Ben Snow is a visual effects artist who has been nominated four times at the Academy Awards. He works at

Industrial Light & Magic Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American Film, motion picture visual effects, computer animation and stereo conversion digital studio founded by George Lucas on May 26, 1975. It is a division of the film production company Lucasfilm, which Lu ...

Early life

Snow grew up in Australia, where he attended Narrabundah College and the

University of Canberra The University of Canberra (UC) is a public university, public research university with its main campus located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The campus is from Belconnen Town Centre, and from Canberra's Civic, Australian ...

. His university degree, which he completed in 1986, was a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Studies.

Oscar history

All 4 films were in the category of Best Visual Effects * 74th Academy Awards-Nominated for ''

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''. Nomination shared with Eric Brevig, John Frazier and Ed Hirsh. Lost to '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''. *

75th Academy Awards The 75th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 23, 2003, at the Dolby Theatre, Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AM ...

-Nominated for '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''. Nomination shared with Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman and

John Knoll John Knoll (born October 6, 1962) is an American visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer (CCO) at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas Knoll), he has ...

. Lost to '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''. * 81st Academy Awards-Nominated for ''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appearan ...

''. Nomination shared with Shane Mahan, John Nelson and Dan Sudick. Lost to '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. *

83rd Academy Awards The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, be ...

-Nominated for '' Iron Man 2''. Nomination shared with Janek Sirrs, Dan Sudick and Ged Wright. Lost to '' Inception''.

Filmography

*'' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015) *''

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'' (2014) *'' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' (2011) *'' Iron Man 2'' (2010) *'' Terminator Salvation'' (2009) *''

'' (2008) *''

The Spiderwick Chronicles ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'' is a series of children's fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. They chronicle the adventures of the Grace children, twins Simon and Jared and their older sister Mallory, after they move into the Spider ...

'' (2007) *''

King Kong King Kong, also referred to simply as Kong, is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. The character has since become an international pop culture icon,Erb, Cynthia, 1998, ''Tracking Kin ...

'' (2005) *'' Van Helsing'' (2004) *'' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002) *''

'' (2001) *''

Galaxy Quest ''Galaxy Quest'' is a 1999 American satirical science fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. It stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mit ...

'' (1999) *'' The Mummy'' (1999) *'' Deep Impact'' (1998) *'' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (1997) *'' Mars Attacks!'' (1996) *''

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'' (1996) *'' Casper'' (1995) *''

Star Trek Generations ''Star Trek Generations'' is a 1994 American science fiction film and the seventh film in the Star Trek (film series), ''Star Trek'' film series. Malcolm McDowell joins cast members from the 1960s television show ''Star Trek: The Original Ser ...

'' (1994)

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* Living people Australian visual effects artists Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Narrabundah College University of Canberra alumni Artists from the Australian Capital Territory Industrial Light & Magic people {{film-artist-stub