Mark Williams Ardington

Mark Williams Ardington is a special effects artist and animator .

Life

Ardington began his career in the late 1990s and made his feature film debut with Paul Matthews ' family film The Lord of the Elves, starring Corbin Bernsen and Glynis Barber . Between 2006 and 2012 he worked primarily as an animator in television, working on the animated series The Top Secret Show and The Hive . From the mid-2010s he worked as a special effects artist on major film productions, including Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings , the Marvel - superhero film Ant-Man and the James Bond film James Bond 007: Specter .

In 2016 he won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for Alex Garland's science fiction film Ex Machina, along with Andrew Whitehurst , Paul Norris and Sara Bennett . In the same year they were also nominated for the BAFTA Film Award in the category Best Visual Effects .

Filmography (selection)

• 1998: The Lord of the Elves (Beings)
• 2004: In 80 days around the world (Around the World in 80 Days)
• 2014: Exodus : Gods and Kings
• 2014: Paddington
• 2015: Ant-Man
• 2015: Ex Machina
• 2015: James Bond 007: Specter (Specter)
• 2016: The island of special children (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)

Awards (selection)

• 2016 : Oscar for Best Visual Effects for Ex Machina
• 2016: BAFTA Film Award nomination in the Best Visual Effects category for Ex Machina

Web links

• Mark Williams Ardington in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oscars 2016 (English)
2. ↑ BAFTA Awards 2016 (English)