Ben Nichols
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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.
Eventually I came to San Francisco and worked on the Tim Burton produced film
Nightmare Before Christmas
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
Later I was lucky enough to be involved with some amazing SPFX and VFX at ILM. The Pirates films we're particularly
rewarding.
rewarding.
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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.
But no matter who the client is, every project brings a new set of challenges
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!
