Hernández, Ken Jeong, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Jack Kirby, Brie Larson, Stan Lee, James Lin, Mike Lutz, Lee Moore, Callan Mulvey, Elizabeth Olsen, Taylor Patterson, Jimmy Ray Pickens, John Posey, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Hiroyuki Sanada, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, John Slattery, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wisdom, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Jennifer 'Ms Fer' Russell, Camille Kinloch, Penelope Kathryn Golden, Eric Patrick Cameron, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Ava Russo, Julian Russo, Jamie Wedel, Bazlo LeClair, Loen LeClair, Augie Rosalina, Erica Ribley, Carlos A. Aparicio, Tom Hiddleston, Sam Hargrave, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Caleb Spencer Barr, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Ty Simpkins, Audrae Peterson, Don Heck, Evangeline Lilly, Keith Wallace, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Kyle Banks, Sebastian Stan, Joy McAvoy, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Tessa Thompson, Donald Mustard, Hayley Atwell, Karen Gillan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Brian Schaeffer, Michael Pierino Miller, Keith Nussbaum, Emma Fuhrmann, Anthony B. Harris, Letitia Wright, Maxwell L. Highsmith, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Anthony G Breed, Brent McGee, Ami Fujimoto, Michael James Shaw, Dustin Pitan, Carrie Coon, Eric Word, Andrew S. McMillan, Benjamin Weaver, Mari Kasuya, Khalid Ghajji, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Jaylen Davis, Jack Champion, John Michael Morris, Hye Jin Jang, Marie Mouroum, Winston Duke, Michael A. Cook, Jackson A. Dunn, Jennifer Elmore, Ben Sakamoto, Jay D. Kacho, Faith Logan, Brent Moorer Gaskins, Vincent Angel, Paul Pillsbury, Timothy Carr, Daniela Gaskie, Cameron Brumbelow, Kris Taylor, James Robert Taylor, Lia Russo, Jacob Batalon, Andy Field, Renah Gallagher, Tevin Beech, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Jason M. Edwards, Olaniyan Thurmon, Kevin Kobinsky, Miles Webb, Maria Z. Wilson, Alexa Medina, Rob Romero, Cade Woodward, Monica Mathis, Shaun McMillan, Roe Dunkley, Jamaal Burcher, Kiersten Dolbec, Raul Alcantar, Greg Tiffan, Eric Wallace, Kari Yovetich, Ryan L. Price, Daniel L. Murphy, Daniel Callister, Nolan Ekberg, Kevin So, Lexi Rabe, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Avengers: Endgame
      8.4
      • animator: Weta Digital
      • 2019
    • Dwayne Johnson in Rampage (2018)
      Rampage
      6.1
      • animator: Weta Digital
      • 2018
    • John Goodman, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Dane DeHaan, and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
      Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
      6.4
      • animator: Weta Digital
      • 2017
    • Furious 7 (2015)
      Furious 7
      7.1
      • animator: Weta Digital
      • 2015
    • Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
      The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
      7.4
      • previsualization animator: Weta Digital
      • 2014
    • Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
      Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
      7.6
      • previsualization animator: Weta Digital
      • 2014
    • David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014)
      David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • animator: CVFX
      • 2014

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