Hello, I’m Ben Cowell-Thomas. I am a DFX Supervisor with over 22 years experience in the film and commercials VFX industries.

I’m especially passionate about creative direction and problem solving. With my focus on leading teams of artists to bring to life the vision of the director and VFX supervisor. I have a proven track record leading large teams in delivering complex assets and sequences.

Recent roles include -

Fast X - DFX Supervisor - Onset with second unit in Rome and then supervising 300+ shots from layout to comp (DNEG, 2022-23)

The Covenant - Production VFX Supervisor (onset) (DNEG, 2022)

Matrix 4 - Environment Supervisor (DNEG, 2021)

Fast and Furious 9 - Environment Supervisor, onset Lidar + Photography supervision in Tbilisi. This was a mammoth project with environments covering inner city, a huge construction site and an Eastern European hinterland (DNEG, 2019-2020)

Men in Black 4 - Environment Supervisor, london shoot out sequence (DNEG, 2019)

Avengers Endgame - Environment Supervisor, covering Avengers compound, Stark Tower, and wide shots of Titan (DNEG, 2019)

Bohemian Rhapsody - Environment Lead, created all Rio concert shots myself. (DNEG, 2018)

Deadpool 2 - DFX Supervisor, reporting to VFX supervisor and supervising 300+ shots from layout to comp (DNEG, 2018)

Justice League - 3D Sequence Supervisor, supervised all aspects of 3D for 100+ shots (DNEG, 2017)

Dunkirk - 3D Generalist (DNEG, 2016)

Star Trek Beyond - 3D Generalist (DNEG, 2016)

In my past career in the Commercials industry I supervised many award winning projects across a wide variety of media; both as an onset VFX Supervisor and as creative supervisor for many photoreal and non-photoreal animated projects.

Key short film / commercial credits include -

Robot and Scarecrow - VFX supervisor (onset), character design and modelling (Nexus, 2015)

Coca Cola “Building” - VFX supervisor (Nexus, 2014)

Intel “The Chase” - VFX supervisor (Nexus, 2011)

Honda “This unpredictable life” - CG supervisor (Nexus, 2011)

Coca Cola “Avatar” - CG supervisor (Nexus, 2008)

Coca Cola “Videogame” - CG supervisor (Nexus, 2006)

Other than CG I also enjoy experimenting with electronics and photography. Most recently this resulted in a light painting robot called Lightplot, you can read about this project here.

I love to travel and have lived and worked in Singapore, Australia and India. Whilst my work as a shoot supervisor has taken me all around the world including Georgia, Argentina, Canada, USA, Spain, The Czech Republic, and Poland.

I’m very passionate about VFX education and serve as a consultant to Screenskills. Before stepping into production I spent 3 years in Singapore as a lecturer in 3D Animation. I continue to enjoy teaching and have delivered masterclasses and presentations at FMX, The National Film and Television School, Hertfordshire University, Bournemouth University and Brunel University.

Software Skills: Maya, 3ds Max, Clarisse, Houdini, V-Ray, Octane, Mari, Mudbox, ZBrush, UV Layout, Photoshop, Nuke, Nuke Studio, After Effects and Unity.

Programming Languages: C#, Python, PyQT, MAXScript, HTML and PHP.

You can see my complete CV on my Linkedin profile.

If you want to get in touch then please use the form below.

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