Ben Milsom

Ben has worked in the international Film and Television industry for almost 18 years, in the Art Department, in Miniature VFX photography, and more recently Directing the re- imagined Thunderbirds Are Go television series. He has worked mainly in New Zealand, also in London and Scotland. 
Ben has worked on numerous productions, in numerous capacities. In his time in the Art Department, Ben worked as New Zealand’s Key Stand-by Props on numerous medium and large scale international movies including ‘King Kong’, ‘Bridge To Terabithia’, ‘The Waterhorse’ and ‘Avatar’ to name a few. He then transitioned into Art Direction, tackling multiple various productions including ‘The Lovely Bones’, ‘Spartacus: Blood and Sand’, ‘Yogi Bear’ and was the Main Unit Art Director on ‘The Hobbit’ Trilogy. More recently Ben was the Supervising Art Director on the VFX Motion Control Miniature Shoot Unit for Dennis Villenueves 'Blade Runner 2049', working alongside miniature VFX DOP guru Alex Funke. 
Ben has just come to the end of a contract Directing and Production Designing episodes for the 3rd Series of ITV’s ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’, a show which combines classic beautifully constructed miniature model photography and puppeteered elements, with hi-end character and vehicle digital animation. The result has been a very successfully received show both in it’s native England and around the world, due to it’s unique visual combination of aesthetics and film making techniques, great scripts and dynamic, selfless heroic action.