Jeremy Bennett c. 2001
Jeremy Bennett is a New Zealand visual effects artist who served as a VFX Art Director with Paul Lasaine for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Ringsfilm trilogy (2001 - 2003), as part of Wētā Workshop.
With Alan Lee, Paul Lasaine, Roger Kupelian, Yannick Dusseault, Gus Hunter, and others, Bennett made numerous matte paintings of scenes and Middle-earth locations in pre-production. He designed with Alan Lee the Rohirrim tapestries seen in the Golden Hall, in Edoras in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Much of his concept works and art is shown in Gary Russell's guides to the films' art direction.[1][2][3]
- "My job as VFX Art Director is to take shots handed over from Peter Jackson and integrate the live action and blue-screen footage with the environments that we create for them. The location, time of day, lighting and color palette are all elements taken into consideration and carefully balanced. The job is time-consuming but ultimately satisfying."
- —Bennett describing his role behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers[4]
Bennett received the Visual Effects Society's 2003 "Best Art Direction in a Motion Picture" award for his work, with co-designers Christian Rivers and Gino Acevedo.
Bennett's concept drawing of Minas Morgul, as the Witch-king signals to Sauron
Bennett has since joined Valve Software.
Documentary appearances[]
- The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices
- Part One: From Book to Vision > Designing and Building Middle-earth
- Part Two: From Vision to Reality > Visual Effects > Wētā Digital
- Part Six: The Passing of an Age > Visual Effects > Wētā Digital
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- ↑ Gary Russell, The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring, pgs. 9 - 13, 45, 47, 48, 64-7, 69, 86, et al.
- ↑ Gary Russell, The Art of The Two Towers, pgs. 16-7, 51, 56, 67, 68, 88, 107, 111, 112, 114-5, 119, 121, 122-3, 134, 138, et al.
- ↑ Gary Russell, The Art of The Return of the King
- ↑ Quoted from the introduction to The Art of The Two Towers, pg. 9