Ben Grossmann Film
For the last several years the Grossmann family has been the last to leave the theatre when they attended movies that their son Ben was been involved in making. Ben works in Visual Special Effects in the film industry so he and his fellow artists are about the last folks to handle a film before it is released for public viewing. They call it post-production. Consequently his name is listed in the credits close to the end … but not this time.
May 23rd Hollow Man 2 was released straight to DVD. This time Ben Grossmann appears in the very beginning credits and is even on the box and DVD cover. On Hollow Man 2 Ben’s job is “The” Visual Effects Supervisor. The movie depicts Seattle, but was actually shot in Vancouver, Canada. Ben worked with director Claudio Faeh. They have worked together previously on “Coronado,” and several Spanish commercials.
The most exciting part of the whole project for the family is that Ben is also prominently featured in the “Inside Hollow Man 2” Featurette. ‘The family was watching the movie in the living room and from the kitchen I heard Ben’s voice talking. It was almost like having him in the room,” says Dawn, Ben’s mom. “I would say he has a good 5-10 minutes worth of interviews on there and he looks comfortable in the role.”
This is a huge step up for Ben who has worked on nearly 20 feature films and commercials since making the jump from Fairbanks to Hollywood. His credits have included compositor, VFX compositor, supervising compositor, and on-set VFX supervisor. This film brings him to the level of being the Visual Effects Supervisor for the entire film working closely with the director, producers and Sony Pictures.
Hollow Man 2 is also significant in that Ben’s own company One Hour VFX in Venice, California worked on the film also. Sarah, his sister works closely with him in One Hour VFX. So the family still has to wait until the end of the credits. This time they are watching for Sarah’s name to scroll by at the end of the movie.
Ben and Sarah have always wanted to work together in the visual effects arena. Sarah worked on the TV mini- series “The Triangle” and Ben helped on that one as well. Hollow Man 2 is their second project together and probably not their last. Both Ben and Sarah grew up in Delta and made their way north to work in Fairbanks before making the move to Southern California. For more information about any of Ben's projects check out the website and click on his name.
A picture from the set of Hollow Man 2 of Ben's chair next to Christian Slater's. The woman is Laura Regan the female lead in the movie. Photo and article Courtesy of Dawn Grossmann
May 23rd Hollow Man 2 was released straight to DVD. This time Ben Grossmann appears in the very beginning credits and is even on the box and DVD cover. On Hollow Man 2 Ben’s job is “The” Visual Effects Supervisor. The movie depicts Seattle, but was actually shot in Vancouver, Canada. Ben worked with director Claudio Faeh. They have worked together previously on “Coronado,” and several Spanish commercials.
The most exciting part of the whole project for the family is that Ben is also prominently featured in the “Inside Hollow Man 2” Featurette. ‘The family was watching the movie in the living room and from the kitchen I heard Ben’s voice talking. It was almost like having him in the room,” says Dawn, Ben’s mom. “I would say he has a good 5-10 minutes worth of interviews on there and he looks comfortable in the role.”
This is a huge step up for Ben who has worked on nearly 20 feature films and commercials since making the jump from Fairbanks to Hollywood. His credits have included compositor, VFX compositor, supervising compositor, and on-set VFX supervisor. This film brings him to the level of being the Visual Effects Supervisor for the entire film working closely with the director, producers and Sony Pictures.
Hollow Man 2 is also significant in that Ben’s own company One Hour VFX in Venice, California worked on the film also. Sarah, his sister works closely with him in One Hour VFX. So the family still has to wait until the end of the credits. This time they are watching for Sarah’s name to scroll by at the end of the movie.
Ben and Sarah have always wanted to work together in the visual effects arena. Sarah worked on the TV mini- series “The Triangle” and Ben helped on that one as well. Hollow Man 2 is their second project together and probably not their last. Both Ben and Sarah grew up in Delta and made their way north to work in Fairbanks before making the move to Southern California. For more information about any of Ben's projects check out the website and click on his name.
A picture from the set of Hollow Man 2 of Ben's chair next to Christian Slater's. The woman is Laura Regan the female lead in the movie. Photo and article Courtesy of Dawn Grossmann
posted by David in Alaska at 6/03/2006 11:55:00 AM
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