Welcome to the HOLLYWOOD HALL OF FAME AWARDS™ 2008 inductees. We hope you enjoy your visit.
HOLLYWOOD STAR AWARDS®
BEN SNOW
HOLLYWOOD VISUAL EFFECTS AWARD™ HONOREE
BEN SNOW'S BIOGRAPHY
Ben Snow and John Nelson served as visual effects supervisors on "Iron Man," Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios' big screen adaptation of Marvel's legendary superhero Tony Stark/Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who vows to protect the world as Iron Man. The film, directed by Jon Favreau, also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges.
Ben Snow left Australia to join Industrial Light & Magic in 1994, where his first project was to help create the three-dimensional computer graphics image of the "Enterprise B" for "Star Trek: Generations." He has been twice honored with Academy Award nominations for best achievement in visual effects for his work on "Pearl Harbor" and "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones." In addition, Snow has been instrumental in the research and development required for the groundbreaking images seen in "King Kong," "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and "Twister."
