Sara Bennett | |
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| Occupation | Visual effects artist |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Sara Bennett is a British visual effects artist who won a 2016Academy Award for the best visual effects in the filmEx-Machina. She is a co-founder ofMilk, a visual effects studio headquartered inLondon.
Bennett was born inWorcestershire[1] in the West of England.
From a young age, Sara has been fascinated by the visual effects industry and was particularly inspired by Horror Movies.[2] In a recent Women in VFX interview,[3] she reflects on her journey; from Runner, progressing up the ranks via the compositing route to leadership roles and is now Chief Creative Officer/VFX Supervisor at Milk, a VFX studio she co-founded in 2013[4] based in London.
Bennett's first film credit[5] was on the 1998 filmBabe: Pig in the City where she worked in digital preparation at Mill Film.
Sara is best known for her work onHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002),Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004),Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005),Doctor Who (2005),Merlin (2008),Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2009),Skellig (2009),The Martian (2015) andEx Machina (2015).
She became the second ever female VFX Oscar winner[6] when she received a 2016Academy Award for the best visual effects in Alex Garland’s featureEx-Machina, along with Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington. Sara also received a 2016BAFTA Film Award nomination forEx-Machina.[7]
Sara has also collaborated with Bythewood on her previous project forNetflix’s The Old Guard, delivering the entire project during lockdown in 2020.[8]
Sara’s TV credits include supervisingMerlin (BBC),[9] which won the 2011BAFTA Television Craft Award for visual effects amongst other awards, and she also was involved in award-winningDoctor Who (BBC),Primeval (ITV). Sara is a member ofThe Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences,BAFTA and theVisual Effects Society.
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