BEN NICHOLS
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Ben Nichols

I was living in NYC in 1990
when I worked on my first
​music video.  LL Cool J's Mamma Said Knock You Out gave me my first taste of the Art Department.
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Later that year I walked into the IATSE Local 1 office in NYC and got myself on the work available list.  I worked on Buddy at the Eugene O'Neill theatre on Broadway.


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Eventually I came to San Francisco and worked on the Tim Burton produced film
​Nightmare Before Christmas

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After Nightmare I was part of the same group that created James and The Giant Peach. We teamed up with some amazing talent from the ILM model shop



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​After working for Disney for 4 years on stop motion projects I was hired by the ILM Model shop in 96.  Men In Black was my first Lucas project.
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From 96 on I worked primarily at ILM but occasionally I would leave to do other projects.
I spent an entire year on the Matrix II & III and in the process started collaborating with SPFX and Pyro 

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Later I was lucky enough to be involved with some amazing SPFX and VFX at ILM.  The Pirates films we're particularly 
rewarding.




 


Over the years I've also done some interesting commercial work as well.
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For the past 18 years I've focused on Construction Coordination for Film and TV.
Netflix, Fox, Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Lucas, Sony, TNT, and HBO are a few of the companies I've worked with.  

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But no matter who the client is, every project brings a new set of challenges

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Problems are just an oppurtunity for a creative solution

Regardless of scale each project requires meticulous attention to detail
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No matter what the challenge one thing has stayed consistent for the last 27 years: I always make it happen!
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