- Ben West's award-winning work illustrates a mastery of filmmaking with visual effects.
Ben started his career as visual effects supervisor on the Emmy winning Sci-fi series Farscape. In 2010, he was nominated by the Australian Directors Guild as Animation Director of the year. In 2015, his film Fugu & Tako was awarded Best of the Year by Stash Media. Ben has been an Architect, a visual effects supervisor at Academy Award winning studios, director at Radical Media, a lecturer at UCLA and SciArc for Fiction and Entertainment, a TEDx speaker and has a Masters in Directing. His diverse award winning work, encompasses film, architecture and visual effects and has featured internationally at places like Cannes, Venice Biennale, and ComicCon.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Wendy Green
- Whilst filming the Japanese mockumentary Fugu & Tako, director Ben West had no idea what the actors were saying. He doesn't understand Japanese. Ben initially relied on the actors interpretation but eventually understood the key to directing was watching the performance rather than listening to the words. The actors eyes and body language were the markers that truly indicated the emotional transitions in the scene.
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