Ben Stokes: Director, Designer, Animator, Multi-Media Artist, Sound & Music etc.

email: holofonic@aol.com

Recent Projects as Director/Designer

Gun Fight (music video) for the Mighty Underdogs. Directed & animated.

Meat Beat Manifesto Tour March - April 08. Performed live and created visuals for the show.

The Hard Sell Tour - Jan - Feb 08 Produced, shot, animated the live visuals for the tour as well as mixed these with robot cameras at the shows.

Hard Sell show at the Hollywood Bowl. Produced, shot, animated the live visuals for the tour as well as mixed these with 8 robot cameras.

DJ Shadow Tour Films Apr - May 06 Produced, shot, Directed and
Animated the visuals for wolrdwide tour.

Meat Beat Manifesto Feb 06 Produced, Edited and Composited Live tour DVD

Steel Pulse
(Feat. Damian Marley) Aug 05 Directed, shot & animated "No More
Weapons" Music Video

Scion "Exprescion" Feb 05 Designed and Created Visuals for
Feat. Mix Master Mike Immersive Installation at live event.

DJ Shadow Tour Films 02 - 03 Produced, shot, Directed and
Animated the visuals for wolrdwide tour.

Music videos as Director (partial list)
DJ Shadow - "Walkie Talkie"
The Orb - "DJ Asylum"(BDA Gold Winner), "Toxygenes"
Meat Beat Manifesto - "Helter Skelter", "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" "Edge of No Control" "Fromage"
Josh Wink - "Are U There?"
Nine Inch Nails - "Head Like a Hole"(editor), "Down in It"
Public Enemy - "Night Train"
De La Soul - "Saturdays"

Commercials & Broadcast Design (as Director):
Tech TV - Two spots
MTV - Music video awards packaging '06
M2 - Promo IDs "Drag", "Drop" (BDA Gold Winner)
Howard Stern - E Entertainment show open & packaging
Levis - "Butterman"

Recent Employment History:

Mekanism - June 08 Schwab.
The Orphanage Jan - April '07 Compositor - Pirates of the Carribean 3. July-Nov. '06 Compositor - Mimzy
Linc. Design June '06 Motion Graphics - Mervyns
Radium Sept '05 Motion Graphics - Oracle
Tino Corp. Records 99-present Owner, Artist & Founder.
H-Gun Labs 89 -01 Owner, Director & Founder.

Other:
Wrote a chapter for the After Effects Magic book series; "Virtual Sets" New Riders Publishing
Taught a class at Film Arts Foundation on After Effects

Awards:
BDA Gold for "DJ Asylum", BDA Gold for "Drag", BDA Silver for "Helter Skelter",
Monitor Award for "DJ Asylum" & Audience Choice Award at Res Fest for "Walkie Talkie"

Skill Set: After Effects, Final Cut, Maya, Pro Tools, Abelton Live, & good old fashioned production skills like camera slinging and copystand cut out animation.

(while I have worked with other animators occasionally, mostly, I do my own animation & all visual FX)