Mark Stuart Ardington (1976 – 27 June 2024) was a British visual effects artist. He was born as ''Mark Williams'' and later sometimes credited also as ''Mark Williams Ardington''.
Life
Ardington studied computer animation & visualisation at
Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole. The university was founded in 1992; however, the origins of its predecessor date back to the early 1900s.
The universi ...
from 1994 to 1997.
Oscar-winning BU graduate back in Bournemouth for BFX Festival
'. In: bournemouth.ac.uk, 13th October 2016.
He received the 2015
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...
for his work on the film ''
Ex Machina'' in the category of
Best Visual Effects. He shared the award with
Andrew Whitehurst
Andrew Whitehurst is a British visual effects artist. Best known for his works in ''Troy'' (2004), ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007) and '' Ex Machina'' (2015).
In 2016, Whitehurs ...
,
Paul Norris
Paul Leroy Norris (April 26, 1914 – November 5, 2007) was an American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics superhero Aquaman, and for a 35-year run as artist and writer of the newspaper comic strip '' Brick Bradford''.
B ...
, and
Sara Bennett
Sara Bennett is a British visual effects artist who won a 2016 Academy Award for the best visual effects in the film ''Ex-Machina''. She is a co-founder of Milk, a visual effects studio headquartered in London.
Early life
Bennett was born in ...
.
Mark Ardington passed away on 27th June 2024, aged 48. He left behind his wife and two daughters.
In Memoriam
'. In: vesglobal.org, access date 27th March 2025.
References
External links
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Mark Ardington Interview
1976 births
2024 deaths
Place of birth missing (living people)
British special effects people
Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners
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