Ben Stassen
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Ben Stassen | |
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Born | 1959[1](age 62-63) |
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer |
Years active | 1988–present |
Known for | Fly Me to the Moon A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise The House of Magic Robinson Crusoe The Son of Bigfoot The Queen's Corgi Bigfoot Family |
Ben Stassen is a Belgian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Career
[edit]Stassen founded nWave Pictures in 1994, producing CG ride films including Devil's Mine. Starting in 1997, Stassen began focusing on large-format films, directing Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun and Alien Adventure. In the late 1990s, Stassen directed a succession of 3-D large-format films, including Encounter in the Third Dimension and Haunted Castle.[citation needed]
In 2005, Stassen produced and directed Wild Safari 3D, the first 3-D wildlife film for the giant screen.[citation needed]
Stassen's first feature-length animated film, Fly Me to the Moon, was released in North America on 15 August 2008 on both regular-size and IMAX screens, exclusively in 3-D. According to nWave, Fly Me to the Moon was the first animated film to be designed, created, and released solely in 3-D. The film was originally announced for the spring or summer of 2007.[citation needed]
On 7 May 2008, nWave announced that its next feature-length animated film would be called Around the World in 50 Years and that it too would be directed by Stassen. It was released in 2010 as A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures. Further animated features directed or co-directed by Stassen include A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012), The House of Magic (2013), The Wild Life (2016) and The Son of Bigfoot (2017).[citation needed]
The Queen's Corgi, the 7th feature animated project from Stassen, was released in 2019.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Short films
[edit]- Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
- Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (1997)
- Alien Adventure (1999)
- Encounter in the Third Dimension (1999)
- Haunted Castle (2001)
- SOS Planet (2002)
- Misadventures in 3D (2003)
- Haunted House (2004)
- Wild Safari 3D (2005)
- African Adventure: Safari in the Okavango (2007)
- Pirate Story (2011)
Feature films
[edit]- Fly Me to the Moon (2008)
- A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)
- A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012)
- The House of Magic (2013)
- Robinson Crusoe (2016) (Released as The Wild Life in North America.)
- The Son of Bigfoot (2017)
- The Queen's Corgi (2019)
- Bigfoot Family (2020)
- Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ ""La 3 D est une vraie révolution"". 30 January 2008.
External links
[edit]- Ben Stassen at IMDb