Jeremy Bennett

thumb|253x253px|Jeremy Bennett c. 2001
Jeremy Bennett is a New Zealand visual effects artist who served as a VFX Art Director with Paul Lasaine for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Ringsfilm trilogy (2001 - 2003), as part of Wētā Workshop.
With Alan Lee, Paul Lasaine, Roger Kupelian, Yannick Dusseault, Gus Hunter, and others, Bennett made numerous matte paintings of scenes and Middle-earth locations in pre-production. He designed with Alan Lee the Rohirrim tapestries seen in the Golden Hall, in Edoras in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Much of his concept works and art is shown in Gary Russell's guides to the films' art direction.Gary Russell, The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring, pgs. 9 - 13, 45, 47, 48, 64-7, 69, 86, et al.Gary Russell, The Art of The Two Towers, pgs. 16-7, 51, 56, 67, 68, 88, 107, 111, 112, 114-5, 119, 121, 122-3, 134, 138, et al.Gary Russell, The Art of The Return of the King
Bennett received the Visual Effects Society's 2003 "Best Art Direction in a Motion Picture" award for his work, with co-designers Christian Rivers and Gino Acevedo.Bennett has since joined Valve Software.
==Documentary appearances==
*The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices
**Part One: From Book to Vision  >  Designing and Building Middle-earth
**Part Two: From Vision to Reality  >  Visual Effects  >  Wētā Digital
**Part Six: The Passing of an Age  >  Visual Effects  >  Wētā Digital
==External links==
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*Instagram profile
*Jeremy Bennett at Half-Life Wiki
==See also==
*Richard Taylor
*Ben Wootten
==References==
Category:Cast & Crew of Peter Jackson's trilogies
Category:Real people
Category:Members of Wētā
Category:Film VFX artists
Category:New Zealanders
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