Summary
Ben Andersen is a pipeline development consultant and former effects artist with over two decades of VFX experience, now focused on architecting Houdini-integrated pipelines for studios in Melbourne and beyond. He has held senior pipeline and supervisory roles at Scanline VFX, Cloud 10 Studios, DNEG, Luma Pictures and Iloura, where he designed and implemented Houdini pipelines used by 25 artists and led department tooling and training. His credits span major features and franchises from Pixar and DreamWorks to Aquaman and Game of Thrones, reflecting deep production experience and a practical understanding of artist workflows. Known for bridging hands-on effects work with infrastructure development, he combines creative problem-solving with pragmatic pipeline engineering to accelerate studio delivery.
2 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
English