Ben Snow

Ben Snow is an Australian visual effects artist who has been nominated four times at the Academy Awards. He works at Industrial Light & Magic.

Ben Snow
Education	Narrabundah College University of Canberra
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Years active	1994–present
Employer	Industrial Light & Magic

Early life

Snow grew up in Australia, where he attended Narrabundah College and the University of Canberra.^[1] His university degree, which he completed in 1986, was a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Studies.^[2]

Oscar history

All 4 films were in the category of Best Visual Effects

• 74th Academy Awards-Nominated for Pearl Harbor. Nomination shared with Eric Brevig, John Frazier and Ed Hirsh. Lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.^[3]
• 75th Academy Awards-Nominated for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Nomination shared with Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman and John Knoll. Lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.^[4]
• 81st Academy Awards-Nominated for Iron Man. Nomination shared with Shane Mahan, John Nelson and Dan Sudick. Lost to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.^[5]
• 83rd Academy Awards-Nominated for Iron Man 2. Nomination shared with Janek Sirrs, Dan Sudick and Ged Wright. Lost to Inception.^[6]

Filmography

• Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
• Twisters (2024)
• Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
• Godmothered (2020)
• Mother! (2017)
• The Great Wall (2016)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
• Noah (2014)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Iron Man (2008)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2007)
• King Kong (2005)
• Van Helsing (2004)
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• Galaxy Quest (1999)
• The Mummy (1999)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Twister (1996)
• Casper (1995)
• Star Trek Generations (1994)