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Belgian film director, producer, and screenwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ben Stassen is a Belgian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Ben Stassen | |
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Born | 1959[1](age 62-63) |
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer |
Years active | 1988–present |
Known for | Fly 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 |
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]
On 7 May 2008, nWave announced that its next feature-length animated film would be called Around the World in 50 Years and that it too would be directed by Stassen. 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]
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