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Ben Stassen

Ben Stassen
Born1959[1](age 62-63)
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer
Years active1988–present
Known forFly 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

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]

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

Short films

Feature films

References