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Scott Benza(I)

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Scott Benza
Scott Benza joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1997 as an Animator and holds a degree in Commercial Art with a minor in Video Production. Prior to his work at ILM, Scott worked as a Senior Animator for Microsoft in Redmond, Washington.

As an Animation Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic, he is responsible for many aspects of the development of CG characters, as well as providing creative and technical direction to animators. Some of his most notable projects have included development work done for crash/destruction simulations for Pearl Harbor and supervising the animation work on all four Transformers films, two of which earned him Academy Award® nominations. He also supervised the animation of the Hulk in the blockbuster Marvel film, The Avengers.
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    • Nominated for 3 Oscars
      • 4 wins & 17 nominations total

    Known for

    Peter Cullen, Josh Duhamel, Shia LaBeouf, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, and Megan Fox in Transformers (2007)
    Transformers
    7.1
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2007
    Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    6.2
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2011
    Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
    Transformers: Age of Extinction
    5.6
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2014
    Hulk (2003)
    Hulk
    5.6
    • Visual Effects(ILM)
    • 2003

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    • Hugh Grant, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Daisy Head, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, and Justice Smith in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
      Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
      7.2
      • visual effects supervisor: ILM
      • 2023
    • Star Wars: Squadrons - Hunted (2020)
      Star Wars: Squadrons - Hunted
      7.7
      Short
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2020
    • Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Dave Franco, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Corey Hawkins, Ben Hardy, and Adria Arjona in 6 Underground (2019)
      6 Underground
      6.1
      • animation supervisor: ILM
      • 2019
    • Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Mackenzie Davis in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
      Terminator: Dark Fate
      6.2
      • animation supervisor: ILM
      • 2019
    • John Cena, Hailee Steinfeld, and Dylan O'Brien in Bumblebee (2018)
      Bumblebee
      6.7
      • animation supervisor: ILM
      • 2018
    • Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place (2018)
      A Quiet Place
      7.5
      • animation supervisor: ILM
      • 2018
    • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
      Kong: Skull Island
      6.7
      • animation supervisor: ILM
      • 2017
    • Viral (2016)
      Viral
      5.5
      • animator: ILM
      • 2016
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
      5.9
      • animator: ILM
      • 2016
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, and Emilia Clarke in Terminator Genisys (2015)
      Terminator Genisys
      6.3
      • animation supervisor: ILM
      • 2015
    • George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
      Tomorrowland
      6.4
      • lead animator: ILM
      • 2015
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
      Avengers: Age of Ultron
      7.3
      • animator: ILM
      • 2015
    • Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum in Jupiter Ascending (2015)
      Jupiter Ascending
      5.3
      • previsualization supervisor: ILM
      • 2015
    • Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
      Transformers: Age of Extinction
      5.6
      • animation supervisor: ILM
      • 2014
    • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
      Cloud Atlas
      7.4
      • animation supervisor: ILM
      • 2012

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